Inspiration

**Pra** · August 18, 2006, 08:08 PM

I don't belive in writing something overtly erudite or articulate, so I'll just ask it, what inspires you?

**Katrina** · August 18, 2006, 08:30 PM

Well there are many things that inspire me. What inspires me the most is mental and physical strength. First of all, when I see people who have gone through quite a bit, emotionally and mentally, and they stay firm to their roots, do not complain, and keep moving on, that inspires me to have strength. Physical strength also inspires me. For example, I used to be very big on soccer, and I quit for a couple years. Now, as I figure I may start up again, I am inspired by most humans that undergo pain to bare their strength. Those kinds of people/ideas, inspire me. Their strength inspires me to have strength.

**Pra** · August 18, 2006, 08:40 PM

That's beautiful katrina.

To me, when I see something, anything, that is communicated/portrayed/played artistically and beautifully, I am inspired. There's beauty in how people struggle to succeed, it's like the beauty of nature; the Sun's periodic rise and fall is inspiration in the same vein like how Lance Armstrong or Mia Hamm can battle so many issues to become world greats.

**Keresztes** · August 18, 2006, 09:05 PM

What inspires me?

A good drink, for one. Not drunkeness, mind you, but just enough to get me in a happy mood(which I'm in now). Otherwise it can be many things. My friends and family, the books I read, the random people I meet, the weather, music. Inspiration is great.

**War Bringer** · August 18, 2006, 09:08 PM

This is very much obvious to everyone here.

War inspires me.

**Tecumseh** · August 18, 2006, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by War Bringer

This is very much obvious to everyone here.

War inspires me.

Just out of curiosity, your name is War Bringer, but have you actually brought any wars? And if you are inspired by war, what does it inspire you to do?

What inspires me, hmmm, I guess a few choice historical individuals(such as my username), and some musical pieces can inspire me sometimes, like "Eye of the Tiger" by the band Survivor. It inspires me when I work out. I think it would be awesome to have in the background if I'm fighting someone too. But I don't think I'd be able to carry a stereo with me to every fight, especially if the fight breaks out in a library or something. Oh, and I guess the other guy would be inspired by the song too, so that would take away my advantage. Never Mind...

**Shigawire** · August 18, 2006, 08:56 PM

Everything has the potential to inspire me. And each thing inspires different aspects of my personality.

Anything musical, visual, with a context in either fiction or history, inspires me in my art (inspires graphics/animation). Very often humor is involved.

Anything moving about one person, like a documentary about one human fate, similar to Katrina what mentioned, can inspire me to try to be a better person myself. (inspires Personal character)

Anything sad and horrible can inspire me to try to make the world a better place. (inspires Political views)

**Pra** · August 18, 2006, 08:59 PM

Interesting Shigawire.

I think that we are all capable of making/doing great things with the inspiration we get every day; IMHO, it all depends on how this inspiration is channeled, towards destructive action, or something more constructive.

**AMERICARULES** · August 18, 2006, 09:21 PM

God inspires me. When I look around and see all the complexities of living organisms and all of the artificial constructions we've built, thought of, and maintained, I thank God and feel very lucky to be a part of His plan. God is great in that He has guided our development from the primordial ooze into the beings we are today. I'm just thankful I was chosen by Him to be a part of it all, and I look forward to His Kingdom of Heaven.

**Black Francis** · August 19, 2006, 08:09 AM

God and History inspire me most.

**Lusted** · August 19, 2006, 10:34 AM

What inspires me? Numerous things. The beauty of the natural world, whether that be a stunning sunset sky that looks painted, or a bird flying low over fields. The great things people can do, and the great suffering some people go through inspires me to try and help. Humanity inspire me a lot, the fact we can hope, love, fight against the odds, the things which make our species great.

**vikrant** · August 19, 2006, 10:48 AM

well said lusetd

and
the thing which inspires me the most is the HISTORY .

**I Have a Clever Name** · August 19, 2006, 12:52 PM

Just out of curiosity, your name is War Bringer, but have you actually brought any wars? And if you are inspired by war, what does it inspire you to do?

I too am curious. If indeed War Bringer has seen conflict then I fear for his mental stability. War is a tremendous, inspirational affair until you witness combat or, in my case, hear the empowered account of a veteran. Are you motivated purely by the ordered violence that is war, regardless of whether or not it is a justified cause you fight for?

As for myself, I am inspired by philosophical intrigue - asking fundamental questions, querying everything and transcending the biases, prejudices and lofty assumptions that inhibit so many. I delight in realising the absurdity of reality, in understanding the deceitful beauty of nature - for it is indeed beautiful to those priveleged few who are far removed from its horrors. I revel in the confusion that is life and delight in the doomed enterprise to find some underlying order amid the all-pervading chaos. The unique, alien quality of abstract thought is my motivation. Humanity as a whole is too paradoxical, too hypocritical - a slave to instinct and sensation, driven like all other species by the will to survive.

**Siblesz** · August 19, 2006, 02:22 PM

Music inspires me. So does witnessing purity of mind, innocence of thought, and strength of will.

**War Bringer** · August 19, 2006, 05:12 PM

I have done my best to numb myself to the "horrors" of war, in the case that I do eventually go to war, I do not come back with a warped, emotional view of it.