Inspiration; a divine influence on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation; the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions.
Inspiration is the only way i know how to do what i do and the reason why i do what i do, i write. what makes me tick 'n' type? my friends are a huge inspiration and they don't even know it, the online ones as well. i have online friends who i never actually see, i'm officially a geek.
the night, the rain, the dark... the light, the pain, the stark... the seas, the clouds, my glitter... the trees that shroud my bitter... i tend to write a lot more during the darker seasons. the winds and rain, night time, dark clouds, the cold, thunder and lightning storms. spring and fall, i know most people love summer and/or winter becuase of the events and what not but spring and fall hold so many visual wonders, a million colours with shades barely imaginable.
my 5 senses, my dreams and nightmares and aspirations, being pretentious, better than thou-ness, trying to be humble with all this, not being comfortable with this, my contradictions... words... weird fucking thoughts that i wonder why i have and if anyone else gives these thoughts further recognition than i do.
art! (i'll elaborate on this more later), photography and paintings and sketches and grafiti, writers! my grandpa - ardhaman singh parmar - the single most important factor for my passion. charlie kaufman (if i could choose to have the power of any pen in the world, living or dead, it would be his), khalil gibran, j. krishnamurti, mark twain, gunter grass, steinbeck, herman hesse, guy vanderhaeghe, jose saramago, charles dickens, thom yorke, andre benjamin, brandon boyd, elliott smith, eddie vedder, jack white, ben harper, matt good, cee-lo, tupac, biggie, wu-tang, wu-tang, wu-tang is the greatest! early em before he became a one note pony (i think i just foreshadowed my demise), nas, jay-z, common, black thought, mos def, big pooh and phonte, q-tip and phife dawg, kanye, josh homme, cobain, corgan, cornell, staley, bradley nowell, ben gibbard, nick cave, chris martin, anthony kiedis, maynard, feist, lauryn hill, bjork, norah jones, etta james, nina simone, bob marley, dylan, leonard cohen, gurdas mann, babbu mann, nusrat fateh ali khan, endless songwriters, i could go on! chris rock, dave chappelle, louis ck, bill murray, bill maher, george carlin, richard pryor, demetri martin, bill cosby all these guys can make you laugh your ass off and make you think at the same time. and then there's the creatively goofy, jack black, will ferell, ben stiller, seth rogan, flight of the conchords, the entire cast of snl, ever.
movies! wes anderson, p.t. anderson, sam mendes, tarantino, rodriguez, andrew dominik, paul haggis, cameron crowe, the farelly bros., the cohen bros., michel gondry, kevin smith, tim burton, scorsese, spielberg, peter jackson (c'mon, lotr trilogy, cinematic GOLD! he doesn't have to do anything ever again and i would still consider him one of the best), stanley kubrik, oliver stone, david lynch, francis ford coppola, sofia coppola, spike jonze, michael mann, clint eastwood, ron howard, sam raimi.
music! hip hop, my first love! the blues, jazz, black american music of the 40s and 50s, classical, bluegrass, old hindi songs of the 50s, qawwalis and ghazals (similar styles of indian folk music, both very poetic, mastering the language and voice is emphasized. qawwali is a little more minimalistic music wise and more repetitive lyrically) and all the different kinds of rock under the sun, all the bands belonging to the songwriters above, piano keys and violin strings, all my musician friends, without a doubt the rza's beats have had more of an impact on me than any other producer, organized noize, j. dilla, dj premier, 9th wonder, the alchemist, early havoc beats, dj quick, dj muggs, countless beatsmiths! I LOVE INDIE! tv on the radio, placebo, portishead, interpol, modest mouse, the shins, broken social scene, wilco, the eels, hayden, metric, alexisonfire and a million other bands... name dropping.
the men and women that make a difference and change the world for the better! i don't know nearly enough of them by name to not leave out someone extemely important to all of us.
As you can see inspiration has never been hard for me to find. inspiration is everywhere, you just have to look, listen and feel.
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