Comments on: An Artist’s Inspiration

By: delicious mark hubery

delicious mark hubery — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:44:18 +0000

Blog Hopper...

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By: Sara Bareilles - Love Song

Sara Bareilles - Love Song — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:11:07 +0000

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By: Other Dan

Other Dan — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:46:30 +0000

Photographers: cartier bresson elliot erwitt dave hill joey lawrence

Musicians: ben gibbard travis barker arcade fire justin pierre ben folds

Other: Chuck Klosterman (writer) C.S. Lewis Mitch Hedberg (comedian, don't judge)

By: Travis Swan

Travis Swan — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:44:16 +0000

I'll arrange my response like your post, although mine are a bit different.

Music in general: Sigur Ros Steve Camp (theology too!) August Burns Red Killswitch Engage Feist (more recently) Epic movies

Fronting a band/Leading Worship: Beck John Cooper (Skillet) Steele Crosswhite Tre Shepperd (onehundredhours) Paul Meany (Mute Math)

Killer guitar tone: Anberlin (mostly the Never Take Friendship Personal album) Chris Liepe Killswitch Engage (As Daylight Dies album)

Photography/Visual Art: Dawson Swan (my brother, amazing photographer) Todd Slater's Rock posters Caravaggio Luc Freymanc

By: Inspiration Revisited - Matt and Nancy Heerema

Inspiration Revisited - Matt and Nancy Heerema — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:15:44 +0000

[...] last post on inspiration needs some follow-up, I think. My intention was to speak to inspiration with regards to skill-sets [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:03:36 +0000

/me hugs Noel

By: wendy sue

wendy sue — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:33:35 +0000

My sister writes some amazing poetry.

By: Noel

Noel — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:03:41 +0000

I am truly flattered to be on this list. Thanks.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:05:13 +0000

Poets I admire include Chuck Berry and Smokey Robinson.

By: emily

emily — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:13:58 +0000

i would love to be able to paint like jackson pollock or richard diebenkorn.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:53:52 +0000

Right now, I more often than not feel envious of artists whom I admire. These are mainly writers — novelists, short story writers, lyricists, poets. I am envious because I’m at a point in my life where I.m not able to nurture the talent God has given me and so I can only at the work of these people and think, “I wish I could have written something like that,” especially when they reflect thoughts and ideas I’ve already had but wasn’t nimble enough to articulate. It’s sort of like I had the idea and now it’s gone. These people I admire include, like you, Bono. I think he’s a tremendous poet. David, in the Bible, is the greatest poet of all time, I think, at least as far as plumbing the depths of the human heart. And it may be cliche to say so, but I greatly admire Shakespeare, who is like David in my book when it comes to understanding human beings.

Over the years, there have been a few writers who I return to because I admire their prose so much. Engulfing myself in their writing helps me find my voice. These writers include E.B. White (mostly for his essays, not so much his children’s books), Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, James Joyce and Wendell Berry. The only journalist who ever had such an effect on me was Jim Murray, the LA Times sports columnist.