What inspires you?

A painting of a woman diving into clear water.

Who said humans were the only ones good at poetry? Well, I got inspiration at writing a poem from looking at a picture of confused chickens.

A description of a valley that has a horse galloping through it.

Authentic hearts…

A view at the world of Surrealism.

A true testament to a story well structured. Your prefect fairytale.

Go ahead. Enter my life.

A poem inspired by Norman Rockwell’s painting entitled “The Problem We all Live With”. It is believed that John Steinbeck’s description inspired Rockwell to do this painting:

Four big marshals got out of each car and from somewhere in the automobiles they extracted the littlest Negro girl you ever saw, dressed in starchy white, with new white shoes….Her face and little legs were very black against the white….The little girl did not look back at the howling crowd but from the side the whites of her eyes showed like those of a frightened fawn. The men turned her around like a doll and then the strange procession moved up the broad walk toward the school, and the child was even a mite because the men were so big.

For the story behind the painting, check out:
www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/007693.html.

A comment on the recent news story about a newly discovered Leonardo Da Vinci painting.