Some stuff regarding inspiration

[Andail]

I've noticed some threads dealing with this mysterious force called Inspiration, so I thought I could share my experiences of it.
I'm a person who more or less live on my inspiration, it's what keeps me from unhappiness, it's what helps me make it through any really dark, cold and lonely period.
Inspiration comes in different shapes, depending on my activity. When I write, I need that kind of sedative, long-term, stimulating inspiration, which I can obtain by drinking alcohol or coffee, or just by taking long walks, and even by working out at a gym.
Painting is nurtured by a more explosive inspiration, when you feel the creativity burst through your veins like liquid fire, and letting out this force is an eruption comparable with, well-you-know-what. It can put you in a trance which you will leave mentally empty, but happy.
Music? More automatic, instant, the inspiration can slap you in your face while you sit on the toilet, or wake up abruptly in the morning, or almost hear a melody although you can't really interpret it. Just like I imagine mathematical inspiration, or similar.

Late nights this magic force can put me in a mood of excitement, mixed with the sense of seeing things, both mental and physical, in a much clearer way, more true, more stripped.

I know I'm dangerously close to getting addicted to mind stimulations; not because I will become literally dependant on the substances (my body just doesn't work in that way; I don't get truly addicted to anything), but because it helps me to reach this state of divine creativity which I enjoy more than anything else.

Is this all good? Well, it consumes a lot of time, and it makes me less capable of doing things which need structure and discipline. I now study art, which require little or no real studying, but soon I will change to other subjects, and I know that might be hard.

My rescue is to force myself to do things regularly, I work out on regular basis, I take walks, I work one weekend a month.

hm, gotta go now, I'll return to this thread later. See ya

[Vince Twelve]

my body just doesn't work in that way; I don't get truly addicted to anything

The first stage of Inspiration is Denial.

[Fuzzpilz]

The first stage of Inspiration is Denial.

I'm the world's most uninspired person!

...darn, still true.

[InCreator]

IMO, shortest way to inspiration is success, strongly connected to motivation.

Doing something, and seeing how well it proceeds, both inspires and motivates.

Be successful.