Tag: Inspiration

  • Finding Inspiration

    Finding Inspiration

    When I told a friend last spring that I was writing a poem a day for National Poetry Month, she asked me how I found the inspiration for 30 poems. “It’s like rummaging around in a junk drawer,” I told her. “You’re bound to put your hands on something!” And sure enough, one April, I…

  • Blogging as a Creative Tool

    REPRINTED FOR THE 8th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR WRITING BLOG RANDOM ACTS OF WRITING One of the most inspiring art exhibits I’ve seen in recent years was called “Suddenly This Overview.” On display at the Guggenheim in New York, it featured 250 small sculptures by artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. The sculptures were made of…