The reading from In the Making really did make me contemplate on what the source of my inspiration usually is. This is not something I had analyzed before because these ideas just come to me and I fly into action right away without stopping to consider what had moved me in the first place. Out of the list presented on page six of the manual under personal sources of inspiration the ones that spoke most to me where: imagination, memory, spirit, bliss, joy, travel, encouragement, comfort, and beauty. The nature of my work is usually very personal and trying to express something about the way I see things or what I have experienced. I feel that art is about opening people’s minds to new ways of thinking of things and therefore these categories usually speak most to where my ideas are coming from.
Out of the list of things that activate my inspiration they are usually systematic, passionate, and predetermined. When I am working on a personal piece of my own work I like to work solo but in terms of teaching I really love collaborative projects. I like to invest lots of time into my pieces and usually do not do things spontaneously. I like to fully think out my work before I do it and feel that I have invested the most time and effort I could in the final piece. One my favorite aspects of making art is the feeling of accomplishment at the end and this is something I would also like my students to experience.