Chocolate for the Soul - Motivation Monday

What is the Chocolate for your Soul?

Beauty

Music

Art

Nature

Color
Meditation
Candles
Fountains

What is inspiration?

What inspires me may be different than what inspires you.

As an artist, I am a visual learner.

I am inspired by all of the above.

But what is inspiration?

Inspiration lifts.

Inspiration motivates.

Inspiration teaches.

How or why are we inspired?

Being inspired isn't the same thing as being motivated to me.
I can be motivated to improve many parts of my life through podcasts, quotes, check lists, etc.

But, to be inspired is to be the very best I can at whatever I'm inspired to do.
  

Do we seek inspiration?

We should!

Oh yeah!  This inspires me!

To me, to be inspired is the best form of motivation.

I am inspired by beautiful flowers to learn how to paint beautiful flowers. 

I am inspired by beautiful clouds and light to learn how to paint beautiful skies and how to use light.

Beautiful music inspires or lifts me. 

I am a child of the 50's and 60's,

a time of some of the best music ever.

Great fun popular music,

Rock and roll,

Folk music,

Protest music.

 I give it a 9.5 because you can dance to it.

(Channeling Dick Clark's Bandstand).

But inspiring music is timeless uplifting music.

Sets your soul free to wander around in the heart and mind and soul. 

I need that in my life.

I need color.

I need nature.

Just as I need air.

I seek out things to be inspired by, daily.

It's not enough to let inspiration come to me wherever it has a chance to find me.

I seek it out.

Find those things that inspire you,

lift you,

make you better than you are,

that awakens something deep inside of you,

then seek it everyday, if only for a few minutes. 

Here are some pics from my inspired morning.

 Got the background blocked in.

Here's my view from the office.
Love it out here on the porch.
in Kentucky,
painting flowers! 

Here they sit, side by side.

20" x 10" acrylic on a canvas panel.
$150

 
Inspired or Motivated?

I was inspired by the beauty of the flowers,
and then I was motivated
 to see if I could do them justice.

Hopefully, you're one or the other or both today.

Thanks for stopping by today.
 

I'll be giving a painting away at the end of the month.