Prologue: The Inspired Project

just name two

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately, of the people, events and things that inspire me. Not just oh I like that, but really INSPIRES me. There is too much out there to filter through in our daily lives,  so what I really want to know is, who are the SUPER inspirers, the one or two persons, place or object that moves you to creative ecstasy?

One  needn’t have traveled to far lands to find undiluted creative muse, often it can be found close to the home and heart. Someone or something so beautiful, brilliant, elegant, honest, earnest and full of passion that your heart aches with inspiration. I want to know who they are.  Will I find many in LA? Will people send me notes from abroad? Can we keep it real?

What brought this to the bobbing surface was my recent discovery of  ‘Dumbo feather, pass it on’ through the fabulous Pia Jane Bijkerk. It is an unpretentious, amazing Australian quarterly featuring five super inspirers in each issue. Pure genius journalism, cutting to the heart of things with raw, unabashed honesty and forthright optimisim Australians are known for. These are people who work passionately for their dreams, and who have come to harbor no illusions of grandeur even if they may have found it.