Creative people are often asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” or “Where do you get your inspiration?”
What people usually mean by these questions is, “How can I find my own inspiration?”
The surprising thing about inspiration is that it rarely comes when you’re sitting on the beach waiting for an idea to strike from the heavens.
Most creative people get inspired by sitting down and working on a project.
Let’s take a writer. She has an idea for a book, and knows she wants to write about a young artist who loses her sight in a car accident.