Taking Down Thoughts and Turning Them into Something Creative

I've always admired people who have a knack for turning inspiration into creative pieces of work. How did Taylor Swift turn her experiences into catchy tunes? How did Andy Warhol decide to turn ordinary objects into mass-produced art? How did J.K. Rowling develop the Harry Potter Series into, not just a set of books, but a world that many of us want to escape into?

I have always been curious by that. During my free time or whenever I have time to think for myself, I try to come up with ideas that I could utilize for creative ventures. I don't force it. Inspiration and the words that correspond with it comes spontaneously. Over the summer, I bought a set of 3 tiny Moleskine notebooks, so that I could jot ideas down whenever they came to me. Ideas, once gone, almost never come back.

Sometimes, when I'm listening to a song, I would have the lyrics up--even if I knew the lyrics by heart. I want to study its brilliance. I want to analyze the use of the words that weave themselves throughout the song. I want to explore its structure, its rhythm, its beat, its literary device(s), its pattern(s). I want to be able to replicate something similar. I'm fascinated by it all.

I always thought that nothing determines the limits as to how far your mind can go. If that person can do it, I can, too. I can't give up. I don't want to give up.

People think I'm crazy for being intrigued by very minor things and occurrences. They don't understand that there is something special about how things work, and how things are related. Although I am no longer a child, I can still be amazed by small things that I normally don't see. They don't understand that it can open their minds up to accept that the relationships that exist from one object to another are amazing. Instead, they consider it rubbish, and not worth their time. I don't want to miss an opportunity to explore something I never will encounter again. Who knows? I probably will, but I won't know until it happens.