“If you’ve ever seen a painting, or watched a movie, or read a novel, or enjoyed a performance, or followed a television show that moved you on some essential level, you probably wondered: What inspired that? We’ve wondered that, too. So we asked. What follows are the answers, in all their varied glory, to that question. In part it’s an investigation into the enigmatic nature of creative inspiration. (Which, it turns out, is often not so enigmatic. Step 1: Work. Step 2: Be frustrated. Step 3: Repeat.)”
Read how inspiration fires for Alicia Keys, Anthony Bourdain, Michael Chabon, Quentin Tarantino, Al Pacino, Junot Diaz and others in The New York Times Magazine: Inspiration Issue, September 30, 2012
Live & Learn 
😆
LikeLike
I thought this was a great article when I read it Sunday, and then put it in the recyclables with the rest of the papar, forgetting that I wanted to keep it. I’m so glad you posted this David. Thank you and Happy Tuesday..
LikeLike
Thanks Mimi…same to you
LikeLike
Great article…..
LikeLike
10,000 hours.
LikeLike
Bingo. https://davidkanigan.com/2011/11/04/809-grow-effectiveness-practice/
LikeLike
I have to stay on top of what and the way I think, David!!
LikeLike
You are well on your way Joyce…
LikeLike
Good article. Love the picture with Pacino. One of my favorite movies especially the end.
LikeLike
Yes, Lorne, the end packs a punch, my favorite part.
LikeLike