Inspiration and Dreams

[Fleurdelacour]

I decided to go all fluffy and sentimental :)

We're all different. We all come from different cultures, different countries, we are all of different ages and creeds. We've all seen different things. The variety is amazing, I love it :)

Getting to the point!

Well, as we're all different and unique etc, I thought it'd be nice and fluffy to start a thread on what our inspirations are (or where we get inspiration, or even who!) and what are your dreams?

My Inspiration:

I get inspired from a lot of things, like Montmatre in Paris, I love that place, I would have painted a picture of the place if I had a sketchbook and some water colours :)

This sounds clieched, but the goddess :notworthy JKR inspires me. She went from nothing, he had nothing, no money, she was a single mum living in Edinburgh, then on her way from Kings Cross to Edinburgh (I think it was...) she got an idea for a story. you know the rest :)

My Dreams:

I dream of becoming an Oscar winning costume designer, yes sounds cheesy, but it'd be great, so all the teachers and people over the last years who've told me I'm going to end up in an office job working on a computer all day long, get married then divorced and maybe have a few kids.

I won't do that. I'd rather die then work in an office.

I want to get married, I want to have about six kids, give them beautiful names like Hermione, and Sebastian, Eowyn, and William :)

But they're only dreams. Sure, I can draw, had art in Dulwich Picture Gallery when I was seven. I get a*s in my art and english coursework. It's only a dream, idealistic, unreal. The truth is my dreams never come true, I sound like a pessimist, well, I am, nothing lately is going so well lately... With war, sexuality, and exams.

I guess, I wont feel sucsessful until I have an Oscar (which, metaphorically will be shoved up the 'you know where' of those who've put me down over the years.

So what are yours? :)

[Colli]

:o Inspiration? The Bible inspires me... the people I've grown to respect inspire me. The Bible inspires me in a rather obvious way, I've grown to love and study the Bible and all it's different parts, and that's my way of life.

People I've grown to respect: my government teacher has inspired me just over this past year. I, who was previously a rather carefree aloof teen, through him have become increasingly interested and aware in my country and my world. I actually watch the news for fun now. ;) (But only Fox News because they aren't liberal hippies ;))

My parents, of course. Just because. :) :hug:

My dreams? :o I want to go to heaven, of course, but otherwise I'm a fairly aimless person. I'm going to college at Florida College in Tampa, but I don't know what I want to be, or where I want to work, or what. The only dreams I have right now are about Alan Rickman. ;)

[Ravenclaw]

My only dreams as of late are what I'm going to do that requires two hands once I get this brace off....

Cliched and unlikely as it is, I'd like to be a TV/theater actress/singer. Maybe write a bit on the side. But I doubt that will happen. :rolleyes:

Inspired by... I dunno... A lot of stuff. Cant think right now. Ciao.

[Elfëa]

Me? Inpired? ;)

I'm melancholic person by nature and most that I write is dark. But I'm inspired by light things - by music, by books and poetry I read, and mostly, my emotions - and by nature.
I'm inspired by what I write as well.

I dream at night of weird things and I never understand them fully. But, that's dreams for you.

And half of the day I live in day-dreams. Which one you want to hear?

I have no idea of what I want to be - I have dreams what I could be - writer perchance? riding teacher? eternal student? professor?

I'm dreamer by heart and my heart hasn't yet set its direction.

And all I can do is make it through the day.

And hope someday, I have someone to get through the day with.

[Moregan]

This is a nice thread.

For me? Well, I'm slowly achieving my dreams. I've met a couple of great people who've helped me (though it didn't feel like it at the time :eek: ) I guess, I wont feel sucsessful until I have an Oscar (which, metaphorically will be shoved up the 'you know where' of those who've put me down over the years. Wow - go for this, Fleur :hug: I spent the whole of my first degree full of anger at the people who'd put me down ... I thought ... I'll show them! I got a first class honours and top student awards (one countrywide). That was my Agincourt salute to the put-you-down brigade :p. AND I did other things besides, during my undergrad years, like making some videos and getting some stuff shown on television. So go for it, Fleur!

And me? I'm not angry any more (though I'm still in higher education - working on my master's degree, which is another dream come true :)). And I have friends who appreciate me for what I am (which is pretty complex :eek: :D) and not for what they can get out of me. But I still have dreams, and I'm slowly achieving them. Right now, I'm writing fiction ... one day ... maybe ... who knows :)

And what else? I want to go to Orkney, desperately. Maybe I'll be able to do that this year or next. I want to learn more and more about folklore. I want to go on an archaeological dig ... there's a small one held locally and I may be able to join in, after my exams. I want to go and work with the animals at the local zoo - especially with the elephants, or the sealions, or the birds :) One day I'd like to live in France. Or maybe French Canada. :cool:

Oh - and I want to know more about everything. :)

[Rivenlas]

Wow, Fleur. You sound like me--I want to show everyone that I can do what I want, and I definitely do not want to spend my time working at a desk.
Does anyone get that feeling that instead of sitting at a desk in school you're supposed to be out doing bigger and better things? ;)

Anyway, my dreams: I am super ambitious. I recently was interviewed for a scholarship program, and they told me I was too ambitious. Hmmmph. I'll show them!

I want to write. I love writing, and thus far I am on my third book. I want to write a good book--a bestseller, probably, or one that I am completely happy with.

I want to act. I've always loved it, but was never given a fair chance because of some problems our drama teacher had with my family some years back. She's never given me a fair chance. She pretends not to know my name and likes to call me "Megan." She casts me four consecutive years as an extra, when I was being cast in other things while the people who were 'lead actresses' weren't getting even small parts. Enough with my ranting--that is who I want to show up. I want to be in a film.

I want to travel. I love seeing new places and learning things through seeing them. I love a change of scenery.

I want to learn to surf. It looks amazing and I am a sucker for watersports.

I want to learn to fence and ballroom dance. Both look beautiful. I used to be in ballet (I want to take that up again too) but I quit and have always regretted it. I also bought my very first sword the other day. Who cares if it is a Sting? ;)