I have always looked for ways to restore my drive and fill up the ol' inspiration tank that just won't power the mind up any hills without anything in it. Recently I've looked to movies and haven't found anything so far. Movies today are lacking a certain flair that not only makes them boring, but also very unorigional. Lately I've watched over 30 movies, maybe, in the past few weeks - adding up all the rentals and theatre trips and of course late night television which is often more frustrating than satisfying.
So, here I am, plodding along, when suddenly I strike gold. I went with my friend to see "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and was fully and completely blown away. It was spectacular and suddenly there were all my thoughts, churning away at a hundred-miles-an-hour and I'm thinking, "Wow." It baffled me to a certain extent, this symbyotic leech of creativity. I liked the movie and was in a way (as I always am with these things) quite jealous of the way things took off and inspired.
I have this drive to inspire and here I am discovering that my basic instincs are creating this desire. It's survival of the fittest up in my head, and right now, I'm losing. This, I figure, is what creates, in all people, a sense of what they like or do not like. It creates something spectacular within their heads and this makes them excited, driven. You see it when people walk out of the theatre, all bright eyed and cooing over the wonders of what they've just seen and it's stimulating. They talk about it for days, and if they're anything like me, will buy it as soon as they can. However, this cannot be all there is to it. I think the sure fact that we are all being entertained is more powerful, but it's not what I'd like to believe.
When was the last time one of your friends told you, "That movie inspired me?" I've never had my frieds tell me that, but then again, I'm not very vocal about it myself. The friend I went with to see this movie was left in the dark, simply because I'm kind of shy about it.
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