Comments on: Inspiration is Irrelevant

By: Stephanie Clayton

Stephanie Clayton — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:23:00 +0000

Well said. I agree with you. As creative human beings living in the world, we have the life experiences already, and therefore whatever inspiration we think we may need, is already there in the form of desire to “make things”. I hope that makes sense!
Just wanted to add- I really enjoy our twitter conversations. Perhaps others will join in the exchanges.

By: On Inspiration « Lisa Hebden

On Inspiration « Lisa Hebden — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:07:09 +0000

[...] Caite and I have had a dialogue going back and forth on the topic of inspiration. She sent me this article, written by artist Alison Jardine, called Inspiration is Irrelevant. To paraphrase, Alison was [...]

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:41:13 +0000

Thanks for correcting it. I had no idea it wasn’t working

By: Roslyn Dames

Roslyn Dames — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:32:43 +0000

Thank you for posting a link to what I wrote & podcasted about inspiration…not sure why it isn’t working at the moment. Anyway, the correct link is here: http://roslyndames.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/audioboo-2-what-inspires-you/

By: Roslyn Dames

Roslyn Dames — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:40:27 +0000

Incredibly well said, and completely consistent with your view of art as a continuous, organic, natural re-creation of the life we observe, receive, interact with and…react to. Thank you for your response.

By: AudioBoo #2: “What Inspires You?” « On Being A Full-time Artist

AudioBoo #2: “What Inspires You?” « On Being A Full-time Artist — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:27:57 +0000

[...] “What Inspires You?” February 20, 2010 The other day, I took a look at “Inspiration Is Irrelevant” by full-time artist Alison Jardin and “Where Do You Get Your Inspiration?”by [...]

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:19:48 +0000

As artists, I suspect that we need experiences to react to, things that make our hearts turn over, and those connections in our minds rush faster. In this way, we can called perhaps more accurately replace ‘inspiration’ with ‘reaction’. Block may reside in a lack of reaction – possibly from a lack of things to react to.

As artist, I think we can have a strong revulsion ~or attraction to ~ a contradiction, or source of tension; equally, we can experience a strong pull towards something we perceive as beautiful.

Either can provoke ‘inspiration’, or as I prefer to call it ‘reaction’.

By: Roslyn Dames

Roslyn Dames — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:00:32 +0000

Excellent point. But what about those with “artist’s block?” Does this come from a need for inspiration or something else?

By: Where do you get your inspiration?

Where do you get your inspiration? — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:59:30 +0000

[...] in the week I read an interesting blog post by Alison Jardin titled “Inspiration is Irrelevant”. Alison speaks of her experience answering a simple question from a local college student on [...]

By: Joan Linenbroker

Joan Linenbroker — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:36:15 +0000

Wonderful. Love your description of the process many of us go through.