Inspiration-Nobody Knows Where It Comes and Where It Goes-Stephen Tyler
That elusive, intrusive, exclusive bolt of lightning that changes everything, and suddenly it all makes sense
Inspiration is a topic that is very intriguing to me. We all have those moments, an intuitive flash of recognition, a blinding flash of revelation, a sudden realization. It is best to act on them immediately.
It’s a home truth that strikes deep and hard, fast and furious, and sure and certain. Inspiration is beyond all logic, all rhyme or reason. You just know.
Seize the moment, follow your muse. Let your mind go blank and just be.
Suddenly, everything makes sense. It is all so clear now, a vision of the future, a memory of the past, a blinding light of illumination that sheds light into the darkest corners of your mind.
It infuses us with purpose, inflames us with passion, and fills us with enough energy to overcome any obstacles.
We don’t slip and slide or fall, we don’t hesitate at all. We are filled with a sense of rightness that is overwhelming, overarching, and irreversible.
It is like you are watching your fingers flying over the keyboard on your laptop of their own volition, without any input from the logical side of your brain, without any planning or searching.
You just watch them fly and have to look up to see what you just wrote.
You just ride the wave, surf the moment, feel the joy of the now, the feeling of creation, of something pure and true that comes from deep within you.
It is like you are channeling some inner truth, something wispy and elusive that if you try to concentrate on it, it will just blow away and POOF! be gone. And again, nobody knows, where it comes, and where it goes.
Musicians often have this feeling when they are composing a song. Everything centers around a certain chord, a special note, or a lyric that just fits so well, so completely there is no doubt.
I wrote a song similar to that over 30 years ago. I had no idea where it came from, or why. It just popped into my head.
It wasn’t about any certain person that I knew at the time, just a feeling that sometime in the future it would all make sense.
It is soft and sweet, reassuring and complete, positive and joyous.
“Let your feelings come down
Let your heart come around
Don’t be scared, ain’t nobody here to clown
Let your emotions run true,
Let your love shine on through
Nobody here, except me, except you
“So let your heart be your guide
Don’t hold back, nothing here to hide
Rivers deep and the ocean so wide
Something borrowed, something blue
Something tried and found true
Nobody here, except me, except you
“I’m trusting you, you’re trusting me
That’s the way it should be
We’re gonna love till we’re through
Till we both get our due, only me, only you
Nobody here, nothing to fear
Nobody here, except me, except you”
Inspiration is a gift, a blessing. Use it when it shows. We are all connected…