Creating something on our own is the purest form of art. It merely shows who we are and explores the horizon of our dedication and passion. Creating something needs inspiration and a lot of perspiration. Inspiration can come in any form. It may be from an incident or any life changing moment of our life which teaches us a valuable life lesson.

The story of a painter somewhere starts when he was a small boy of 10. The tragic plane crash took his parents’ lives and affected him deeply for a long time. He was all alone and was disturbed mentally. The situation got even worse when his brother got busted by the local cops while the painter was trying to rob a local supermarket with a baseball bat. He became isolated, stopped talking to people and spent his whole day inside the room. He sometimes looked at his drawing books which were full of his sketches and drawings from his childhood. He tried to remember the times when he along with his father and brother used to enjoy the sunset from their corn field. He broke into tears while he painted one of his best memories. The next morning he painted his mother`s portrait where she was combing her hair while the sun from the east lightened her face. As the days passed, he became obsessed with making new paintings. He painted the fields, trees, the children playing in the streets, the starry skies and the moon. It gave him satisfaction and for some moments he even forgot he had no family. The people of his town used to see him on roof tops, on the fields and near the sea where he used to paint. People started admiring his art and creation. The inspiration was his own life where he chose to come out of his dark room and shine through the colors of life.

Another story is about another writer who also faced a tragic fate when he was a young boy of 16. He fell down in a narrow gorge and paralyzed both his legs and his dream of becoming a soccer player was shattered. He was also selected in his high school’s soccer team. His days then passed in a wheelchair lamenting and recalling the same memories of the incident until he got a beautiful present from his friend. It was a book called ‘Critical Choices’. He read it and started regaining hope which encouraged him to write journals and about his thoughts and feelings on not being able to do what he wanted. However, he never gave up and wrote about his beautiful and sad memories. He continued writing poems, short stories, essays. After a few years, he emerged as a dynamic story writer. It was the creation of art which came from a little inspiration and a lot of perspiration.

Everyone has their own share of difficulties and hard times to face. Sometimes all we want is a little bit of inspiration which can awake the magical self within us. A new dimension within us can be discovered with these small bits of life-changing stories and inspiration. So let’s always look forward and every time we hit a rock or sink in the journey of life, let’s make sure that we get up stronger and harder.