a symbol, a statue, a motto, a phrase? what guides/directs you - provides inspiration? Mine is: "a prayer for the wild of heart, locked in cages" (tennessee williams) thanks!
2006-08-10 01:56:06 · 24 answers · asked by amuse4you 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
i am inspired by the dove, by don quixote, by the statue of liberty, and so many more.
2006-08-10 01:57:29 · update #1
The spiral, ancient symbol of timelessness and the perpetual cycle of life.
And dragonflies, who start their lives so ugly and ferocious, and change into a symbol of ethereal beauty and grace.
And Mahatma Gandhi's quote "Be the change you want to see in the world".
2006-08-10 02:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by joyfulpaints 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question! At the moment for me it's the crow and the skull. For me they symbolize my desire to know my darker and yet hidden side. Also my liberation from certain kind of fears. A nocturnal forest too, with secret sounds and smells.
I've noticed that these symbols come and go. They are important for a while and then I move on and grow. Then the next symbol comes whit it's new meanings and teachings.
2006-08-10 09:02:03 · answer #2 · answered by BonAqua Identity 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Asoka Chakra, The symbol of Indian national flag.
2006-08-10 08:59:45 · answer #3 · answered by Bolan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am inspired by the cross, Figaro's Wedding by Mozart, the peregrine falcon which can fly at 120 mph, and the Latin phrase magna est veritas et praevalebit. (truth is mighty and will prevail)
I also enjoy seeing pictures/statues of the Virgin Mary.
Cool question.
2006-08-10 08:58:43 · answer #4 · answered by LaCosaMasBella 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My symbol is the Mandelbrot set:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mandel_zoom_00_mandelbrot_set.jpg
More here:
http://images.google.com/images?q=mandelbrot&num=100&hl=en&hs=VjI&lr=&rls=en&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title
Even the most tiny piece of it is filled with beauty. I would like to get some jewelry or something that is in the shape of the black part of the Mandelbrot set.
My favorite phrase is "Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain."
2006-08-10 18:46:56 · answer #5 · answered by Mai Tai Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pheonix rising,
the phrase "always expect the unexpected",
dragons,
the cross,
and "ex nihilo" (out of nothing)
2006-08-10 12:11:21 · answer #6 · answered by Gen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't attempt to compress the entirety of human existance into one phrase, symbol or motto.
2006-08-10 08:59:30 · answer #7 · answered by mark r 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Motto: "Expect the worst, but reach for the best."
2006-08-10 09:01:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymously Anonymous 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yin yang and pisces (two fish swimming in opposite directions).
2006-08-10 09:00:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"We are the music makers and We are the dreamers of the dreams" - Jean Wylde Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Not that crappy Johnny Depp remake)
2006-08-10 09:02:38 · answer #10 · answered by unan1m0us 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋