01-29-2014, 04:02 AM
This is an interesting question. I think it has been asked here before at some point... I probably gave a different answer then. Two answers, though... 1. Dylan Thomas, and I have said this before and it is all very profound and yeah yeah yeah... But there was and still is (for me) something astonishing about his poetry. 2. Jim Morrison. I know, not so unusual, a bit of a cliche now days. And not that morrison's poetry is that good or anything. But I suppose Thomas inspired me to try to write poetry (with intimidation), and then I read morrison's poetry and thought 'fucking hell, I could do that!'
I think all of my creative endeavours have had this duality of inspiration. With painting, I look at a Francis Bacon and am in awe, but then I love billy childish's paintings because again I think 'I could do that'. Of course this is an oversimplification (not least because billy childish is an incredibly good painter, and I sound like I am belittling him in some way. I am not).
I think all of my creative endeavours have had this duality of inspiration. With painting, I look at a Francis Bacon and am in awe, but then I love billy childish's paintings because again I think 'I could do that'. Of course this is an oversimplification (not least because billy childish is an incredibly good painter, and I sound like I am belittling him in some way. I am not).