Tuesday inspiration

“Sometimes being totally fucked can be a liberating experience.” Happiness in the Air that I breath.

Inspiration is fuel for creativity. A life elixir that injects us with visions and dreams of our own destiny.  It’s so easy to get lost in the mundane day that leaves very little to imagination. Children have it in abundance though. It’s like they have a special set of eyes that can transform the most dull object into a gem, or create palaces out of card board boxes. Their fantasy is without limits, and one little object or event can set a whole train of thought in motion. To the child there are no barriers to becoming the president of the United States, a celebrated movie-star or a firefighter. It’s all possible.

My own dreams when I was that age was to become an archaeologist, just like Indiana Jones. I was destined to find a big treasure one day. I still haven’t given up that dream. It will happen one day, I am sure of it. Of course the treasure has become something more metaphoric, but nevertheless that treasure is still out there waiting for me.

A personal list of inspiration

1.    The beautiful manor house in the countryside of France. I imagine our family celebrating our Christmases there, lavish parties and candle light dinners with my husband.
2.    The Count of Monte Christo. When Edmond Dantès is wrongfully incarcerated in Chateau D’if, spending 14 of his best years, the only thing that never leaves him is hope.  Hope in the form of knowledge that freedom is on the other side.
3.    My head on the chest of Reinout, listening to his heartbeat. It puts me to sleep.
4.    Running in the morning along the boulevard of Sliema, Malta. I reenact those decisive and brutal battles between the Ottomans and the Knights of St. John, the latter being the victorious, albeit at a great price. One has to be prepared for sacrifice to achieve Victory.
5.    Victoria goofing around (as long as she doesn’t make a mess)
6.    Dancing salsa with an excellent dancer to the classic rhythms of the Lebron Brothers. I loose myself completely in the arms of a stranger.
7.    Cafe del Mar vol 6 playing whilst looking out over a glittering sea. The haunting voice of the woman singing in Portuguese sets my mind in trance.
8.    Bellodgia on my skin
9.    Pillow talk with my husband
10.  Paris through the window of a taxi, consuming street life around me.

Perhaps this is more a list of what makes me feel alive, but then again that is just another facet of inspiration. Without those moments, trivial as well as life changing, our lives would not be the same.

Dancing, heartbeat, skin…