Art, Inspiration, and Creativity

Mayumi in the Museum of Contemporary Art,  La Jolla, California.

Mayumi has a theory that art inspires art. For Mayumi, art inspires her own creativity in her chosen medium - flowers. At least a few times a year, Mayumi will travel to museums and theaters to experience the work of other artists firsthand. Paintings, dance performances, visual arts...it doesn't matter; Mayumi is there to be inspired by another artist's vision. She finds it therapeutic to remove herself from her daily routine, and even from her own handiwork to break herself out of a pattern. While we all love repetition and routine, it is the change in that routine that inspires us to our greater good. We all find comfort in our patterns, but they hold us to form. So it is always advisable according to Mayumi to set out for a small adventure, to remind us of what the world has to offer.

It is when we step out into the larger world and into a sensory experience that we begin to open our minds to other's perceptions of the world. We begin to see a view that is processed and translated into an expression and understanding, with an undercurrent of oneness that courses through human existence. Mayumi says we take it back with us in the memories of it, and there we draw on that experience and let it enrich our lives. From that expression, another is born into existence, and another, and another...and the cycle begins again.
Art inspires art, creativity inspires people, and people inspire each other. Let us all be an inspiration to one another!