Being a writer I have to be creative all the time so I'm always looking for things to inspire me. From the quiet of my neighborhood mid morning to hearing kids screaming and running a muck in Walmart because their father is not paying attention due to watching re-runs of football games on the big screen televisions. Everything is a potential story or poem. Today I was NOT inspired at all. I didn't even find anything interesting on Facebook or on the Internet.
I realized today that I cannot be the only one have this creative stump. This past weekend my family and I wanted to go to the movies but when we saw what was playing there really wasn't anything good showing. What's going on? All the movies are remakes and most songs "borrow" from previous songs. It's either the lyrics that are taken or the beat that's used.
So this begs the question, are there no more original ideas?
Ok yes I am a writer and yes my ideas are original but on a whole what about all the other entertainment sectors? When is the last time you saw an original movie that moved you? Or song that spoke to your soul? If you had to think about it for longer than a minute, that should tell you something.
That also made me think about vampires and today's generation. What's the connection you ask. Well I will tell you. Vampires are immortal. They have lived many lives and well they probably get really bored with humanity. It's the same things over and over again with only minor spins to make the current generation think that its original. We were listening to some "current" music and the song that came on had both the beat and the lyrics from an 80's song I recognized. This is what I mean. I told my daughter about the root of the "new" song and she didn't believe me until I let her listen to the original. Sooo sad. I am dying here; dying to hear something new and original or see something new and original. Of course this post does not include the genius that is AMC's The Walking Dead.
Until next time...
Until next time...
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