Ode to the Ancients: No. XXVII        Copyright 2008 Donna Branch, All Rights Reserved

Glass, cast, carved with battuto, sandblasted, acid-etched, steel frame, 16.6″H x 8.5″W x 6.5″D, edition limited to twenty-five

Often artists (not just visual artists, I mean writers too) are asked about inspiration.  

Where does it come from? 

What incites inspiration? 

 What exactly is inspiration? 

Just to get the creative juices flowing, Webster’s has a few definitions.  Here they are, then you can tell me what you think.

• (a) a divine influence or action on a person held to qualify him to receive and communicate sacred revelation 
• (b) the action or power of moving the intellect (c) the act of influencing or suggesting opinions;
• but I like the definition for inspire because it more closely shows what this post is about: Webster says of inspire “to exert an animating , enlivening or exalting influence on.”

Those who have followed my work know that I love the natural shape of trees and leaves as exhibited in The Serenbe Project that you can find here.   Or, bark patterns on the trunk of a tree shown in the photo above.

What inspires you as an artist, writer, musician, lover of nature and life?   

If you have any questions or comments about this piece or others in my portfolio at donnabranch.com   , you can leave those on the blog also.  

Your inspirations?  Comment on the blog.