![]() But for working creators this is not an option. ![]() The key is to be attuned to spotting inspiration and acting upon it. ![]() A title or feeling alone can spark an entire narrative, as can an overheard phrase, a powerful emotion, sorrow, elation, discontentment or a desire for political change. When it comes to creating new music and lyrics, the possibilities are infinite. Let’s not forget too, that great art, music and literature were created through love and tragedy.” ![]() We can be inspired by listening and watching others. “There are countless things around us, sights and sounds that can trigger our creativity. “Getting inspired to create can always be a challenge for musicians and it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the creativity comes from,” says Craig Stratton of Modulus Quartet, a London-based string ensemble that prides itself on working with contemporary composers and performing new material. This is abundantly clear when it comes to the first stage in the process – the inspiration. “Creativity,” observed Albert Einstein, “is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.” Certainly, it is a highly personal and individual process with the imagination, thoughts, emotions and memories of the creators fuelling the idiosyncratic whole.
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