Summary
As the race of the red wolves approached extinction, actions were taken to remove the remaining ones from their habitat in order to protect them and save their race. Unfortunately, in doing so, once there were enough red wolves to be released once again into the while they had lost some of their sense of independence. They no longer knew how to howl and begin to live their lives in fear. One wolf, however, Mumon has an encounter/vision with a deer, a raven, and an angry farmer that brings dignity back to their pack. Through this he is able to open his eyes and ears to the big picture and regain his howl and reunite his pack and make them the feared predators they once were. The lesson of this is, sometimes all you have to do to achieve what you want is by opening yourself up to the big picture.
Some of my favorite lyrics that spark creativity.
Dan Deacon - Snookered
"Been round this road so many times,
Feel like its skin is part of mine,
This taste of milk is almost gone,
Still got no shame, but not for long!
Been wrong so many times before,
But never quite like this."
I find a big source of my creativity through music. Each and everyday people are trying new things with music and create new unique styles and techniques. Half of which the time you see them and wonder just where in the world they ever thought of trying that. Well it comes through creativity, and in seeing this it inspires me to keep trying new things until I make something work that I'm proud of. This is why, for my inspirational quote, I chose the lyrics from one of my favorite creative musicians, Dan Deacon. In particular his song “Snookered”. It is a mostly instrumental song, but the few lyrics in it are powerful to me. They start off by saying “Been around this road so many times before”, which is saying how he's fallen into a routine where he finds himself starting to do the same things over and over again. He continues with “Feel like this its skin is part of mine, this taste of milk is almost gone” which explains how he feels he's almost relinquishing his sense of freedoms and fallen into the routine permanently. “Still got no shame, but not for long” explains how he's okay with still doing the same thing over and over again, but if he doesn't change it soon it's going to be too late. Then to close out the stanza he says “ Been wrong so many times before, but never quite like this.” symbolizing how he has made plenty of mistakes during his life, but allowing himself to fall into a repetitive pattern each and every day would be the worst mistake he could ever make. The reason this inspires me is because I feel this is a mistake so much of today's society has been unable to avoid. I think there's a ton of people out there in a field that allow for endless boundaries of creativity that fail to take advantage of this. They limit themselves to just follow the norm because it's proven that the norm and mainstream route is successful. So many movies, films, songs, etc. anymore are just so similar that it blows my mind. Sure there are minor subtle changes, but the basic format of them all are almost identical. I hope to not fall into this same thought process. I constantly search around for new things and ideas to keep my brain working and experiencing new things, just like experimental music for example. In doing so, I hope to increase my creativity level to a degree that allows me to create things people are unfamiliar with, but are able to embrace regardless. By doing this I will break free of the mainstream thought and won't allow myself to slide into a repetitive never ending rut. This will enable my creativity to never cease growing, and I will be able to learn and think of new approaches to situations with each and every every engagement and project I face. I just hope others are able to open their eyes and follow in the same path I plan on taking.
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