Inspiration

Words form from thoughts. Thoughts form from experience. Experiences form from events. Events happen every day of our lives. These events we record. In history. In diaries. In memories. In pictures. We even write these snapshots of life into our books. Pictures of life inspire us.
F. Scott Fitzgerald saw a vision in a piece of art. The cover art for his book The Great Gatsby, was actually written into the book itself. He uses the image to relay themes of the life he portrayed in the novel. It spoke about hope, immorality, moral decay, social issues, warnings, and mystery.

We picked apart this art and stripped it open to the naked eye. We appreciated it for what it told about the human condition. 

Recently, art is becoming less appreciated. If we see a scenic shot, we snap a picture and save it away. Every day people try to be inspiring with phrases and words these inspirational pictures - using parts to note details that might seem important. Yet people are abusing this. They believe slapping anything uplifting on a scene is correct. It's not. 

Art is worth a thousand intelligent words. Copying and pasting a quote on a picture reveals nothing about the picture or anything deeper about the words. Words and pictures have to connect. 

This is my favorite image. The words have meaning. Be yourself. Don't be anything society wants you to be. It gives you two choices - each for you to interpret on your own. For example, I believed bold meant outspoken, not the norm courageous. Italic meant malleable, easily influenced yet strong in position. It meant authoritative. This image told me to not be normal and interpret it with a normal eye. Be myself.  

The world is always outspoken. We just really need to think before we write, create, or even start to form an idea about humanity.