creative process - andrew

going off a lot of the things that have already been said (which may reveal something about my creative process in itself), i feel like i become inspired by certain stimuli, whether they be the introduction of an art assignment or a photograph or someone else's music or drawing or an idea of any kind... it will kind of get me thinking about what this thing means to me. how can i make it my own? how can i take what is there and change it in an interesting way? i think that perhaps this notion is maybe not the best way to go about being creative, since i might not always have a stimulus, or enough of a stimulus to act upon it in a creative way. and yes, sometimes i will be in bed and think of something 'grand' and it just depends on how willing i am to lift myself out of bed to write it down. but those kinds of things, when they're in my head, are so hard to get down on paper in the moment. those are the things that are unfortunately lost. so depressing tangents are cool. so emotion is of course a big part of it too. but not just emotion, it's something external that hits you inside in a way that can only be described through creating a work of art. but perhaps not; perhaps it's just that the best way of describing it is through creating a work of art. or even describing it to yourself through this process is the best way to understand what you think. and isn't that the effect we want our art to have on others--to inspire creative thought, emotion, that inner something that is indescribably human?