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What Is Inspiration When All Hope Is Lost?

"Hope is infinite—don’t search for it, just hold on and let it guide you." ✨ CJB

CJB original digital artwork of the Teme river at dusk
CJB ARTWORK 🌈

What Is Inspiration When All Hope Is Lost?

What Is—
STOP!
This is where one goes wrong

Inspiration is not found by asking "What Is"
Hope can never be lost either
For how can you lose what is infinite?

Hope is like a strand of the universe's hair
Don't try to find the end of it
Just hold on to what you see
Let it pull you to who you want to be

So never ask "What Is"
And HOPE constantly


Enjoy this lesson—
For it is in the enjoyment of this lesson
You have found the inspiration—
To know what is hope.

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Based on the #vss365 prompt "#inspiration".

I created the digital painting from a photo I took tonight. It is hard to explain but I have always wanted to be an artist. I do love all art. This may not make sense, but what has kept me from being able to do art practically, is the mess it creates, and I have never lived anywhere large enough to create the art I wanted to. And so for years I have been waiting for digital tools and digital as a medium to get to the point I can create art as if I was painting in real life. This artwork is like an orgasm for me. It is so satisfying! To be able to play around and edit a photo with the same pain and dedication it takes with real life painting tools. This work is by no means AI generated, one click and that is it. It is painstaking and is unique from my soul. I LOVE CREATING THESE PIECES and hope to do more over time. Tonight life feels good.

As for the poem. It just came out of my soul as does everything I create. Word flew down on the screen and I "felt" they made sense. Art is introspective so god knows what others think. What do you think, do you like what you see? Let me know on X [button below].

With love,
CJB (and yes I did say "orgasm" but not in a crass way)