Inspired

It's been a long time since I've felt like this. I mean really felt it deep in my stomach. The feeling was so intense I felt as if I could run a marathon (which I probably could provided I would actually carry my inhaler every now and then). This feeling gets my mind turning and feeling as if there ins't a moment to be wasted. Inspiration. I haven't felt this inspired since freshman year three years ago. My classes this semester are just it (at least the ones I've been to so far). In my first class which is an honors forum on the body we will be reading the Bible, fanny, and watching 300 just to name a few. The professor is awesome and discussion is sure to be good in the class. However, it wasn't until my Narrative Techniques class that I got "that feeling". We have to do creative writing exercises using a book of creative writing prompts called 3am Ephiphany. It has over 200 writing prompts on a variety of topics. As my professor is casually discussing how as English majors we're trained to read as readers but now we will read as writers (brillant by the way), he referred to us as Artists.  The same girl who can only draw stick figures, has no musical gifts to speak of, or any other "artistic" abilities is now an artist? Then I thought about it. Writing is a craft. Yes, one can learn anything off of youtube these days, but either you have it or you don't. I remember in the 5th grade my teachers were trying to get my short story, "The Day it Rained Chocolate Raindrops" published. They acted like I was a writing prodigy and ever since then I've always been writing. I've never thought of myself as a "writer" since I'm a mere amature, let alone an Artist! But the mere mention of the word and hearing him going on about what it means to be an artist and such really moved me. My final class of the day which happened to be Shakesphere left me no less inspired. The guy is one of the top Shakesphere scholars in the country and hearing him lecture once again brought on that feeling (inspiration for the freaks out there lol). How I have missed being intellectually challenged and longed for the moment when I would know exactly what it is I want to do with my life. I feel as if I sort-of experienced it today. I found what inspires me and thus I have found my inspiration.