Inspiration

I’ve found some new avenues for me personally to get creative inspiration for my work. Just last night I watched 2 of Erwin McManus’ “Soul Cravings” DVDs, and I was greatly inspired by the power of the story. Its great how God puts things together…this last 2 weeks Scott talked about how our story is our unique way to share our faith, and that stories work because no one can argue with our story. Then, I watched these short films. In essence what Erwin is doing is telling a simple story to convey truth about God that can easily be applied to our lives. I loved in his intro when he talked about how Nathan used a story to help convict David of his own sin.

The other place I’ve been gaining inspiration from lately is music videos. I love music. I love videos. Sadly, I barely ever watch music videos. Maybe it’s because I’ve always been turned off by MTV. Maybe I like to feel that I’m so indie that any band I like is so obscure they can’t get enough of a following to earn enough money to make a music video…. (not true). That said, the last week for some reason I’ve been watching quite a few music videos, and I’m falling in love with the art form. With a music video, the sky is the limit. I’ve been formating the Mute Math video “Typical” for a countdown for the upcoming Eastgate series about restoration. This video is really creative and fun… nothing about it is over the top amazing (besides the musicians being able to fake play the song backwards so that when it is played forwards it all matches.) Here is a video I watched tonight by Andrew Bird that I really like (he’s kinda indie, right?) Imitosis