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Bex Hall > Art Projects > I only write when inspiration strikes.

I only write when inspiration strikes.

April 2, 2021

Fortunately it strikes at nine every morning.

Who said it? William Faulkner? Peter De Vries? Herman Wouk? Somerset Maugham?

According to Quote Investigator’s website, there’s no conclusive evidence who said it first. Regardless, the sentiment is amusing as well as aspirational.

I’ve found inspiration is more likely to make an appearance if I’ve shown up first. And good things tend to happen.

Show up regularly for a few weeks, or a month, and test it for yourself. You may find you and inspiration in a new relationship.

Make inspiration happen.
Freehand sketch, Micron pen on index card

Day 62/100

Filed Under: Art Projects, Writing Tagged With: creative life, inspirational, the 100 day project

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Bex Hall

Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications, most recently in Kerning, a literary magazine, and in the Stories of Hope Collection in Transplant Living. Her artwork has appeared and sold through the Grayson Gallery. She blogs here about creative life and creates in Studio BE overlooking the Ohio River. Her work in progress is a memoir about the secret life of objects.

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