Inspiration:
I like to brainstorm ideas a lot. There’s something almost fun about coming up with new ideas and solutions (much more fun than actually implementing all the work to put those ideas into action!). I have tons of pages in notebooks and journals filled with my brainstorms on different subjects. One day I wondered what it would be like to be caught in a brainstorm without an umbrella, and this was the result.
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
Brainstorm
I got caught in a brainstorm
one cloudless, clear blue day,
without an umbrella handy
for ideas that rained my way.
It started with a cloudy mind,
sprinkled with new thoughts.
Soon a downpour deluged my brain,
and drenched what I’d been taught.
Then from the deepest, darkest cloud,
lightning struck me with a jolt,
and I knew then, and still know now,
what I didn’t before the bolt.
Then ’twas gone as quick as it came,
and I stood grateful for the chance
to know the new I never thought,
the revere of happenstance.
I tried to go inside to share,
but was told to wait outside
until my thoughts and mind and soul
had all completely dried.
So I waited til my clothes looked dry,
and went in to play their game.
And though not different on outward glance,
inside, I was never the same.