Just wanted to jump in and say that your comment actually is a great tip to have in mind, it is a good way to come out with new ideas 🙂
for me is basically blanking my mind then thinking of the what i came across lately and how I make them “visual” in my own vision – could be emotions, music instruments, nature, sky, textures, industrial items/ places and of course – soundtrack music (as it almost every-time put me on a “different place” while listening to, because soundtracks are mainly built as a “ground” and “atmosphere” for, say, games or movies).

wow I didnt think I’ll write this much now and it just felt right and flew on the “digi-paper” here 🙂
thank you *fir BMX* and *Amani* for provoking thins from me 🙂

have a great weekend!

I do some visualization, this is something I learned in one of Brooke’s online classes.
Sit down somewhere by yourself, and just daydream by imagining yourself on a cloud. Now drop off the cloud, you have the time between the cloud and the ground to decide where and when you will exist. Now live out the story, go wherever you want with it. Keep doing this for at least five minutes a day, you will notice a theme that is constant, this will be the theme of your next piece of work.
Daydreams, guided like this or ones that just pop into your head (like mine do while I work) will always show you your inner self, and if you don’t like the themes of your daydreams, then you need to work on changing your thoughts.
Also look at the work of other artist, painters, sculptors, musicians, carvers, and of course photographers. Not only look at them, study them. I have developed a a great respect for all art ever since I started photography, and can look at any work for a long time. Getting truly lost in it.
I hope this helps you. 🙂

That is a good one! I have trouble getting it to look good at all when I want something coming through a surface. especshly breaking through a “hard” surface.

I'd love to know what your thought process behind the images is.. how do you come up with the ideas? What inspires you?

I feel like my imagination is.. broken right now. I don't know how else to put it. I feel like I can't, for the life of me, come up with a fine art piece 🙁