SCRATH

I just did what came naturally to me as I first read this. First, I took a good look around my room, the color of the walls, the structure of our room setup, my roommate on his computer, the rug on the floor, and etc. Then I proceeded to listen to some music. I listened to some of my favorites, turned it on shuffle and listened to what came out, and even watched some music videos to these songs. I also played some video games and looked at the story of the game, how you play it, observed your role and freedom as the player, the game's artwork, graphic design, and what not. I also began playing the guitar for a bit. Played whatever came to my mind. Jammed to a backing track, and see what came out. I also visited some of my old videos that I took of myself playing and tried to think how I came to those riffs and melodies. Through doing all this, I think I would have to say that a lot of things that I think of always comes from things I have previously seen or experienced. This leads me to believe that even the greatest creators borrowed something from their influences in life. Can there really be something that is truly original? However from doing this exercise, I think I did learn that thinking about things in an orderly fashion does help with creating some ideas, whether it is original or not.