Roger Distill
I've never been desperate to write a book, such that I yearn for inspiration. I don't look for it. I just wait for it to happen. My life is rich in people and places and things happening around me. Inspiration comes from how my mind responds to everything.
The Romans believed that inspiration comes from a Genius, a spiritual being that descended upon a person on a whim and prompted him to specific action, often creative. The word didn't have the same meaning and connotations as it does now.
The Greeks saw it in terms of a dæmon, an aggressive spirit that possessed a person and influenced their behaviour. My inspiration feels much more like that of the Romans' Genius!
The Romans believed that inspiration comes from a Genius, a spiritual being that descended upon a person on a whim and prompted him to specific action, often creative. The word didn't have the same meaning and connotations as it does now.
The Greeks saw it in terms of a dæmon, an aggressive spirit that possessed a person and influenced their behaviour. My inspiration feels much more like that of the Romans' Genius!
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