MC&G #004: Totems

Inspiration comes from strange places. When you're forcing yourself to write 1667 words a day, you wonder if maybe you're forcing the inspiration too. Yesterday, I found that The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds was strangely analagous to the story I'm writing and have listened to it repeatedly since the epiphany. I use retail clothing websites and Flickr when I'm looking for faces -- I found this photo, a spitting image of my character Applefeld. I have a few postcards arranged above the desk -- Rousseau's Mauvaise Surprise is the touchstone and has reserved its place in the novel. All of these totems are a drop in the bucket compared to the influence my blue iguana pajama shorts hold -- I would be nothing without them.