Am I Becoming A Lazy Vocal Writer?

Introduction

More and more, I seem to be using Art I find on Facebook and other places as inspiration for my writing. Is this wrong?

I use the Challenge prompts that you can find here:

I gather Unofficial Challenges here:

Then Vocal has a lot of prompt stories here:

Should that be enough?

I always look for more.

Some Of The Art That May Be Coming Your Way

There are lots of artists (and writers) on Facebook who seem to just share their work. I am not sure if they get any financial compensation, although some do sell their work on Etsy and elsewhere.

The Glittering Fox is an example of this, and they send their prints around the world, as well as providing me with so much inspiration that we collaborated to produce a beautiful book.

A new artist I have recently discovered is Scott Bateman, whose Facebook page is here. He has been an artist for twenty years, and he has his own website as well:

The Enchanted Booklet shares mostly very old art that it has found. and has resulted in many poems and stories from me. This seems to be a labour of love, and hopefully, they will keep sharing their amazing finds. The cat picture that introduces this piece came from them.

These are just three that I borrow art from for my stories, but there are many more. If I started borrowing from others, it would affect my mental health. I cannot deal with too many plates spinning at the same time.

This poem was inspired by a sculpture I saw in a shop in Newcastle, full details are in the story:

Then there are the willow sculptures of Anna Cross, such as my favourite, The Huntress:

Conclusion

So the conclusion you may draw is that I have little or no imagination, but the reality is that I love finding wonderful things to write about, and all these artists give me a big running start in the writing they inspire me to produce.

Thank you so much for reading, and maybe some of these might inspire you to a Vocal Top Story, or even more.