kinki wrote:....take interesting photos, make sculpture...etc? Or simply wear lots of make-up and weird and wonderful clothes when you go out?
As far as photos, music, and art go, most definitely! I was never much for spending tons of cash on clothes, nor did I ever experiment with hair and make-up - which means fewer embarrassing "What the hell was I thinking?!) type pictures to look back on. But I was inspired to do some of the other things.
I've pretty much always been into photography, but I have been influenced a lot by what I've seen on album covers and whatnot. After I got the Perspectives book, I did a few of the Polaroid things, for example. These days, my camera of choice is digital, and I largely prefer abstract images.
Musically? Big influence. In fact, I put out several DIY albums (one CD, several tapes) in the mid-90's under the name Tinty Music. (Stupid name, but I never thought of anything that I thought was better.) Sylvian's instrumentals were a major source of inspiration.
In fact, a friend of mine from the Sylvian list got a copy of my Weightlessness CD to Ingrid when they lived in Minneapolis and she was doing some sort of radio show. I doubt that this had anything to do with the "weightless" lyric in "Wanderlust", but I'd like to think that maybe it did. (My own personal brush with fame?)
Some of my more recent efforts (especially the photos) can be found on my web site:
http://web.mac.com/lennbob/iWeb/TintyMusic/Home.html
Kevin