What inspires you?

We all have things that inspire us, whether it's a person or place or event or sensation.

Me, I listen to music.  A lot.  Sometimes I'll play a song over and over and over ad nauseam if it just hits a certain chord in me.  It might be straight for an hour or over the course of a couple of days.  I'll think of how certain parts could translate to taiko, either in a solo or a new composition.

So what inspires you?  And how often do you let it?  How often do you expose yourself to the things that make you want to grow, try, create, explore?