FROM BLOGVERSATION 2012: SOME ARTISTS WHO INSPIRE ME

Over at Newvine Growing, Colleen Newvine is running Blogversation 2012.  Each week, six women (myself included) write a response to a question posed.  This past week, the question we wrote about was "Who or what inspires you?"  Here is my response.  Please check out Newvine Growing for other responses, and feel free to add your own thoughts to the original post!

Eleanor Traubman Says:
February 9, 2012 at 1:31 pm

There’s a bunch of artists who inspire me. Here are some of them:

Faith Ringgold – maker of storyquilts and children’s books
Keith Haring – pop artist
Missy Elliott – rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer
Maira Kalman – designer, writer, illustrator
Eva Zeisel – design legend
Women Film Directors – Nancy Savoca, Allison Anders, Karyn Kusama, Gurinder Chadha, Kasi Lemmons
Jim Henson – King of the Muppets, tv and film pioneer
Questlove – drummer for The Roots and King of Twitter!
Julie Taymor – Director of theater, opera, film
Rokafella – Female breakdancer, Director of the documentary of “All the Ladies Say”
All the women in Creative Conversations, the women’s artist group that I help lead

STUFF I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT

What happened to that wonderful waitress, Lucy, after the beloved Cafe La Fortuna closed down?

What will happen to the books and employees of the magical Donnell Library while the building they are in is being fancified for their new room-mates/property owners?

What is the singer Natalie Merchant up to these days?

What are Webstarr and Young B of Chicken Noodle Soup fame up to these days?

How can I meet Kenny Ortega, the guy who choreographed and directed Newsies?

I would love to see him at work and interview him for my blog.

Are some of the (former)child actors from Newsies still friends, since they spent so much time together rehearsing all those incredible dance numbers?

Does Jack Black see a parallel between the characters he played in Nacho Libre, School of Rock, and Kung-Fu Panda?

Where is Julie Taymor (pictured above) when she dreams up all her ideas? What is she up to these days?

Will I ever be as flexible as I was when I was ten?

Will I ever realize my dream of having an Arts Loft - a giant space where I bring people together around visual and performing arts? How could I bring myself one step closer to that dream?