Liah and Kelly, the fantastic subway musicians known as Left on Red, share their inspiration with me after Kelly and I jammed together at Grand Central.
What Inspires Andy?
Cool People Care is a fantastic organization based out of cool Nashville. Co-branding with NYCsubwaygirl's first t-shirt, Cool People Care member Nancy VanReece got Andy from the printer Friendly Artic to talk about what inspires him, Nashville style.
check out their blog 5 minutes of Caring about NYCsubwaygirl and Cool People Care
as told to and filmed by Nancy VanReece
What inspires Ronnie?
What inspires Karissa?
What inspires Ab
Ab, a subway musician, shares his inspiration with NYC Subway Girl @ Grand Central, fellow conga player Zu agrees.
What inspires Heidi?
Heidi is inspired by subway musicians @ 34th St.! She actually paid another fare just to come back and listen!
What inspires Paul Ramirez Jonas?
Paul Ramirez Jonas, the artist behind the "Key to the City" project by Creative Time in Times SQ, shares his inspiration with NYC Subway Girl. Check out my blog post about his amazing public art project!
What inspires Shay, Gigi, and Christina?
Shay, Gigi, and Christina caught up with me at Times Square and shared their inspirations before attending the May 2nd Peace Rally (International Day of Action for a Nuclear Free World).
What inspires Sir Shadow?
Sir Shadow, an artist and a poet, shares his inspiration with me at Grand Central. He gave me a calendar filled with his own original line drawings. Check out the New York Times article written on Sir Shadow!
What inspires Calvin?
34th St.
What inspires Meghan from Dagmar?
Meghan McGeary from the musical group Dagmar with Jim Bauer, (are part of the Music Under New York program), shares her inspiration (hint, it's Jim) with NYC Subway Girl @ Union Square
What's My Inspiration, behind 'What's Your Inspiration?"
Recently I’ve been recording on my flip camera or zoom digital recorder the voices and images of commuters I meet who inspire me with their comments. I’ve started a new section of this site called What's Your Inspiration? where I post what I capture. It’s not a difficult process, I actually don’t need to edit at all, except to keep it under 2 minutes.
There is no absence of people inspired by life by what they see and hear, willing to walk up to me while I’m performing and chat. I’ve just recently had the guts to say, “hey would you mind if I record what you're saying for my website?" So that’s how I discovered Paradise at 125th street station who matter-of-factly said, “keep love in your heart everyone, remember that.” Sherwin at Penn station expressed, “Joy is my inspiration." These people need to be heard, they make our world a better and interesting place to live in.
And their inspirational stories resonate with me deeply. We live in a harsh world, and here in New York City it’s a very crowded and chaotic one. Ester shared, “today we have ‘soundicians’ (sic) that make noise, but real music is compelling. Music is in my soul, I get goose-bumps, I feel heightened. Maybe if people had the right music they’d be happier.” "Soundicians” ? !! Wonderful, that description is compelling enough to make me want to find more and more Ester's of the world to share with you.
Heartfelt, honest, strange, inspiring….you be the judge. Stay tuned as I introduce you to the people I meet in the subway on this website, maybe you’ll feel compelled to share or leave a comment. It’s easy. And maybe one day if you happen upon me in the subway, you too will feel inspired enough to share what inspires you.
See you in the subway!
What Inspires Lauren and Alana?
Documentary filmmakers Lauren and Alana share their inspiratio at Union Square.
What Inspires Paradise?
NYC Subway Girl finds out what inspires Paradise @ 125th St.
What's your inspiration?
What inspires Esther?
Esther @ LIRR talks to NYC Subway Girl about her inspiration.
What Inspires Sherwin XL?
LIRR Penn Station
What Inspires Christopher?
yesterday at 125th st in Harlem I met very interesting people who wanted to speak with me, dance or just give me a thumbs up. Here's a clip from Christopher and what inspires him.
What's Your Inspiration?
Enrico Miguel Thomas 'Subway Artist of NYC'
On my way to sing at an open mic night at Ashford & Simpson’s club Sugar Bar, one Thursday evening, I came above ground and saw an amazing sight of an artist drawing with sharpie pens over a “canvas” of a simple paper city subway map. I couldn’t help but smile and stop to talk to the artist called The Subway Artist Of NYC, Enrico Miguel Thomas. His soft-spoken demeanor and total enthusiasm
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