[Spenner]

Or some people can derive inspiration from more abstract things... like for me, I use the imagery I see in music, which is usually fractals and warm textures, and it eventually guides an idea based on that kind of construction.

I'd like to think that a lot of my ideas are "original", but I find inspiration in everything. The curvature of an apple. The rectangular face at the end of a USB stick. I just like breaking things down and taking what works from small things like that.

Not sure about the musical end of things, I suppose the original musician would have learned first to appreciate the sounds of nature and just basic patterns and rhythms.