What is your mental state when you are writing good poetry/lyrics?

[pakuagoblin]

What do you think makes you more receptive to the ideas that "just come" to you?
How does your mental state differ when you are able to write good poetry or lyrics?
Do you have a method that gets you started? Maybe puts you in the right place.

There is obviously a difference, times when we can write and times when we can't.

 

[lizardmomma]

When I was younger I could write about almost anything. Now it's hard for me to write I just never seem to get inspired in the right way. I am not usually in a good mood when I write.

 

[Icelandic]

whenever i think of things i try to make it into a metaphor. if something good comes up i try to make a poem out of it.