Over the past three years NOW has explored the world of the arts with many guests. One question reoccurred in many interviews: "Where do ideas come from?" Explore the notion of artistic creativity with the resources below. Visual Arts — Mythology — Theater — Fiction — Music — Poetry — Film — Photography "Sometimes you are forced to become more creative because you have limitations. I know that from the theater that I've worked [in] and from my history, I've worked from $300 budgets and now I've worked on $20 million budgets. It doesn't really change. It's not about the technology. It's about the ideas behind it." — Director Julie Taymor Tell us what inspires you on the NOW message boards.

Visual Arts: Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak retells BRUNDIBAR. Find out what inspired the art of Frida Kahlo. Take a quiz on women in the arts. Gullah artist Jonathan Green narrates a photo essay of his work. Mythology: Filmmaker Gregory Nava on pre-Colombian mythology. Take the quiz. Also, test your knowledge of the myths of Ovid. See what playwright Mary Zimmerman did with METAMORPHOSES. Theater: The history of political theater. Actor and Twain enthusiast Hal Holbrook. Sarah Jones' one-woman politics. Pop quiz: Shakespeare knowledge. Exploring genius online with the NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI. Director Ping Chong bring the stories of child survivors of war the to the stage. Pulitzer Prize-winner Horton Foote. Bringing 1930s Harlem to life with George C. Wolfe. Fiction: The trouble with Mark Twain and controversial children's literature. History and fiction with Colombian author Laura Restrepo. Read an excerpt of Barbara Kingsolver's SMALL WONDER. Author David Grossman on life in Israel. Azar Nafisi on READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN. And literary legends Doris Lessing, Alice Walker, and Walter Mosley. Music: Conductor Benjamin Zander on THE ART OF POSSIBILITY. "Voice of the Century" Judy Collins on experience and inspiration. Los Lobos use tradition as a starting point. Singer Angelique Kidjo mixes cultures through music. Poetry: Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye. Poet Profile: Linda McCarriston. The legacy of Langston Hughes. And, Shirley Geok-lin Lim reads "On Learning to Love America." Coleman Barks reads Persian poet Rumi. Erica Jong on the history of Sappho. Film: CONTROL ROOM filmmaker Jehane Noujaim. The history of the Direct Cinema movement with Albert Maysles. John Sayles' personal take on the SUNSHINE STATE. Miguel Arteta on THE GOOD GIRL. The documentarian's eye with Bill Gentile. Photography: Explore the world with NOW's photo essays. Changing the Earth by Emmet Gowin. Plus, what makes a community? And, two women interpret the legacy of war in Afghanistan and around the world. Your Turn: Take a look at what other NOW viewers have written about our Photo of the Week images: Navajo Standoff; Invisible Women of Kandahar; Family Feelings and others.