It apply for children but also can apply to people who migrate. It apply for world cultural happening to a more local one. I got this illumination on two occasion: one with a 10 years old and the other one with an adult originating from a different speaking country. With the 10 years old, I talked about some Superman (the superhero) mythos and characters (Kandor, who was Jimmy Olson and Lois Lane). For the adult, it was about a 80's dumb song that was popular in my area. I guess it was probably popular in France too because the singer was from there: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQTrFBXqBwQ. Sorry, I could found the video version I had when I was younger. Just in looking at the guy, we can sense it is something dumb. The theme of the song: what to do in various ages. The title translate into Stop or Again. Sorry if I get the image of Zoey, 80's original, from Sesame Street for that one.)
So, being in contact in transmitting some cultural knowledge is good for creativity. It had forced me to think about this and to incorporate into creative endevour. Of course, putting a soundtrack while writing or into a writing universe is an easy one. It is just the obvious. There is also the one about superheroes parallels with some mythologies (you guess it, Thor and The Flash aka a modern version of Hermes being the two obvious ones) I think there are movies and characters that had received a similar treatment.
On a personal level, I am more into deeper inspiration to spin on my own creation. I had done it once. It was not really conscious at the beginning. It was done over time. I took the movie Sissi (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048624/?ref_=nv_sr_1), the first of the trilogy. It began with my version of the movie in a dream and there was a few of my own development. Over time, it became more and more a stand alone story. It was no longer ressembing on what it was based on. The story became mine. I wrote a first draft of it and still working on it. I am sure that no one would see the connection between the two. So, I like this inspiration. It gave me a story even if the take off was totally different.
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