What do I do if I feel inspired to create art but don't know what to create?

When I was a young artist I was afraid that one day I'd run out of ideas. But then I realized my ideas came from my reaction to the world. And as long as I continued to react to the world around me I'd be fine. I did and I am.

This happens all the time with music. I'll want to write something, but really don't have a specific idea, feeling, melody...nothing. In cases like this, you have to embrace your inner child and just play. Play with paint, play with clay, play with pastels, just keep playing with whatever materials you have. Try different techniques and experiment. I've been in the mood to make music and spent hours recording what various things around the house sound like, with different effects, different microphones, hitting them with different sticks/mallets etcetera. After some experimenting an idea will start to form, and you can use your new techniques to flesh them out.

Nothing as frustrating as wanting to create art, then staring at a white sheet of paper and not knowing what to draw. Been there so often.. Things that have helped my: - reference books or photo books/travel books. Pick a picture that speaks to you and create from that - start not with a white paper, but draw on magazine pages or newspaper -create random lines on paper and try to create something from that -Doodle and sketch whatever comes to mind, or draw from life (people passing by etc) - give yourself a goal, like, I want to improve on anatomy, so draw various poses. Good luck!