Inspiration Comes In Strange Ways

On Friday, I went to the World Curry festival at the Leeds Victoria Gardens. Because of people still being at work and college it wasn't too crowded but it was still quite lively. It was nice to see and experience such a gathering of different cultures, foods and spices.

This gave me the idea of perhaps making a market environment for my character. At first I was thinking that maybe my character could be a slave within palace walls as a form of entertainment for royalty but now, I think I like the simplicity of her being a street performer. She could even be a bit of both? Maybe she's quite an established dancer and performs at venues whenever she gets the chance. Who knows? The possibilities are endless!

On a serious note though, I'm really warming to this idea so I'm going to have a play around with it. I think I might head towards a more gypsy-like concept though. I like the idea of her being a travelling performer because it'll give me the opportunity to mix western and eastern culture but, we'll see~