Inspiring Artists

I know that this is not a photographer, but painter Frida Kahlo inspires me. I realize that she is an over used artist, but i can't help but love her paintings and her life. Her paintings are so complex and at the same time simple and this is something that I strive for in my photographs. I like her style and use of vibrant colors to tell her story. She mostly inspires me because of the honesty in her paintings. She seemed to use her work to help her through life and relationships. I always want to use my work in that way and i often look at her work as a guide.
Over the summer i read The Bell Jar and I became very inspired by Sylvia Plath as well. Again I appriciate the use of her life directly in her writing. In the same way Kahlo twists her reality to make something beautiful, Plath uses her life and her problems to make beautiful poems.