Who is my Moog?

I've been asked in class to talk about who influenced my creative formation, who has been my "Moog"? Stoll, during a TED Talk, tributed his inspiration to this person being for him source of knowledge and inspiration of course.
I thought about it a whole week and I came to the conclusion that I don't have one specific or strong "guru" who inspired my path or my formation.
It took me years before understanding which would have been my path, my passion. Yes, sure having a mother particularly talented in artistic skills made me look at art with a different eye. I always observed her work with admiration and pride of her talent, but I never thought to be able to have her same natural artistic skills. She always encouraged me to stand out of the crowd teaching me to ponder on every single action or challenge I was asked to achieve; she has been able to give me the feeling that I was someone "extraordinary", that I was able to give others something special.
My working life brought me, through weird and unpredictable paths, to learn about creativity and graphic design and I just felt, for the first time in my life, I was doing something that satisfied me, something more than the regular job that many people have just to earn their daily bread.
What I am trying to say is that I'm convinced that my mother strongly influenced my personality and beliefs, teaching me to stay away from the ordinary, and of course I can only thank her for the eventual natural artistic skills I might have, but that my inspiration comes from all the people that have been, and are, in my life. I get a lot of inspiration and influence from the friends that surround me: the strength that some of them showed in facing hard life situations, the extravagance with which some of them show in facing every single day.
The love they show me gives me not only the strength to face my daily challenges but is a source of inspiration as well.
I also get inspiration and influence from the big thinkers and designers I am getting to know lately at school. The world is full of very talented people and each of them has something to teach us. Even though you don't get the chance to talk with them and receive their energy in a direct way, you can still feel the energy and their extraordinary talent from their works and creations.
In conclusion I definitely had different sources of inspiration throughout my entire life, but I feel that most of my work is inspired by the moment, by the people that are around me in that particular time.