This quote hangs in my office. I read it every day. For me it expresses the very definition and value of inspiration. I guess I could argue that nothing inspires me more than inspiration. Sometimes I gather so much inspiration – images, photos, tear sheets, books, notes – that it overwhelms me, making me feel disorganised, unfocused and like I’ll never have enough time in my life to put it all to use. But I can’t resist it – if I see something that moves me I want to remember it, archive it, file it away for when I need it. Recently Pinterest has helped me enormously to store digital images, and my inspiration board in my office is constantly evolving with the addition of new things – advertisements, invitations, fashion stories, tickets, place cards. I also have an album in iPhoto titled Inspiration – To Sort where I can put things I find to file later. Whenever I have a new project to work on, I consult my inspiration, take what I need, leave the rest, and it feels as if the conceptual part of my thinking has been expressed physically, sending me on my way to word hard and create something new.
love this – thank you for sharing!
thanks for sharing.
Inspiring quote, one that I didn't know about!
Caroline
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Oh, maybe that is why Gone with the Wind is still in my head from watching last week.
So is your portrait – really nice.