Inspiration — The Thoughts of a Hacker

Disclaimer: this post does not necessarily represent the opinions of Kate, because she hasn’t even read it. Kate doesn’t endorse the following content because she doesn’t know it’s here. Kate also isn’t a financial sponsor of the writer, sadly.

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Kate is busy tonight. And you know today is Friday (I hope you know that, I’ve been waiting for it the whole week). I also hope you remember that you get a really special kind of post tonight. Or you usually get a special post today, unless Kate is busy.

I asked her what her Friday theme is. She said something about inspiration…

So I’m on it.

Is inspiration random for a creative? Or do word artists actively search out inspiration? Is everything that comes to mind something you should work with and develop? These questions naturally accompany the idea of inspiration.

Inspiration is a way of experiencing the world

It’s interesting to me that the word “inspiration” can also mean “inhalation.” Inspiration is breathing.

Yes, for many of us inspiration seems to strike randomly at any moment… and the golden ideas often do, but at least for me, I’m inspired by the world around me. I breathe in the sights, the people, the looks in their eyes—and that stimulates creativity like nothing else. If you look at the world through the eyes of a hungry creative, you will see so much inspirational lunch your mind won’t be able to cope…