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Your favourite author's favourite author
Source: school library journal

It's easy enough to love a writer's book, but who's ever stopped to wonder about which books they themselves read? Who were their favourite childhood reads? Which was the big one that caused them to become the bestsellers they are now? Librarian/PhD Joyce Valenza has reviewed a n …

Through the Eyes of a Child
Source: Carter Photography & Design

I asked a child to take a few moments on Flickr, DeviantART or PhotoBucket and select several images that appealed to them. With no instruction or guidance at all from anyone here are the results of their browsing.

From Books, President-elect Barack Obama Found His Voice
Source: The New York Times

Obama's first book, "Dreams From My Father" (which surely stands as the most evocative, lyrical and candid autobiography written by a future president), suggests that throughout his life he has turned to books as a way of acquiring insights and information from others — a …

For Susan (regarding the "Calming of the Waves")

You've been my muse all morning. I wrote this and the note on your page as a thank you for the poem below this one on my main page! I hope you enjoy them both! ******

35 Beautiful Examples Of Rain Photography
Source: Smashing Magazine

Most photographers do not feel comfortable in taking photographs in bad weather. Yet bad weather sometimes presents the perfect opportunity to get most out of our skills.

Jay Roma Lamb : art and inspiration
Source: househunting.ca

Roma Lamb notes that most artists are either commenting on social issues or depicting what they see in the world. "But there's another level of art that comes from beyond the world and thinking and everything known.

Les Arts Santé
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a reflection on inspiration (in french)

Beautiful Brochures and Booklets
Source: Smashing Magazine

Sometimes they contain an annual report of the company or showcase the portfolio of an artist. Brochures can also be included in CDs and DVDs; however, usually they are given away as freebies (e.g. they may contain a calendar or some poster inside).

Beautiful And Original Product Designs to Inspire You
Source: Smashing Magazine

Successful product design manages to reveal useful functionality beyond its appealing form. No matter how excellent a design looks like, most customers aren't likely to spend money on something they won't be able to use.

(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos
Source: Smashing Magazine

Photography is a very powerful medium and a very difficult craft. Excellent photos don't only display some facts — they tell stories, awake feelings and manage to share with the audience the emotions a photographer experienced when clicking the shot button.

Love's Sanctuary
Source: nicholasmcnair.com

The power of intimacy to change our lives... Poem "Sanctuary" by Zayra Yves Music "Nightfall" by Nicholas McNair Paintings and drawings by Anthony Christian

Poems, poets and 'Pilgrim hitchhiking…' (multimedia video)
Source: nicholasmcnair.com

Poets who encourage us in different ways to take a larger view on who we really are: Whitman, Pessoa, and now Zayra Yves (http://www.zayrayves.com) .

36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work
Source: JobMob

Make your resume stand out by using a beautiful design that most people have never seen before. Here are some terrific resume ideas to inspire you.

How Graphic Designers Can Overcome Their Creative Block and Get Inspired
Source: All Graphic Design

You need to jump start your creativity and find the inspiration that seems to be lost. You can't force creativity, so what do you do to get it back? Hopefully, this article will help you find answers to this serious problem.

LinkCreme
Source: linkcreme

Linkcreme is a gallery with beautiful css and flash sites. We showcase the best designs only! This is your inspiration source.

Luminous Landscape Photos
Source: Gimundo

At outdoor-photos.com, you'll find these and hundreds of other stunning landscape shots from professional photographers, capturing images of sublime beauty from all over the world. If you ever need a reminder of how amazing our planet really is, this is the place to find it.

Book Review: Success vs Joy by Geet Sethi
Source: Cue Sports India

Preface This book was born because of Sunil Agarwal's quest for finding the distinction between success and joy.

Art - the next trend in evolution

Art is the experience of divine inspiration and the expression of that inspiration. In art you can hear the inaudible voice of God, the unuttered meaning and express this in the language of your choice. Art is the ability to transform Absolute in relative.

Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting by COLOURlovers
Source: colourlovers.com

Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting by COLOURlovers

Finding inspiration - Online Dating - Helium
Source: helium.com

Pain is a brilliant inspiration. Pain, that gnaws at your insides, kneads and pounds your heart to pieces. What better way to let out the simmering pain, than to pour it all out on to paper!

Portrait of the artist as photographer's muse
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Very few people knew Jeff Buckley as intimately as Merri Cyr. It wasn't that the two were romantically linked, but the melancholic musician who drowned 10 years ago allowed the photographer to document his every move, on and off stage, and her images remain as a revealing legacy.

A Sure-Fire Way To Write Something Crazy and Unexpected
Source: thepublishingspot.com

Fellow newsviner Firsty offered Jason Boog some unorthodox advice which he had to think twice about. What was Boog's conclusion? Bars have a perfectly inspiring mix: wacky characters, music, dark atmosphere and plenty of crazy dialogue.

Tips for aspiring columnists
Source: nuvo.net

From the page: -- ... I thought I'd pass along some of the lessons I've learned since my first column in 1993. --

Copy What You Like
Source: paulgraham.com

This commentary on the art of copying seems like a really great article for Newsvine. (And especially for those of you who are attempting to establish a presence.)

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