Inspiration in my rss feed makes me happy: blog find of the week, from Copenhage
Category: Inspiration
Love your life
birthday card, originally uploaded by sarah ahearn. Today’s flickr find!
Ordinary sparkling moments
Christine‘s book was waiting for me at the post office today, an unexpected surprise since i had no hope to receive the book before some more weeks – damn the slow US-Canada post service – but there it was, handled to me as saying C’mon, take me home! Well, the book is a beautiful piece… Continue reading Ordinary sparkling moments
Sark’s blog
a new book, and a new blog!
Dealing with ideas
Overwhelmed with ideas, me and chris often struggle with this topic. So much could be done, only, we are only 2 heads, and 4 hands. Which idea is good to keep, which ones are not? A pretty good conversation topic, if you feel like sharing a coffee with a stranger. I’m sure everyone has something… Continue reading Dealing with ideas
Go Backpacking
Yesterday I discovered the Round the World blog by Dave, which is very inspiring. He is writing nearly every single day… currently from India. I like his reflections on life and traveling. And he offers very useful information on how to plan a trip carefully, no matter if you will travel for 1 month or… Continue reading Go Backpacking
Kind bloggers
a crowd of people blogging in honesty, with the goal to inspire, share thoughts, wisdom and help empower others – add the badge if this sounds exactly like you!
Telecrafting
Ponoko is an interesting new site that offers to make objects from your design. It’s also a market where you can sell either your design or the stuff you have made there. “Armed with nothing more than an idea, professional and hobbiest designers, crafters, hackers and artists can turn their ideas into real products –… Continue reading Telecrafting
Eat Pray Love
I’ve been compulsively ordering books last week, one of them being this sparkling jewel, blessed with light and wisdom. Truth is, i only buy compulsively when i feel a lack of something in my life, see excitement and adventure. Well, this book does exactly provides both. I am amazed at the power of one’s story… Continue reading Eat Pray Love
The thing one needs most
“I was a producer of materiality and I am ashamed of this fact. Everything I designed was unnecessary. I will definitely give up in two years’ time. I want to do something else, but I don’t know what yet. I want to find a new way of expressing myself …design is a dreadful form… Continue reading The thing one needs most
People’s stories
StoryCorps is an organization which is dedicated to recording people’s life stories and memories. Since October 2003 they are installing StoryBooths in public spaces where people can record their own stories in a silent place. StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening. Follow our… Continue reading People’s stories
Authenticity, by Moop bags
Inspiring interview with the creator of Moop bags on Etsy: “… shopping on Etsy is about celebrating handmade and supporting those who have taken the time to honor their skills and invest in themselves. There’s an authenticity that you find in many shops on Etsy.“
Power women
“… women in low- and middle-income nations were found to be more than twice as likely to be involved in early-stage business start-ups as those in high-income nations” Why this? Are these women better than us at leaving their comfort zone, at handling risk and insecurity? “In Russia, women were involved in 39.9 percent of… Continue reading Power women
This week’s poll
is about multi-tasking – how do you manage it to drive your creative life with the right amount of creativity and focus? Let us know!
Ring House
Happy monday to you! Since dreaming is free, i thought we could afford to show you some images of the Ring House – a truly wonderful gem among trees, located at Karuwisawa, Nagano Prefecture.
Inspiration benevolence
There is a silent revolution going on, a guerilla of creatives, leaving their footprints around. Goodness is spreading, slowly, but surely – and we each can be a part of it, but only by taking action, even the smallest one. The picture above is from Natalija’s flower gifting – yes, gifting. Walking around and leaving… Continue reading Inspiration benevolence
Henry Miller
Being as you are, in the business world
In my spring reading list i talked about the book The boss of you. I have just found out that the authors have a blog to support the book, with resources for women trying to find their own way in creating a business, in the traditional business world which is often gray and dull. I… Continue reading Being as you are, in the business world
Unfold
Inspiration of the day, by Sabrina Ward Harrison, posted by Christine Castro, see the original here!
Keri Smith interview
Before leaving for the weekend, take some time to read an interview with Keri Smith. It could also be a good sunday morning read. Have a great weekend! “How do you know what you should work on?” to which I would answer, “What makes you feel giddy and excited and a little tense?” That is… Continue reading Keri Smith interview
Keeping a diary supports personal development
Sometimes people translate the daily stuff in words that affect us profoundly. I am keeping a diary since i’m a kid, writing mostly everyday – the good, the bad, and everything in between. Expressing silently my biggest fears and dreams is something now part of my daily routine, like a silent meditation, because i know… Continue reading Keeping a diary supports personal development
Wednesday Inspire
Le Slow Design
J’ajoute cette semaine le manifeste du Slow Design aux manifestes présentés sur Vu d’ici. Guylaine en a parlé ce week-end, et je crois qu’il sera des plus inspirant pour vous tous de découvrir quelles sont les principales notions qui caractérisent le Slow Design. À garder tout près! Slow design sur Treehugger: (…) Slow Design, much… Continue reading Le Slow Design
Steve Jobs
3 intense and authentic short stories about and by Steve Jobs, almost nothing about Apple: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something, your god, destiny, life, karma, or… Continue reading Steve Jobs
The science of enjoying life
“Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind, I believe that the biggest breakthrough will be the realization that the arts, which are conventionally considered “useless,” will be recognized as the whole reason why we ever try to… Continue reading The science of enjoying life
Shirley MacLaine
“We are revolving around religions instead of revolving around expanding our own consciousness.” Shirley MacLaine in a interview with Whitley Strieber.
Opening
We should be keeping people out of stores but we all have to work with business
Guylaine pointe vers cette édition du Iconeye qui rassemble les manifestes de quelques personnalités influentes du monde du design : Peter Saville, Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, John Maeda, Stefan Sagmeister. Le premier manifeste est de Peter Saville, qui porte un regard pessimiste et critique sur les fondements du monde du design, et qui à mes… Continue reading We should be keeping people out of stores but we all have to work with business
David Lynch
Slowing down
How to be creative
How to be creative, a manifesto by Hugh MacLeod. Download the manifesto here. Found on Guylaine’s blog.
Opportunity
The greatest opportunities occur far sooner than most people are ready to notice them. (…) Some of the fun in life and business is to be at the leading edge – on the curve instead of behind the curve. — Realize that by the time you can fully explain, describe, or articulate something, most the… Continue reading Opportunity
Shaun McNiff
Creative expression requires an ability to work with feelings and channel them. Frustration, dissatisfaction, and even a sense of desperation may help you access an eloquence you never knew existed. Shaun McNiff.
Anaïs Nin
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anaïs Nin.
défricher
Pour frayer un sentier nouveau, il faut être capable de s’égarer. (To clear a new path, it is necessary to be able to be mislaid.) Jean Rostand (via guylaine)