Where do you get your creative stimulation?

OK … maybe this is too much information, but you multi-taskers out there will appreciate it. I'm married to a bathroom reader who tends to leave a lot of great stuff sitting around near the 'commode' as they delicately called it in the old days.

And lately, I've discovered this prime reading time for myself. Strictly off limits: my heavier, book-style stuff like Thomas Friedman's 'The World Is Flat', catalogs (too fluffy), work-related reading (that's what I'm doing in my office half the time!), letters, em's and correspondence.

Instead, I read extra little cool things I'd never ordinarily make time for. Today I picked up a section of the Friday New York Times titled Escapes (hubby just returned from Manhattan, paper under his arm.) There I read a great story about The Wedge, a surfer's paradise in Baja California with some very unique waves. And yesterday, I read about a fixer upper in Block Island, RI. And the day before that I read an Adirondack Life article about bobcats.

What's any of this have to do with my work? Everything! This is the stuff that keeps my brain humming smoothly, and my creative juices engaged.

All work, 24-7, is the kiss of creative death; so I bust up the routine with random breaks in bathroom reading, cooking, a touch of cleaning and piano playing (I'm learning how!)

What's your favorite source of creative stimulation?

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[Inspirational Sheila]

I take my camera for a walk and "Through the Lens" all kinds of magical discoveries, in addition to peace and joy, occur. Some of the photos become sources of inspiration for others when they become featured in Picture to Ponder my twice-weekly photo ezine.

Recently some of those photos have sourced the expansion of my own writing onto my new Picture Pondering blog.

Nature is my biggest source for that creative stimulation. The comments of others who have responded to my work is another.

Thanks for allowing this space to share myself. I so appreciate all that you do.