“Greyhound” -Swedish House Mafia
“Beat it” -Fall Out Boy ft. John Mayer
“Seven Nation Army”- The White Stripes
“Sixteen Saltines” - Jack White
“Treat Me Like Your Mother”- The Dead Weather
“Narcissistic Cannibal”- Korn ft. Skrillex and Kill The Noise
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“There are days
When you feel so small
And you know
You could be so tall
You think you got no choice
Look at the earth
Look what we do
Here and now
We need you
Silence can destroy
Get up and raise your voice!”
This song has really spoken to me loud and clear as of late. I am finally feeling taller and feeling more comfortable in raising my voice…what about you? Yes, you are a being in a Universe that is breathing and really alive, but what defining period of time in your life did it REALLY hit you; not just as a misty fog passing by, but as a moment of such pure voltage that it FINALLY clicked with you?
Feel free to comment…I am really curious to hear your stories!
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Quotes
”Patience is passion tamed.” ~Lyman Abbott
“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” ~Maxwell Maltz
“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~Buddha
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
”What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself and meet no one for hours — that is what you must be able to attain.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke
Interesting Articles
Creative Types: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others via tinybuddha.com
The Art of Momentum: Why Your Ideas Need Speed via the99percent.com
Haruki Murakami: Talent Is Nothing Without Focus and Endurance via the99percent.com
Rainer Maria Rilke: Trust In What Is Difficult via the99percent.com
Tools For Inspiration
~*Music*~
Wolfgang’s Vault The world’s largest collection of live music audio.
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Quotes
“When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.”~Miguel Ruiz
“The things we hate about ourselves aren’t more real than things we like about ourselves.” ~Ellen Goodman
“Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ” ~Chinese Proverb
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~Sun Tzu
“Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.” ~Maori Proverb
“Put your future in good hands—your own.” ~Unknown
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ~Charles Swindoll
“The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” ~Unknown
Interesting Articles
Do Just Do: A Journey to Meaningful, Satisfying Work via tinybuddha.com
How To Deal With Criticism Well: 25 Reasons to Embrace It via tinybuddha.com
Don’t Just Create “On Demand”, Create For You via the99percent.com
Find Your Creative Groove via HBR (Harvard Business Review) Blog Network
Why You Can’t Buy Creativity via the99percent.com
27 Ways to Get Uncomfortable (and Why You Need To) via catfishparade.com
The Game-Changing Singer On Her Many Mondrians- From The Desk of Lady Gaga via vmagazine.com
Crazy Connections in Mozart’s Third Brain via Yale Press Log
Tools For Inspiration
~*Music*~
MIA, M83, Bon Iver- 10 best Free MP3s This Week (7/25/2011)via nme.com
~*Visuals*~
The Art of Samuel Castano via Behance Network
The Art of Valentina Brostean via Behance Network
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Quotes “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” ~Winston Churchill
“What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.” ~Buddha
“To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals–this alone is worth the struggle.” ~William Penn
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” ~Marianne Williamson
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” ~James Thurber
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” ~Japanese Proverb
Interesting Articles
50 Ways To Open your World to New Possibilities via tinybuddha.com
Create While You Wait via howdesign.com
Beat The Downtime Doldrums via howdesign.com
Promoting Value for Young Creative Firms via parse.howdesign.com
Destroy Designer’s Block with Contrast 101 via parse.howdesign.com
Trash The Expected: Use Novelty to Incite Rabid Curiosity via parse.howdesign.com
Be Half Full via parse.howdesign.com
Take Your Idea From Measly to Monster (Through the Maniacal Chamber of Experience) via parse.howdesign.com
Tools For Inspiration
~*Music*~
Neko Case & Nick Cave, CSS, RadioHead- 10 Best Free MP3s This Week via nme.com
~*Visuals*~
Impressive and Creative Digital Surrealism via abduzeedo.com
Double Exposure Portraits by Dan Mountford via abduzeedo.com
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Quotes
“Some people think it’s holding that makes one strong – sometimes it’s letting go.” ~Unknown
“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.” ~Isaac Bashevis Singer
“What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.” ~John Updike
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” ~Oscar Wilde
“For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.” ~Georges Rouault
“Art is spirituality in drag.” ~Jennifer Yane
“The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” ~Pablo Picasso
“Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing. To morals belong the lower and less intellectual spheres.”~Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, 1891
Interesting Articles
8 Photo Projects in Your Own Backyard via digital-photography-school.com
Be Stress-Free: Eliminate 5 Common, Unnecessary Stressors via tinybuddha.com
Lose Control to Find Closeness in Your Relationship via tinybuddha.com
How the Differences in Your Relationship Can Be Gifts via tinybuddha.com
10 Awesome Videos On Idea Execution & The Creative Process via the99percent.com
Be More Creative (By Asking More Creative Questions) via Parse.HowDesign.com
Pump Up Flabby Ideator (Exercises for Improving Ideation) via Parse.HowDesign.com
Innovate, Indie-Style via Parse.HowDesign.com
Tools For Inspiration
~*Music*~
Inspiring Music Playlist for Web Designers n. 04
~*Visuals*~
The Artwork of Jeffery Scott via factory1019.com
The Artwork of Alicia Buelow via aliciabuelow.com
beinArt Surreal Art Collective via beinart.org
Excellent Book Covers and Paperbacks via smashingmagazine.com
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I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I am proud to announce my first post of my “Daily Musings Mash-Up” series. The posts will include:
*Inspiring and thought provoking Quotes
*Interesting Articles on topics such as Well-Being, Art and Creativity, as well as everything in between.
*Tools for Inspiration, such as Music (online playlists, links to legal free music downloads, Etc.) and Visuals (photography, design, illustration etc.).
Quotes
“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” -Morris West
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” ~Steve Jobs
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ~Scott Adams
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~Leonardo da Vinci
“It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.” ~Kojiro Tomita
“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.” ~Pablo Picasso
Interesting Articles
TinEye Image Search Finds Copyright Infringers
10 Simple Tips to Live Happy, Wild, and Free
How People Use Social Networks In Different Parts Of World
9 Awesome Interviews with Creative Visionaries
Dieter Rams’ 10 Principles of Good Design
What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep Thinking Sacred Space
Why Thinking In The Shower May Be an Ideal Model For “Creative Pause”
Tools For Inspiration
~*Music*~
99% Music Mix- “Destination: Elsewhere”
Inspiring Music Playlist for Web Designers n. 01
~*Visuals*~
“Ampersand_139″ By Stuart Wade
The Work of Graphic Designer Andrei D .Robu
Geometric and Extraordinary Photography by Flavio Samelo
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