Where does inspiration come from? And how do you find it? Whether you are working in a creative capacity or not, inspiration is what drives innovation. In episode 4 of Authored Content lynda.com senior staff author Simon Allardice joins James Williamson, Ray Villalobos, and Morten Rand-Hendriksen to talk about where inspiration is found and what to do when inspiration doesn’t want to be found. Get tips, tricks, reading suggestions, and most importantly some perspective on what inspiration is and how failing over and over again is the only way to create something truly unique.
A lot of books and other materials were referenced throughout the episode. Here is the complete list:
- Dribbble
- TEDxVancouver
- The Artist’s Way
- Codepen.io
- Gists
- JSfiddle
- JSBin
- Art & Fear
- Style Tiles
- Shawshank Redemption
- Fear of Bad Ideas, Seth Godin
- Steal like an artist
- The War of Art
- Oblique Strategies
- Douglas Adams
- A whack on the side of the head
- Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills
- Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment
- Norwegian/English Dictionary
- The Sayings of the Vikings (Håvamål)
- Universal Principles of Design
- Dreams: (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung)
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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