Inspiration can come from any source, if we allow it.
Putting our phones down and simply paying attention to our surroundings, whether we’re on a walk or reading a book, opens up a world of possibilities.
“It doesn’t matter how or when the mind achieves the spark of ignition—in an old book or a new video game, from a teacher encountered by accident in graduate or grammar school, in the course of dissecting a frog or pruning an apple tree, while looking at a painting by Jan Vermeer or listening to the Beatles sing ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’” — Lewis H. Lapham, 2008
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