A blog about creativity and inspiration. Sources of inspiration. Olya Orlova’s blog “Wild woman in the big city”
A dark day in the scrap world. Tanya left. At first it was impossible to believe. Then there were no words. Then it became so painful that it was impossible to survive in silence. Unfair, irreparable... I’m re-reading your blog, Instagram... Incredible, bright, beautiful, talented girl! You have accomplished so much in your short life! She left us so much goodness and beauty! I repeat, not everyone can manage so much in a hundred years...
How did you manage to belong to the whole scrap world? For everyone, find the right words and the time to say these words... An eternal lighter that inspires thousands of people!
I wrote about myself on my last birthday:
"I'll look in the mirror. Well, I am. Well, Tanya:) Well, 23. Well, that's great! :))))
There is a tradition of publishing as many facts about yourself on your birthday as you are. Let's limit ourselves to 20, okay))?? And I barely remembered these too :)))
My name is Tatyana, I’m already 23, I now live in St. Petersburg and I’m a creative person, sometimes even too much :)))
1. I am very worried. Despite the fact that I am always positive on the blog, I can “think a thought” and “twist a twist on my finger.” In general, yes, I'm emotional!
2. I don’t believe in horoscopes, omens and other superstitions:)
3. I am a translator by training, but I really want to get another higher education. Why not?
4. I live by the principle - Do you want to do it? - Take it and do it.
5. I love the color purple, melodic music, owls, rustic style and nature. I desperately want a wooden table, without treatment, but just like it, as if I had just sawed it. :)) In the future I will make my studio rustic. I think I’ll stop here, otherwise I’ll torture you with my stories of “my ideal house in rustic style”
6. My height is 173. This is a useless fact, but it helps me get boxes from the mezzanine. Hooray!
9. I don’t suffer from shopaholism and often people convince me to buy something in the style of “Tanya, stop squeezing, BUY IT ALREADY,” but I like to wooooood...think. But I need it... But I don’t... If I forgot, it means I didn’t really want it. :)
10. I really want to take more photographs than I do now. Photography is my very first job.
12. I always believe in ideas until victory. This is my idea! And I will implement it.And period! I'm a stubborn sheep.
13. I can juggle. Sudden fact :)))
14. I have the most ordinary inexpensive phone. The main thing is that he calls :) I practically don’t use it..
15. I love and collect tassels. I don’t know, I just can’t pass by the stand with tassels. This is love :) Tall, short, so-and-so...busty glasses!
16. I always wanted to learn to play the piano and paint with watercolors. This year - IT'S TIME!I'll learn!
17. I go to bed late. I go to bed very late. :)
18. I’m a list person:) I need to make a to-do list for today, tomorrow, yesterday, the day before, the day after tomorrow:)))) And I’m also the same person who aligns goods on a belt in a supermarket like in Tetris, arranging salt shakers on the table exactly and in general I’m a perfectionist. :)))
19. I got married at 18, this year is our wedding anniversary - 5 years. :) I really wanted a winter wedding because it is my favorite time of year.
20. I love and adore my blog, my readers and my work. Therefore, my 20th fact is - you are my Inspiration!!"
And this is one of my favorite works of yours:
If you only knew how many people felt lonely after you left... And it doesn’t matter whether we knew you personally. The way you generously shared yourself with the world is immortal. And in the hearts of thousands of scrappers there is now a piece of you, extraordinary, bright, magical! Someone wrote on Instagram that in heaven you will be tasked with coloring sunrises and sunsets. And we will watch and admire... May your memory be blessed, Tanyusha!
P.S. Tanya's family needs financial assistance.
Yesterday (August 31), the whole blogging world celebrated a holiday of blogs, sites, projects, Internet nests of all kinds and sizes - Blog Day. And today we have an exciting and nostalgically poignant Day of Knowledge - September 1st. These two dates provided an excellent opportunity for today's article. First, I will share with you my favorite women's blogs that are a pleasure to read. And secondly, I’ll say hello and congratulations to my beloved graduates course “Wow! Blog Project", since it is the projects of my most active and purposeful students that will be discussed today.
1. Ksyusha Raudsep’s blog “Ksenia Raudsep”
Ksyusha managed to create a project that is amazing in terms of energy. This is a huge bundle of inspiration and feminine energy in all its forms. Bright, sincere, inspiring! Full of goodness, warmth and faith!
2. Lena Anikushina’s blog “In love with life”
From the very first lines, Lena captivates with her energy, love of life and sincerity. She is great! An energizer with endless ideas and aspirations, with challenges to yourself, detailed reports on the implementation of ideas and new ideas for working on yourself.
3. Nastya Kravchenko’s blog “Happiness is within you”
The name of the blog clearly speaks for itself. Nastya’s is warm and cozy, and the virtual walls are saturated with feminine energy and strength, faith and something mysterious and incomprehensible, leading you by the hand to the depths of yourself.
4. Olya Orlova’s blog “Wild woman in the big city”
Olya very, very recently told the world about her blog. She is still very worried about this. And I read it, admire her talent and understand that she has nothing to worry about at all. Every girl will find an outlet there, I’m sure.
5. Irina Klishina’s project “Around the Woman”
“Around the Woman” is a large-scale project, a magazine for women and about women. Irina, under the wing of the editor-in-chief, brings together simple and heartfelt stories of authors who have something to tell this world. Come get inspired. And if you wish, you can become the author of a publication in the project.
6. Photo blog of Ulyana Kucherenko “@_my_dreams”
Ulyana is a talented person who subtly sees the beauty of the world around her. Her work brings me to tears. On the blog you will find the coolest tips and examples that are very understandable for those who know nothing about photography. You will also be able to participate in the most interesting monthly project “PHOTOSHOOTER” and put everything you have learned into practice.
7. Project by Katya Andreeva “Avocado.green”
Katya is a certified nutrition and healthy lifestyle specialist. And her project is about healthy, conscious nutrition and gentle life changes. The blog features healthy recipes, book reviews, and helpful tips for the mind and body.
8. Marina Bakreshova’s blog “Rivertown”
I adore Marisha. Cheerful, energetic, so dear and just one of her own! After visiting her blog, you get the impression that you sat over a cup of tea with a close friend, discussed some burning topics and received a lot of tips and life hacks for the future.
9. Sasha Leonova’s blog “Woman of Dreams”
Sasha writes about women's self-development and self-realization, about dreams and happiness, about how to be a woman and love yourself. So, friends, believe me, Sasha’s example is very contagious!)
10. Tanya Orekhvo’s blog “Striped growth”
Tanya is an energetic and purposeful girl, for whom everything is clear and organized (and oh, how I love this kind of clarity and structure). The blog “Striped Growth” is about movement (my first and main association), about development, about aspiration and about change. And Tanya generously shares her experience and useful tools along this path. I'm also in love with her energizing storytelling style!
11. Nastya Zainutdinova’s blog “ANASTASIA SAADE”
Nastya is positive and wisdom, a kindred spirit and sincerity, hope for the best and goodness in all its manifestations. I love her very much because she is one of my own, dear. Nastya writes on her blog every day, and I sincerely admire her hard work. And even more - love for work and life. It’s warm on her blog, where every day you will find valuable thoughts and quotes, interesting books and movie reviews (Nastyusha, you don’t even know how many good movies I discovered based on your tip).
12. Lera Belokovskaya’s blog “Kaleidoscope of happy reflections”
Lera is bright and cheerful, creative and versatile, just like her blog. The girl writes about changes for the better and that all this is possible thanks to a change in attitude towards life and events. And I completely agree with her.
My dear girls and all the bloggers reading this message, happy double holiday to you! You are cool! You give people inspiration and faith in the best, share your invaluable experience and knowledge, which is a hundred times more useful and interesting than any abstract reasoning. Let your ideas multiply at the speed of sound and be implemented with great interest and pleasure!
Friends, tell us in the comments about your favorite blogs. And I will be very grateful if you share links to them with us.
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When you hear the word “blogger,” only foreign names come up. the site decided to figure out which Russian bloggers we can be proud of.
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The ideological mastermind Sonya Kaczynskaya decided to create a virtual space where girls can discuss their small and not so small problems: how to take care of their hair, how to survive after a party, how to become proactive and start doing something, etc. Who would have thought that a small public page on VKontakte could turn into something worthwhile? Now several people are responsible for the site, the topics of questions become deeper, the thoughts become more and more. Why can you love Sonya and all her elves? For honesty, simplicity and topicality. Problems with money, a pimple on the forehead before a date, suffering over thin eyebrows - here they write about what happens to everyone, it’s just that someone is silent about it.
Irrational pride: not everyone likes it, but likes it a lot.
2. Salatshop.ru
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Olya Malysheva (no, not the daughter of Elena Malysheva) has been leading a very healthy lifestyle for a long time, and one fine day she decided to write about her discoveries, recipes and beauty secrets for people. Olya competently conducts educational programs regarding smoothies, almond milk, combining products and much more. After reading her blog I want to breathe fresh air, ride a bike and eat nuts instead of chips.
3.marinagiller.com
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Marina Giller can safely be called the mother of many bloggers: she is one of the very first (and perhaps the first) to create an entire school of blogging and helps all those who really want to create their own virtual space and achieve popularity, but do not know how. Initially, Marina wrote about what inspires her: the work of photographers, nature, people, and now the emphasis of her blog is on teaching others not to be afraid. She often talks about the fact that everyone is imperfect and you shouldn’t scold yourself for it, how to become more productive, where to get strength, what to write about on your blog. Now Marina lives in Spain with her husband and her wonderful animals, so in addition to everything else, she pleases with her sunny and cozy photographs.
4. Daramuscat.com
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The cosmic girl Dara writes about her same cosmic world: about the minerals that protect her, about music, about harmony and tranquility, about hula hooping and much more. Reading her blog, we are immersed in another world of goodness and light. On top of that, Dara is a designer of jewelry that is fabulous and unique. It is worth reading in order to find balance and leave the turmoil behind.
5. simplebeyond.com
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Three girls, being popular and known for their creations, photographs and projects, decided to join forces and create a blog about inspiration and beauty. There you will find a little bit of everything and find yourself in an aesthetic nirvana of everything beautiful and, as it may seem, unreal. Welcome to this world!
6. sergeydolya.livejournal.com
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Sergey Dolya is a man of the old school. He achieved his popularity on the site of the good old LiveJournal and has no intention of leaving there. Sergei gives out advice left and right on how to travel, where to travel, what you need to see, how to photograph it, and in general, he is just a treasure for travelers! Of course, he also writes about himself, his thoughts, and health, but the main emphasis is on the trodden miles and kilometers. Oh, what a list of countries he visited!
7. harmonyseeker.life
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The purpose of Yana's blog is to help others achieve balance and harmony in life. Her blog is worth reading slowly and carefully, because after reading it you want to stop for a minute and see what is happening around. Everything on the blog is white, calm and simple. For those who are looking for themselves.
8.Sonyakhegay.com
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Sonya was born in Russia, but later moved to Montenegro, and we are glad - so much beauty pleases our eyes! Her blog contains a lot of wedding photography, travel photos and everyday life. Her blog is simply good and beautiful, what more do you need?
9. Near the lighthouse
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As the creators of the blog themselves (Sasha and Nastya) say, this blog is about travel and love, and it’s hard not to believe them. New countries, new views, new dreams will appear before you. There is no point in writing about him, you just have to admire him.
10. Wholesome way
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Another fighter for proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Despite their huge number, it is quite difficult to find something sensible, but in front of you is just one of them. Incredible recipes from super healthy products, tips from the world of organic cosmetics, people who inspire and much, much more. It’s commendable when people motivate themselves and others!
We recently wrote about the most popular, bright and stylish Instagram pages of interior designers. To say that we were inspired by beautiful accounts is an understatement!
Interesting? Then let's go!
Decor8blog is one of the first interior design blogs, created in 2006. Founder and editor Holly Becker and her team offer helpful design tips, decorating and floral ideas, and even how to start a business in the design industry!
Well, the most interesting thing is “live” articles about the features of interiors in different countries. Why alive? Because bloggers often travel and write about what they saw themselves. All this is accompanied by high-quality and stylish photos!
A kind, gentle, girlish site for creative organization of home space. Sisters Elsie Larson and Emma Champman, founders of the blog, believe that life is beautiful when it's a little messy. This is their life credo and the main idea of the Internet resource.
“A Beautiful Mess” has 5 sections: food, decor, craft, blog, style. And in each you will find unusual advice that you have definitely never heard anywhere else! For example, how to make rainbow-colored toast, a Christmas tree in the shape of a vintage car, and wallpaper from your favorite photos.
In general, “abeautifulmess” is a great source of inspiration - that’s for sure!
This site differs from others with a special personal message. Happy interior blog was created by Austrian Igor Josifowicz. The blogger is confident that what makes a person happy is his home, inspiring travel and a healthy lifestyle.
Therefore, Igor shares with readers his personal experience in arranging interior design, shows how to gain inspiration through travel, and talks about the beauty and beneficial power of indoor plants.
Also attractive is the interesting design of the site, the quality and format of the photos taken by the author himself. We recommend!
Website of Nicky Brentmark - an Englishwoman who has been living in Sweden for many years. The girl writes a daily blog about Scandinavian design that inspires her.
Nicky tours Scandinavian homes and shares with readers her thoughts on the colors, decor and furnishings that inspire her and make the homes so special.
A creative group of bloggers writing about architecture, interior design, furniture and decor, fashion, travel and new technologies!
As the blog creators themselves say: “Design-milk never goes sour. You will find designer finds from all over the world!” And we completely agree with them!
The site contains only the latest news about the world of design, so start reading so you don’t miss anything!
Here you will find practical and useful tips for creating a comfortable and stylish interior in the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room and even in the garden.
On the blog pages you can find ideas for creating unusual decorative items and furniture with your own hands. And also get a chance to win valuable and useful prizes for your home! That's it!
Designspiration was created in 2010 by designer and entrepreneur Shelby White.
Everything ingenious is simple - the blog contains only pictures and photographs, organized by sections: interior design, architecture, art, posters, vintage design, illustrations, graphics, etc.
The popularity of the blog lies in the unusualness, diversity, and quality of those very pictures and photographs. For people, Designspiration is a kind of center for collecting and sharing creativity. Here you can quickly find inspiration and share it with another person.
IKEA lovers rejoice! There is a whole community of brand fans. On the pages of the blog, they share with each other instructions for assembling the company’s furniture, ideas for using it in the interior, and various life hacks for using IKEA furniture parts in the home.
Blog participants call their creative activity Hack. It can be said that they hack and overturn the usual idea of IKEA furniture and bring a little creativity and creativity to its use.
You won’t find many blogs where designers will break down the entire process of working on an interior, share personal mistakes, and give advice on what not to do when decorating a home space.
dd-space is just that place, a kind of “living diary” kept by several practicing designers.
Here you can feel a professional approach to everything: to descriptions of interiors, to interviews, to tips and life hacks, to stories about the implementation of your own projects.
Emily Brie's inspiring blog, read by over forty thousand people daily! (everyone wants to catch the muse). Website about lifestyle, interior design, decor, travel, food, entertainment, etc.
It attracts with exquisitely designed photos, distinguished by bright colors, style, and interesting graphics.
If you want to create something beautiful, but don’t know how, on the blog you can choose any training from floristry to decor. By the way, there are both online workshops and live meetings with designers. Convenient, isn't it?
So many people, so many blogs! Each has its own theme, design, and ideas. But they have one thing in common - a course for inspiration. We hope you are now filled with creative ideas! So - go for it!
There are so few things and phenomena around us that influence us. And even less of what makes you try, work and create. In this article I tried to collect all what are called sources of creative inspiration.
Thinking about what to write in an article about sources of inspiration, I came to the conclusion that for many of us they are individual. Some find it incredibly difficult to find something inspiring, others find inspiration in everything that surrounds them. However, there are some things that most of us draw inspiration from. These things help us find the strength to create. And it is very useful to know them for those who find it difficult to force themselves to do something or who fail to achieve anything as a result of long work: not only artists, poets and musicians, but also everyone who is simply trying to overcome their laziness.
What is inspiration
Inspiration– this is a special state of a person, which is characterized by high productivity and a huge rise and tension of human strength. “Creative inspiration” is often used in combination because it is a typical feature and component of creativity. Inspiration is a state of the highest rise, when the cognitive and emotional spheres of a person are connected and aimed at solving a single creative problem. Often, in a state of creative inspiration, insights arise.
In moments of creative inspiration, a person has a strong influence on other people, he can easily convince them, persuade them to his opinion, idea, and lead them. A personal property that provides the opportunity for such situational influence on others, associated with personal inspiration, is called charisma. A state of inspiration occurs in a person who passionately and persistently strives for a creative solution to a given problem (Wikipedia).
The problem of creative inspiration
The problem of creative inspiration is that it is quite difficult to achieve purposefully. In essence, inspiration is the fruit of love for one’s work, some bright idea firmly lodged in a person’s head, as well as a confluence of many circumstances. On the other hand, the problem of inspiration stems from the fact that there is no eternal source of inspiration. We constantly need to look for something new that can motivate us.
How to find inspiration
What can become a source of inspiration, what will give us a state that is characterized by the ease of movement of thoughts and images, their clarity and completeness, deep experiences, when all cognitive processes are especially productive? People get inspiration from various sources.
Many of us, and not only scientists, inventors, artists, but also businessmen looking for a new idea, or schoolchildren writing an essay, tried to find inspiration. For some it works out easily, for others it’s more difficult, for others it doesn’t work out at all. Below I have tried to make a selection of the most powerful motivators and inspirations, and also provided some popular quotes from famous creative people.
Examples of inspiration sources
Where and from where to get inspiration? By wandering around the Internet, you can find many examples of what inspires creative people. I tried to put together universal sources of inspiration that are most often mentioned on the Internet.
- Breaking your comfort zone, difficulties and challenges. When the comfort zone is violated, a person has a desire to return to a comfortable state again. Overcoming obstacles gives satisfaction and inspires you to new achievements.
- Cognitive dissonance or psychological contradictions. Absolutely all people from time to time experience a state of mental discomfort caused by a clash in their minds of conflicting ideas: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions. If dissonance occurs, the individual will strive with all his might to reduce the degree of discrepancy between his two attitudes, trying to achieve consonance. This serves as a source of inspiration.
- Sublimation- This is the switching of mental energy from one state to another. According to Sigmund Freud, during sublimation, instinctive (mostly sexual) energy is switched into non-instinctive forms of behavior. In other words, sublimation is the transformation of erotic unsatisfied desire, feeling into creative activity.
- Love is one of the most powerful sources of inspiration. Often love as a source of creative impulse is identified only with sublimation, but this is not always the case. Love is not always a reflection of sexual attraction. For example, a mother loves her child, and this is associated with the desire to care for and protect the object of her love. Many great achievements were made in the name of love, and poets were inspired by their muses, women who were truly loved.
- Reading. are a source of wisdom. Reading is a long-term investment in your development. By reading books, we constantly accumulate ideas, opinions, points of view, quotes and symbols, so that we can then begin to work inspired.
- Trips. Trips to new cities and countries, like books, always bring new impressions, emotions and an excellent source of inspiration. Often the most interesting ideas come to us during long trips.
- Nature. Its diversity and colors have inspired people at all times. In urban environments, the influence of nature can be significant: just get out of the city and you will feel a surge of strength and emotional uplift.
- Successful people. There may be successful people in your environment, try to communicate with them as much as possible, adopting their way of thinking and acting. It can also become an example and inspire. It could be a banal feeling of envy or, for example, sincere admiration - in any case, someone else's success can motivate us to work harder and better.
- Music and other art forms. They evoke a lot of emotions and associations in us, help us break away from everyday life, and become a source of creativity. Painting, poetry (poetry), music, theater, cinema, opera.
- Family and close friends- a source of inspiration, essentially it is love, but also a feeling of kinship, something of one’s own. We are owners by nature and value our family and friends, are inspired by them, and perform significant actions for their sake.
- Self-knowledge. Studying human nature, diving into our motives and emotions, often helps us learn a lot about ourselves, including how to motivate and inspire ourselves.
- Sport. In a healthy body healthy mind. Sport affects our external beauty, and also awakens some physical and chemical processes in the body, which can give strength for creation. For example, an evening jog can energize you and inspire creativity.
- Children. Communicating with children and participating in their upbringing, we often see ourselves in them. We rejoice at their successes as if they were our own; we are fueled by their irrepressible energy and their pure mind.
- Memories. You can evoke the feelings you need for inspiration with memories; they can be different depending on what trace they left in your soul. The happiest moments of your life will help create a positive mood, and sad emotions will make you rethink what you experienced and start a new life.
Quotes about inspiration
In your search for the source of creativity, you can look at what famous creative personalities have said about the problem of inspiration.
A painter's painting will be less perfect if he takes the paintings of others as an inspiration; if he learns from the objects of nature, he will produce good fruit.
(Leonardo da Vinci)
Looking for inspiration has always seemed to me a funny and absurd whim: you can’t find inspiration; it itself must find the poet.
(Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin)
Every artist contains a germ of daring, without which no talent is conceivable.
(Johann Wolfgang Goethe)
It doesn't matter where the inspiration comes from. At least as long as you are satisfied with its fruits.
(Steve Buscemi)
I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that anyone who can feel these vibrations is inspired.
(Richard Wagner)
Inspiration is the kind of guest who does not like to visit the lazy.
(Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Inspiration comes only while working.
(Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Inspiration is a quick calculation.
(Napoleon Bonaparte)
A mosquito that bites into your thigh early in the morning can serve as lightning that will illuminate yet unknown horizons in your skull.
(Salvador Dali)
Inspiration needs to be found in what scares you.