One of the primary goals of SewMeHow.com is to enable our audience to act on their inspiration. According to the Encarta Dictionary, there are multiple definitions for inspiration. The first one listed was “Stimulation to do creative work; Stimulation for the human mind to creative thought or to the making of art.” This certainly applies to our mission at SewMeHow.com. However, it was definition #6 that made me stop and think
“Breathing in; the drawing of air into the lungs.”
How many times have you done that? Whenever, I am inspired to be creative, it involves breathing in! Think about it. You see a quilt at a quilt show, a new fabric at a store, a picture in a magazine, an ancient Roman glass tile table in a museum, intricate brick work in a walkway, 17th century wrought-iron balcony railings, stained glass windows in a cathedral, …
Pay attention – the “breathing in” reveals the inspiration. I am sure some type of physiological process that involves extra oxygen to the brain to enable synapses to fire is involved; but, I don’t need to understand it on a scientific level. All I need to know is, when I see something I like that makes me take a deep breath, I need to pay attention. I have just been inspired.
Late last year, my parents treated my older sister, Robin, and I to a wonderful Rhine River Cruise. I have never consciously recognized so many different sources of inspiration as I did on that trip. Maybe I was just mentally open to it, but it was amazing! I can’t wait to share some of the fruit of my inspirations with you. Watch for the “Ode to Cologne” quilt next month.
Don’t get me wrong; you don’t have to go on a fabulous, once in a lifetime trip to be inspired. Watch for the physiological clue, breathing in when you see something that you like! It is a dead giveaway! But, you must be open to the process.
Let me know what makes you take that inspirational breath.
Sew long for now,
Tamara
Robin & I enjoying a Kolsh in Cologne, Germany.
