Subliminal Save.

You can consider this a little sit down chat - my version of the birds and the bees of where I sometimes get an idea . Today's discussion: where inspiration comes from. I really loved Anna Spiro's colorful living room sofas and gorgeous floral pillows (above left) when I saw them in Real Living Magazine. And I pulled scrap on this other mustard yellow sofa (above right) from somewhere (anyone know where?) and just had it laying low in my flickr files. So when I wanted something cozy in front of the fireplace this winter, I thought bringing in some color in the way of a little love seat could do the trick. These two photos helped me get here:


I think, when you do pull ideas and keep them either in some crazy piles to look through later, or organize them in binders or journals, you're already committing them to memory for when you may need them later, without even being aware of it. A subliminal save, so to speak. So next time you're going through your favorite magazines, or perusing a favorite site, and see something inspiring - save it. Take a screen grab, bookmark it, rip it from the page, make a color xerox of it. Even if you lose it, I'll bet it will find its way to the forefront of your memory banks one way or another and you'll find it useful again one day.