- Long conversations. Sometimes over meals, sometimes not, but it helps if there's something to drink, for some reason.
- Rain.
- Twitter.
- Paul Simon, Graceland.
- putthison.com (even though it's for dudes).
- Jeff Overstreet.
- Maggie Mason.
- Danny Gregory.
- Billy Collins.
- Taylor Mali.
- Rives.
- TED talks.
- ReadyMade Magazine (RIP).
- Martha Stewart.
- The Nerdist podcast.
- 52projects.com (the inspiration for this list to begin with).
- Movie trailers.
- Interviews with creative people.
- Blair Stocker.
- Pinterest.
- The Morning News's Tournament of Books.
- The Decemberists.
- Bon Appetit.
- People discussing things in great detail and at great length.
- Stephen King's On Writing.
- Just sitting down and putting pen to paper, or finger to keyboard.
- The Writer's Almanac podcast.
- SmittenKitchen.com
- My parents.
- Autumn weather.
- GreenWeddingShoes.com
- Behind-the-scenes featurettes on DVDs.
- TheRabbitRoom.com
- Anne Lamott's Bird By Bird.
- Johann Sebastian Bach.
- NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts.
- Coffee.
- Sarah Kay.
- Choral music.
- Long drives.
- Young adult books.
- Umbrellas in the rain.
- Fashion blogs.
- Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and miscellaneous other forms of nerdery.
- Doodling.
- Sunrises.
- Old music. Like, medieval-old.
- Led Zeppelin, "Kashmir"
- Josh Smith.
- Other people in my life talking about their creative endeavors.
- The Curator, Kinfolk Mag, Comment Magazine, Catapult Magazine, etc.
- W. David O. Taylor (and his blog).
sep 2 2011 ∞
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