Inspiration <> Motivation

Seeing:Art, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. I’ve recently pon­dered a bit the rela­tion between inspi­ra­tion and moti­va­tion. Accord­ing to Dictionary.com inspi­ra­tion is defined as: 1. an inspir­ing or ani­mat­ing action or influ­ence: I can­not write poetry with­out inspi­ra­tion. 2. some­thing inspired, as an idea. 3. a result of inspired activ­ity. 4. a thing or per­son …

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8. July 2007 – 12:18 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Otherworldly

For­eign worlds, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Merriam-Webster defines oth­er­wordly as fol­low­ing: oth·er·world·ly — Pro­nun­ci­a­tion: \ˌə-thər-ˈwərl(d)-lē\ Func­tion: adjec­tive Date: 1879 1 a: of, relat­ing to, or resem­bling that of a world other than the actual world b: devoted to prepar­ing for a world to come 2: devoted to intel­lec­tual or imag­i­na­tive pur­suits On a per­sonal …

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25. May 2007 – 08:01 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Imagination

Feen­haus — Fairy House, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Some time ago my wife and I went to see Bridge to Ter­abithia, a sur­pris­ingly imag­i­na­tive movie, cer­tainly not what we first expected. As the movie pro­gressed it reminded me much of my own child­hood, invent­ing sto­ries in my mind, turn­ing seem­ingly mun­dane objects into fan­tas­tic …

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14. May 2007 – 13:04 | By Thorsten | Posted in Musings | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)