Tag: inspiration

IndieWeb Inspirational Cards

I’ve been tinkering with and test driving some various image creation tools.  To test them and simultaneously have some fun, I made a series of creative inspirational cards/inspirational posters/postcards for the IndieWeb. All the images are royalty free from Pixabay, and I’m releasing the text and additional work with a CC0 license. Feel free to download and use them to your hearts’ content. They should hopefully all be relatively well-sided for sharing on social media.

I’d love to hear folks’ thoughts about them in general.

Click any of the images below for a slideshow presentation view.

an orange Riviera typewriter angled on a black leather couch superimposed with the text "Your words. Your way. indieweb.org"
jar of thin paint spotted paintbrushes superimposed with the text "The web is your canvas. Which brush will you choose? indieweb.org"
tubes of acrylic paint and a paint brush superimposed with the text "The web is your canvas. Don't let a corporation limit you. indieweb.org"
blueprints superimposed with the text "The home you've always wanted on the internet. indeiweb.org"
fresh tomatoes, spaghetti, and basil on a wooden table superimposed with the text "Slow Social: Try eating what you cook on your own website. Rely less on the unhealthy fast food of corporate social media. indieweb.org"
a dilapidated barn and grain silo with the superimposed text "Don't let your content rot in the dilapidated corporate social media silos. indieweb.org"
view of a sunny green vineyard in a valley superimposed with the words "Reap what you sow. Plant your content into the field of your own website. indieweb.org"
two hands knitting a green swatch superimposed with the words "Knit your own web identity. indieweb.org"
a sheep's head looks condescendingly down at the viewer superimposed with the text "Why are you posting your content to social media instead of your own website? indieweb.org"
sun shining down on a person in front of a vibrant forest superimposed with the text "The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the 'corporate web'. indieweb.org"
dreamy view of grass and a forest through which the sun is rising superimposed with the text "Happy Newww.Year! indieweb.org"
a black audio soundboard with various controls superimposed with the text "All our amps go to eleven. indieweb.org"
a person with a rainbow umbrella stands in the midst of a structured tunnel looking out at blue sky and trees superimposed with the text "Figure out how you want to fit into the network. indieweb.org"
black and white image of floating umbrellas with a single yellow umbrella in the center superimposed with the words "Do your own thing. indieweb.org"
View of a desk with a typewriter, notebook, glasses, a book, a decorative pinecone, a slide box with superimposed text "All the tools you need to create your own space. indieweb.org"
Hundreds of knobs on a control board superimposed with text "Control you don't typically find in social media. indieweb.org"
View over the shoulder of a female architect working on blueprints superimposed with the text "Build the internet home you've always wanted. indieweb.org"
a bare, but somehow lit lightbulb on a wooden table superimposed with "The bright idea corporate social media missed. indieweb.org"
close up of the type arms in a typewriter with the superimposed text "Who needs a billion dollar typewriter? Type it for your website. indieweb.org"
black and white photo of apples with the one in the middle being red. Overlaid texts reads "Not all social media is the same. indieweb.org"
Background image of a forest and mountains covered in haze superimposed with the words "Once the haze of 2020 lifts, consider a healthier way to manage your online identity and social media. indieweb.org"

👓 How David Lynch Got Creative Inspiration? By Drinking a Milkshake at Bob’s Big Boy, Every Single Day, for Seven Straight Years | Open Culture

Read How David Lynch Got Creative Inspiration? By Drinking a Milkshake at Bob’s Big Boy, Every Single Day, for Seven Straight Years (Open Culture)
"It is no secret that David Lynch, the writer-director-composer-painter, has an unusual relationship with Bob's Big Boy," begins a 1999 Los Angeles Times article on the auteur of films like Eraserhead and Blue Velvet. "For seven years in the 1980s he ate lunch there every day, ordering cup after cup of over-sweetened coffee and a single chocolate milkshake while scribbling notes on Bob's little square napkins." He took pains, notes reporter Amy Wallace, "to arrive at Bob's at precisely 2:30 p.m. each day. The reason: It increased the odds that he would encounter perfection."