Ten Minute Artist - Daily Creative Joy

Ten Minute Artist - Daily Creative Joy

Creative Sparks

Inspiration

This Creative Sparks is part 5/7 of a series from a Ten Minute Artist Edition titled: Experiencing the Artist Way.

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Adam Ming
Dec 08, 2025
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You can read the introduction to get an overview before jumping into the sparks. Each creative spark is designed to work on its own, but will have synergy with the other sparks from the same collection.


“Inspiration” comes from the Latin inspirare, meaning “to breathe into.”

Literally in- (into) + spirare (to breathe).

It originally referred to breathing or blowing air into something…

What exactly is breathed into us when we are inspired? And by whom.

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