Dans le lac of inspiration?

What inspires you?
Nature? Superman? provocative women? rich people? Your mother?
(yes, those were real answers...)

Personally, what inspires me is someone who overcame a bad fortune and fulfilled his dream!
I'm inspired by people who achieve, and most of all people who make a difference.

Steve Jobs is a good example. He changed the world.
Virginia Woolf: abused as a child, groundbreaking writer.
Ernest Hemingway: totally depressed, iconic author!
Emily Blunt: stuttered! won a golden globe.
and many others....

Now there's this other kind of inspiration: I call it the short-term inspiration, as opposed to inspiration that changes your life and puts you on a drastically different path.

For those of you (in the field) who have a temporary mental block and could use some inspiration,
stroll through these pages, I'm sure something good will come out of there!

Photography:
http://oneeyeland.com

Pretty Sketchy:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/prettysketchy/pool

Typography:
http://www.typographyserved.com

Visual complexity:
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/

Postage stamps:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/stampcollection/pool

Photo retouching:
http://creattica.com/retouch/latest-designs

Note and point:
http://noteandpoint.com
This one is awesome! This is where I dig inspiration!

Information is beautiful:
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net

Industrial design:
http://www.industrialdesignserved.com

Fashion:
http://www.fashionserved.com

And last but not least, the book cover archive!
http://bookcoverarchive.com

Cheers!!!