I’ve been spending a lot of time lately designing websites (mostly WordPress themes but some static pages as well) and I’ve been looking at things in a completely new light.
When I read magazines, I pay attention to the layout of the pages, the font used, the images, etc. which inspires me to create new designs. I also get inspired by nature – going for walks always gives me ideas and I can’t wait to get home to draw them.
I also love to look at photography which is always really inspiring. I get all my wallpapers from InterfaceLIFT. They have some amazing photos and the one I downloaded today is particularly crazy cool.
I like to minimize all my windows on my desktop and just sit back and admire my current wallpaper. I usually get a lot of design ideas from them. It’s also like having a piece of ever-changing art on my desk while I’m not working.
I might have to keep this Buddhist Temple wallpaper on my desktop for longer than usual since it goes so well with my Buddha head sitting on my desk. 
So take a look around you. Chances are there are many inspiring elements right in front of you, you just have to look at them with open eyes!
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Cassie,
As a side note, Windows 7 (coming out Oct. 22nd) has a neat feature that actually sets up your desktop background as a slide show. You can set the change frequency, select which pictures to cycle through, and even shuffle them (random). I like it because it adds that little touch of surprise to my day.
Cheers,
Chris
That’s cool. ‘Bout time they did that! I had a little app called John’s Background Switcher for a long time. Works the same and you can run it on older Windows machines which is nice. It also pulls images from outside sources like flickr or facebook.
http://www.johnsadventures.com/software/backgroundswitcher/
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