Welcome to the Sunday Brief, Inspiration is in the air, and we spend a little more time going into sacred spaces today.  Beautiful bookstores worldwide, infrared mountains, and pirates are all on display today.  Expand your vision and your soul today in 5 minutes or less!

As a young would-be entrepreneur, I used to go to the library to read books and magazines about small businesses and startups.  If a magazine or book passed the library test, I'd check it out or buy depending on the medium and start the learning process.  It was the 90s, and the Internet was just on the horizon.  The Guardian has a story about bookshops, beautiful bookshops, and it made me reminiscent of the sacred space: a bookstore/library.

My early fascination with computers put me in line for the early days of the Internet, and my first thought was how much stuff I could find.  Before the Internet, I made notebooks with information and cut out magazine articles with more details.  The Internet, even the early Internet, reminded me of the TV show Bewitched; just like Samantha, I could twinkle my noise or type into a search engine anything I wanted, and "poof," it would appear.

Bookstores, libraries, record stores, gyms, and churches all these spaces settle my soul and give me a strong sense of my ability to figure anything out.  There is no problem I can't improve by going into one of these sacred spaces.  How do you feel when you go into a space like this?

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Frequently highlighted writer and artist Austin Kleon wrote a piece a couple of years ago called Pirates and farmers.  In the article, he starts talking about the legendary musician and producer Brian Eno, who divides artists into two categories; farmers and cowboys.  The abbreviated version put farmers as the collectors of things brought back from the outside and get produced once they make it to the farm.  A cowboy rides everywhere looking for adventure, ideas, and new experiences and can create on the fly.  Kleon expands and brings in other artists who call cowboys pirates, changing the relationship to adversarial.  Farmers don't like pirates, and pirates don't care.

Comparisons of categorized life have been going on since the discussions of hunter/gatherers began.  Some of us want to run, and others want a home.  And then there is the artist, like Kleon, who added "gardener" to the list of categories.  When he's restless and the garden lacks the inspiration he needs, it's the pirate's life for him!

We wrote yesterday about strong women who have spent their life fighting to do what they love and not looking for or recognizing establishment awards.  Take a look at the video on the Today Show website of a speech Eleanor Roosevelt gave about schools.  The real fighters of our world actually change it. 

And then there is 5-year-old Essie Hewett, who dressed up as her hero Eleanor Roosevelt for President's Day.  Essie says she likes Roosevelt because she believes in human rights.  What 5-year-old do you know that knows what "human rights" are, and yet here you go.

Dolomite Mountains Shown in Brilliant Infrared from Moss And Fog

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