Dear all,
This is a quick post sending out my love to
all the bibliophiles out there. I came across the website 'Pinterest' in August
2012 and thought it looked great, I didn’t know much about it and
certainly didn’t think of it in any business sense but it seemed a lot of fun
and like many other writing distractions I got hooked and burnt up far too many
minutes on there. All this time later and I love it! I have a business page for
Thinking Plainly Limited and at the time of writing have 21,000 followers and
an approximate 40,000 images on the Thinking Plainly boards. I’m not going to
go into any marketing spiel here, or what my plans are for the future, I’ll
keep that for another time ;) For now, I want to share with you why I think it is
such a great site and to suggest that you take a look. I want to say a huge
thank you to the people who contribute to the boards and say you have really
inspired me! It feels like an adventure going through some of your boards,
exploring the world and its secrets! I haven’t had the time yet to follow
everyone back (currently at 8500) but I will get to every one of you I promise!
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I like inspiration. The world is an
incredibly tough, hard and bitter place to live in that has far too much misery
in it, but it is also a place of such stunning beauty and it is easy to miss
that. So you may well have found my blog because it is writing/literature
related but take this particular post as something that applies to any or all
of your hobbies and explore what it is you love. You can find what you like on the site and the images can really take your breath away and remind you that there is love in the world!
I also like
taking breaks from writing (yes, that is another way of saying I throw my hands
up in the air, shout 'I QUIT' and put on a movie). You can throw a metaphorical
penny at the world around you (online or physical) and not fail to hit
something that will easily distract you from your ‘it’s the most important thing in my life’ draft novel for a few
hours so next time you do that, try and find something new, something exciting
that opens your mind further to the things you love, rather than just taking a nap...it could be a TED talk, a documentary on YouTube, or listen to an artist you have never heard before, just do something
that means you are experiencing something new and what is amazing about
Pinterest is that you can be there in a matter of minutes. I love
the fact I can go online and see countless images of priceless antique books,
ancient libraries, cutting edge contemporary home design that incorporates
stunning reading nooks, dusty old first edition covers and pretty much anything
book related you can possibly think of. People from all over the world for the
pure enjoyment and passion of it share the most beautiful and inspirational
images. It’s fantastic and it’s educational. You can search for whatever you
like and I bet you will be amazed at what you find. What’s more because people
can write a small profile about themselves and put links to their website, etc.
you can meet and discover amazing people, companies and communities and find
out more about the subjects that really grab you.
That’s enough from
my mouth, this isn’t a paid advertisement! Try it, explore the beauty of
whatever interests you have and find out something you didn’t know before. I’ll
leave you with some of my favourite images that have been posted over the last
week on the, 'Bookshelves and Reading Places' board. I have used the web-link to each image as the caption so if you click on
the link it will take you to the Pinterest website along with the name of the
person who pinned it, the description, links to the sites they may have come
from and any copyright details.
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Be inspired!
RGR
www.thinkingplainly.com
…and just because it is Valentine's tomorrow…
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