There's a table with some catalogues and a guest book in the corner; there are artworks. Today, I need so badly to be inspired by them, even though I hate that word: inspiration. It crops up in too many advertisements, politcians' speeches, Disney films, its meaning obliterated. I refuse to be 'inspired' in the same insipid way that ad executives and politicians and Hollywood producers suggest I should be. What I need from these works is to be reminded of why I used to care about art–so much that I'd try and make it for myself. Sara Baume
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In this quote, the author describes a table with a guest book and artworks. She describes how she feels inspired by these items. The word inspiration is used as a way to describe this feeling of being inspired. In this case, the author is referencing the fact that people will often say that they are inspired by something or that they have been inspired to do something.

However, in the case of the author, she is trying to explain that being inspired is not a good thing. Instead, it is a very negative thing and people should avoid being inspired at all costs.

Source: A Line Made By Walking

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