{"id":48226,"date":"2016-08-29T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=48226"},"modified":"2016-08-05T09:37:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:37:04","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-draw-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2016\/uncommon-knowledge-draw-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: How Do You Draw Inspiration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/nightbulb?source=blog_uk082916\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-48319 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/42121_uk082916.jpg\" alt=\"42121_uk082916\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For decades, a light bulb floating over someone\u2019s head has been cartoon shorthand for \u201ceureka!\u201d Often accompanied by a wide-eyed expression and a raised index finger, the avatar of sudden inspiration is an incandescent bulb, lit by the power of a new idea. The light bulb-as-brilliant thought has made its way into countless logos for innovative and educational products and organizations, solidifying the symbol in cultural iconography. But why a light bulb? Why not a flower to represent a blossoming idea\u00a0or a graduate\u2019s cap to show a spark of intelligence? The general symbol of a light over one\u2019s head may have distant roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions of depicting enlightened figures like angels and saints with brilliant haloes around their heads. For that matter, the dual meaning of \u201cbrilliant\u201d points to a natural association between \u201clight-emitting\u201d and \u201csmart.\u201d Historically, images of iconic inventor Thomas Edison (though he <em>perfected<\/em> the electric light bulb rather than <em>inventing<\/em> it) holding a light bulb may have encouraged the association between ingenuity and illumination. But the true originator of the \u201clight bulb moment\u201d may be silent-era cartoon star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.felixthecat.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Felix the Cat.<\/a> Because Felix couldn\u2019t speak (and what cat can?), he often expressed himself with various punctuation and symbols appearing in thought bubbles over his head to supplement his gestures and expressions. Felix\u2019s animators used a light bulb to indicate that the wily feline felt a spark of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/nightbulb?source=blog_uk082916\" target=\"_blank\">Nightbulb<\/a> | $59<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, a light bulb floating over someone\u2019s head has been cartoon shorthand for \u201ceureka!\u201d Often accompanied by a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":48319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49811,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48226\/revisions\/49811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}