If you’re a writer or artist, you understand the power of location when it comes to creativity and finding inspiration. Looking for a place that will get your juices flowing? Here are 15 common places that can inspire your creativity.
如果你是个作家或艺术家，你就会明白位置在创造力和寻找灵感方面的重要性。你正在寻找能让创意源源不断的地方吗？来看看这15种能激发你创造力的常见地方吧。
1. Libraries and Bookstores
图书馆和书店
Words are a wonderful thing. You could rearrange the same 26 letters to create an endless array of words that will surely tickle somebody’s fancy. Observe how things like the weight or texture of a book could offer clues for what’s hiding under the cover. A heavy book could symbolize a significant time investment for the writer (and you, the reader). A light book could be seen as a short-and-sweet escape perfect for a beach, cruise ship, or even your lunch hour.
词语是很神奇的事情。你重新排列一下26个字母，就能创造出无限的词语，必然会让某些人心满意足。观察类似图书的重量和图案这些内容会帮你发现隐藏在封皮底下的线索。一本重书标志着作家（及读者）投入了大量的时间。一本轻书可以当做在海滩、游艇或午餐时完美的短暂而甜蜜的休息内容。
2. Early Mornings or Late Nights
清晨或深夜
You know what I love? Being awake with no sound but birds chirping and an ever-so-slight morning glow overhead while the lazy sun opens its eyes for a brand new day. But maybe you’d be more inspired by a hooting owl, glowing moon, and the sound of crickets. Morning or night, the same fact holds true: there is something innately inspiring about getting work done while the rest of the world sleeps.
你知道我喜欢什么吗？醒时，周围只有鸟叫声，朦胧的晨曦照过头顶，慵懒的太阳睁开眼睛，开始崭新的一天。但也许猫头鹰的叫声、月光和蟋蟀的鸣叫声更能激发你的灵感。无论是清晨或是黑夜，这一事实都是成立的：当世界上其他人都在睡觉时，你与生俱来的某些东西赋予你灵感，让你把工作做完。
3. Hotels
旅馆
Hotels are kind of like the purgatory of living arrangements. It is a place that is hard to feel comfortable in despite the fact that you do “home-like” activities such as sleeping, bathing, and brushing. The drastic change in living arrangements could shake you out of auto-pilot from your daily routine and increase your awareness and ability to live in the present.
旅馆里的生活安排有点儿像炼狱一样。尽管你在做“类似家里”的活动，如睡觉、洗澡和刷牙，但是却很难感觉到舒适。生活安排的急剧变化会让你从每天例行的自动巡航状态中跳出来，增加你活在当下的意识和能力。
4. Bars
酒吧
If you’re a writer looking to sharpen your ability to write conversational pieces that click with your audience, go bar-hopping (but not to one of the annoying ones with music so loud that you have to scream at level 11 to be heard). Alcohol has a way of breaking the barriers to authenticity, so have a drink and enjoy some plain and simple truth with fellow patrons.
如果你是一名作家，想让自己写的对话能更容易让读者理解，那就去泡吧吧。（但不是那种声音很吵很烦人的那种酒吧，在那儿得尖叫到11级才能被别人听到）。 酒后吐真言，所以喝上一杯吧，和酒友们享受一下简简单单的实话吧。
5. Parks and Hiking Trails
公园和徒步旅行的路线
It’s easy to forget that we humans are a small part of the life bustling throughout this world. Explore a trail while keeping an eye out for animal life. Observe the unique quirks and behaviors of each animal friend you come across. Turn off your inner-chatter, crank up your listening ear, and enjoy the sounds of the whole other world you are now a part of.
人们很容易忘记，我们只是这繁华世界的一小部分而已。探索一条路线，同时密切注意动物的生活。观察你遇到的每个动物独特的怪癖和行为。关掉你内心的声音，竖起耳朵来听，享受另一个世界的声音，而你现在正是这世界的一部分。
6. A Bench in a Busy Downtown Area
繁忙市中心的长凳
Can we just all go ahead and admit we enjoy people-watching? I love to plop down on a park bench with a notebook and coffee, watching the busy city life unfold before me. You are but one person in this big, crazy world. Check in with the rest for a fresh hit of human inspiration that will help you relate to the people around you.
我们不如直接承认吧：我们其实喜欢观察别人？我喜欢拿着笔记本和咖啡，扑通一声坐在公园的长凳上，观看我面前繁忙的城市生活。你只是这疯狂的大世界中的一个人而已。和他人交流，得到灵感上的冲击，会有助于处理你和周围人之间的关系。
7. Record Stores
唱片店
Whether you want to explore a musical genre that’s never been introduced to your ears or admire album artwork that catches your eye, a record store is one place that’s sure to inspire your creativity.
无论你是想探索从未听过的音乐流派，或是欣赏映入眼帘的专辑封面，唱片店都是能激发你创造力的地方。