Recurring moments of artistic inspiration

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Short List: Ranking those ever-present cultural epiphanies

17th September 2014
By Oscar Rickett


10

The morning dew

9

The way she looked the day she left

8

Light breaking through cloud

7

A dream, always out of reach

6

The realisation that society is unjust

5

Wanting to know what love is

4

The unknowable depths of the wild sea

3

That time the bathwater rose when you got in

2

The tranquility of a pond in the forest

1

A good story, told by someone else, written down by you



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