Eldaldo

Rail Comes to Solace Bay Western Inakaye Close Up of Region Five years have passed since the last update and it is 1907. Iron Hills Mine As you can see the mining operations in the Iron hills north of Burton Mountian have greatly increased. And while The Solace Bay Co. purchased the heaviest duty trucks available in the country to transport the ore to the dock on the coast, the amount of ore being mined exceeds the capacity of the current system. Robert Wyant has brought this up to his brother and the rest of the company board and has proposed a rail line be placed between the mine and solace bay. While it is quite expensive, this would not only allow for the mining operations to be expanded, but would also allow for expanded logging operations along the coast. Solace Bay as well could open up smelting facilities and iron works. This would see the expansion of the Solace Bay Co. into whole new industries, and unheard of profits. The plan was unanimously approved and construction has already started on the rail lines. Below is a picture of the future route. The construction first started on the Iron Hills side, because there was plenty of room to work. Below is a close of of where the progress is and a picture of the actual construction in progress. Here is a current Picture of Solace bay. Here is a picture of the construction of the railway. Many Worker houses were knocked down to construct the rail, and as you can see, there are several still in the way that will soon be demolished. No compensation was given to the workers whose houses were demolished, they were merely relocated across the town. There are many disgruntled rumors about these actions among the workers. Yet the Wyant brothers are deaf to these rumors for now, and so their industrial machine churns onward . . .

In the last post we looked at how Mariston developed into a major Inakaye port in the fifteen years between 1887 and 1902. Now we will look at how Solace Bay developed in a different sort of way. Solace Bay is located at the isthmus between the North Ocean (connected somehow to the Sim Atlantic Ocean) and the Great Lake Audra. As was said before, Solace bay is a smaller bay within the Larger bay of Wake’s Bay. It was here that The Solace Bay Lumber company started Logging local lumber and sending it north to build the town of Wales. Around 1890 the Wyant brothers built many new factories that made their lumber into ready made products like furniture and tools. These they sold to Auen, Duluth, and the then budding town of Mariston. Thus increasing their market threefold. Also around this time the farms that had been set up south of Solace Bay started to form another community. A cluster of small houses on the inlet that separates Lake Maureen from Solace Bay started to be known as the town of Lake Maureen. Whereas nearly the entire town of Solace Bay was owned by the Wyant Brothers, Lake Maureen was independent, and consisted almost entirely of farmers and fishermen, Here is an early photo of Lake Maureen. By 1895 the Inakaye government had mapped and parceled out most of the northern half of the continent and were intent on selling it for the purpose of populating it (and then being able to tax that population of course). Homesteads were now purchase-able at cheap prices for families. And larger tracts of land could be purchased under the condition that they would be developed in a time frame approved by the government. Thus, the Wyant brothers who had made close to a million dollars on their business purchased most of the coast west of solace bay. Their intentions were to log this entire region and sell it to the rich as chairs and banisters at an exhorbitant price. Solace Bay Lumber Co. men had also noticed a visible vein of iron on a slope of the nearby Burton Mountain. Robert Wyant, ever looking to expand business, immediately purchased the land and hired men from the casaba Iron ranges west of Duluth to come and asses this site. It turns out that the hills north of the mountain were quite rich with iron ore, and thus Solace Bay Mining came into being. The first thing to be built was a dock to transport the workers and materials to the area. Next a road was built from the site to the mine and an initial shaft was dug and a building constructed around it. Lastly some shacks were constructed for the initial dig team who would reinforce the shaft and extract the first ore from the mine. By this time it was 1902 and the first load of ore had been dug from the mine. It was meager, but it shipped off to a factory in Mariston and marks the beginning of greater things for the Solace Bay co. Robert and James had until now lived in a shack in downtown area of Solace Bay in order to be as close as possible to the goings on of their company. They were quite the true capitalists viewing opulence as needless money spent. However, the town itself was becoming unlivable due to the thick smoke coming from the factories. Also, The level of their wealth at this point surpasses that of anyone save the elite of Auen, Duluth, or Mariston. And James had begun to take on a change of heart towards things. He convinced Robert to move across the bay, and for them to build a large house for themselves so that they could entertain visits from the wealthy of the cities they sold their goods to. This way they could attract more investment to their business and perhaps further expand it. Thus, the Wyant Landing was cleared and developed, and the Wyant estate was built. This move did not go unnoticed by the workers in the “Solace Bay Slums” as they were called. There was something encouraging knowing that your boss lived down the road, even if he paid you less than you deserved; there was some sort of equality about it. Now things were heading in an entirely new direction for the town. Lastly some views of the region circa 1902 . . . Here the towns of solace bay and Lake Maureen can be seen on the right and the Solace Bay Mine can be seen in the hills to the far left. The road to the ocean is the most visible landmark. (photo a couple years earlier than 1902) Here is a 1902 overview of downtown solace bay, notice the new lumber mills being built closer to the edge of the forest, Here is Lake Maureen at 1902 And here is an overview of Cape Winston, a settlement on the shores of Lake Audra, and the closest significant settlement to Solace Bay. As of now, it is just a small town of farmers and fishermen, fishing for the Lake Audra Silver Trout, quite a delicacy in Duluth.

In 1887, Mariston was a small farming community on the west coast of Inakaye. But in Just 15 short years the Villiage increased from around 1,000 inhabitants to 15,000, and included a heavy industrial sector with Inakaye's Third largest port after Auen and Duluth. This is a story of this transition. Here is a series of images that shows Mariston's development into a larger farming community over the 7 years between 1887 and 1895. 1887 1888 1892 1895 each year, a couple dozen families moved to Mariston and set up farms or shops, the growth was quite natural, but in 1892 several important things happened that resulted in the arrival of industry to Mariston. First, a native inakaye plant was discovered several years earlier that grew like a grass, had a slightly bitter tasting seed, but had fibrous seed pods like cotton. This plant (commonly called "cotton grass", scientifically grassus cashcropius) started to become wildly popular for its soft cloth and decent tasting ale made from grinding the seeds and fermenting them. Since it was native to Inakaye, it grew well in most of the fertile areas of the country. And, because many of the Mariston farmers grew at least some cotton grass, several textile mills opened up in the city to make "green cloth" or "inakaye silk" as it was sometimes called. This industry brought in many workers and farmers alike and the population of the region started growing rapidly. Secondly, backwoods traders and explorers discovered that there was a connection between the Alexandra river and the Great Lake Audra. the source of the Alexandra river was a marshy swamp northwest of great lake Audra. it also happened to be the source of a smaller river that led into lake Audra. This river is Known as the Golashes River. See map below. While the swamp was inavigable to larger crafts like barges, small boats could navigate it just fine, this meant that there was a direct water connection to the west coast, and with the building of a few locks and some widening of a path trhrough the marsh, it would be posssible for barges to navigate the waterway and make a direct trip from Duluth to Mariston. This became a source of conflict within the Inakaye government, seated in Auen. The Businessmen of Auen had spent a few million dollars on constructing a rail link between Duluth and Auen and were desirous of maintaining a monopoly on their trade. They were currently a middleman selling Duluth goods at a higher price to the rest of the west coast and the rest of the world, than if duluth had a trade route directly to these places. Yet, the Businessmen of Duluth Were desirous of expanding their markets to the north and perhaps the rest of the world, a water route to the west coast would make that possible. Thus the Auen government tried to stop any progress developing the water route, but the Duluth corporations began looking to make their own plans. This discovery nonetheless made Mariston important for small items trade (like fur trading), and increased the traffic through the region, which brought in more businesses and settlers. In 1895, the population had reached a little over 7,000. It was this year that the city council erected the first schoolhouse. also a medical clinic was opened up. In 1898, a lager Dockyard was put in. Also, this year, wealthy moguls from Duluth bought the swampy marsh from the Inakaye government for a pretty price and began construction on a waterway, it would be completed with the deaths of only a few workers by 1900. Here is an overview of the city in 1899 The next part of this story takes place in wales . . . Meanwhile in Wales . . . In 1898 a hunter who was camping on the plains outside of Wales noticed the ground catch fire around his campfire, in fact the rocks began to burn and the fire got out of control and burned a hole the size of a house in the grassland. The hunter, named A.J. Grayson, knew exactly what he had discovered and immediately went to the Wales city council and bought a deed for the land. He then got a local investor to go into business with him in developing Grayson's Oil Field. below are some pictures of the field and the subsequent development of that field. This new discovery brought all sorts of oild prospectors to the region looking for other oil fields and it also brought a refinery to process the crude oil. This increase in industry necessitated a larger seaport, which can be seen below, This means big things for the growth of Wales! and has quite an effect on Mariston, Back in Mariston The source of oil in Wales meant trade of that oil through Mariston to Auen. It also posed a solution to one of Mariston's bigger problems at the time. The town by 1898 had increased to the point where its numerous small generators were all over capacity, and the rich people of Mariston could not sit through a dinner without experiencing a brownout. So a larger plant was needed, and with a steady flow of oil through the city, the city council passed plans for building a small Oil power plant. It would be placed on the shore next to Mariston's industrial distric which required the most power. here is a picture of the new plant along with the new zones created around it. Thus the industry and population of Mariston continued to increase, and by 1900 the waterway from duluth was finished and barge traffic started coming down the Alexandra river. All of the sudden the Docks of mariston were overwhelmed with traffic and a real seaport needed to be constructed. In 1900 the first Industrial shipment from Mariston Port crossed the ocean to Simnation. Auen all of the sudden had a rival on worldwide trade. The first ship of immigrants from Simnation directly to Mariston Port arrived in the latter half of 1900, and by 1902, several thousand immigrants had arrived in Mariston bringing it's total population up to 15,276. Here are two overviews of the downtown and Mariston region. And that, my friends, is how in 15 years a villiage became a major port.

Wales 1890 With the arrival of the solace bay lumber company and therefore a cheap supply of wood on the way to Wales, the population of Wales grew quickly in three years. There have been many new permanent residents due to the arrival of some more industry, a plant that processes locally found coal in order to use it for ship refueling, and a plant that is an on site processor of the whales brought in by whaling ships. Here is the larger industrial sector. Notice that many new shops have arrived for the sailors to frequent. The ones near the docks are all manner of sleazy retaurants and bars, full of gambling, pool, octopus ring toss, and all sorts of other unwholesome activities. while the few in the bottom left hand corner of this picture serve the local inhabitants. Here is a meatyard that processes and packages all of the game hunted in this area to be sent back to Auen and the other settlements. Ice is harvested from the nearby glaciers to keep the food fresh for the several day boat ride to the market. work is being done in Auen to discover a way to make ice with electricity. Crazy stuff! Lastly here is an overview of the city. notice the arrival of several small farms. The ground here is very rocky and makes creating any sort of sizeable farm difficult, in addition the growing season is so short that very few crops can be grown, but inakaye farmers will not be discouraged, and they have come to grow what they can and supplement the local population's meaty diet. Meanwhile in solace bay . . . This Photo series shows how the Wyant Brothers and the Solace Bay Lumber Co, Increased the 1887 population of under 100 to one that is over 1000 in 1890. 1887 1888 1889 1890 With The profit's from their sales, they have bought most of the land north of town and own most of the buildings in the town itself. Thus they pay their workers wages, and then their workers pay them rent, it is a nice system . . . for them. Still, coming from the slums of Duluth they do show their workers some compassion by giving them weekends off and only making them work 13 and a half hour days. Their future plans are to start making finished wood products in some new factories they plan to build, they could then increase their sales to the southern part of the west coast. Coming up Next, a look at the development of Mariston and how it became am important port.

The Year is 1887. Today we take a tour of the settlements along the northeast trade route from Auen to Wales. These meager settlements all play a major role in the future development of Inakaye's west coast. We start first with the grand city of Auen. Auen is the capital of Inakaye and is the place where almost all of Inakaye's culture and wealth is centralized. Below is a picture of downtown. (note, picture is actually from 1910, due to a freak gardening accident, all records of pre 1910 Auen are lost . . .) With a population of almost 180,000, Auen has a wealth of industry and remains the government and commercial hub of the country. It's seaport is also Inakaye's major link to the rest of Simworld. In addition, while many immigrants settle elswhere in the country, most of them land in Auen Harbor. Auen is also home to Inakaye's oldest university, Carlsgan University. all of Inakaye's wealthy children attend there if they want ot ammount to anything. The next stop we will make is the small town of Aurora Bay, just north of Auen. This city is of note because it was the site of the first iron mines in Inakaye, in fact much ore is still mined here. nearly all of Auen's first factories have machines made with Aurora Iron. Much Further north is the tiny settlement of Mariston. It started as a homestead of Joseph and Mary Strummer in the 1850's but due to it's small harbor became a nice haven for sailors on the way south from wales in the 1860's. eventually more settlers moved there and it became a small farming community. It was originally named mary's towne, but was soon abbreviated to it's current name. This is a region overview Below is a picture of the original homestead. this is how it looks in 1887. The next stop we will look at on the way to Wales is Solace Bay. This bay is appropriately named as solace from the terrible weather found in the much larger bay it sits in (Wake's Bay). Two of it's first settlers were Robert and James Wyant. Both brothers from Duluth who originally came to set up a farmstead and escape the awful working conditions of duluth factories. They had just cleared a field and left the timber lying in a pile on the edge of the field when a ship captain moored in the harbor offered to buy it so that he could build a house in Wales. this was the start of Solace Bay Lumber Company and really the start of Solace Bay as a town. it wasn't long before the Wyant brothers had a mill set up and workers who lived in the town and began clearing the forest on the shores of Solace Bay. below is a view of the region of solace bay with the freshwater Lake Maureen visible to the south Lastly we arrive at a Wales that has slightly more inhabitants than last time. growth up in this cold land is slow, but slow. These are the main characters of the west coast of Inakaye, Let's see how they develop in the future . . .

Inakaye: North by Northeast One of the most important settlements in beginning the colonization of the western coast of Inakaye was the settlement of Wales, a settlement on the far northeast shore, just south of where the permafrost starts. This region is full of coastal inlets and lakes. It also has many low lying mountains. as can be seen there are few trees due to the climate and most of the flora are lush prairie grasses and shrubs. below is a representative picture of the area. It is actually the fauna of the area that makes it of interest to sims. The ocean surrounding it is full of seals, salmon, and . . . ironically whales. Its pastures are also home to the extremely rare water llama, whose warm fur coat is one of the most prized furs in all sim world. thus, in the mid 1800's all manner of whalers, fishermen, and fur traders began moving through the region, and it wasn't long before a group of semi permanent structures were built on the shores of one of the area's larger bays. the destination was originally just an anchor site for the travelling whalers and fishermen before they made their long trip back south to Auen. and then the fur traders began using it as a camp to hitch easy rides back to civilization. Very soon a store was opened by Jerald Ronnad, selling supplies to these travellers. Next came a smithy for ship and equipment repairs and a small shipyard that was used as a refueling point for steamships. The settlement was named Wales after the predominence of whaling ships that frequented the town. here is a picture of the settlement as of 1885. very few of the houses have permanent inhabitants. and many of them are little more than shacks. it was a brave man who would spend the whole winter in Wales Interestingly enough, the settlement used up most of the trees in the area to build what you see here. Any further construction would require imported wood, so the small settlement languished for several years with a permanent population of 16. But this little bay would be the key for further developments along the its trade route to Auen. Until next time . . .

Note: This is my first Journal, and is my first time playing SC4. These first couple of entries are very amateur, but since they give good background history I will keep them around (it's also nice to have a record of how far I have come since I started). To Skip ahead to the beginning of the Chapter One Storyline, go to Entry 6 ( Solace Bay 1902) . To skip ahead to where I begin using more custom content and trying to improve my CJ skills skip ahead to Entry 14 ( Reader's Guide to the Solace Bay Region) This is a good entry to start with anyway, because it is a sort of an overview of all the characters and plotlines. Thanks for stopping by. Eldaldo Disclaimer/props This City journal is really more of a Country journal, which looking through the site is quite common, but I love thinking about pioneers and things so I am starting with wilderness (mostly), and developing the regions of my country and how they interact with each other. The scale of this is also massive, to the point where I doubt I will finish, But I am planning on featuring around ten regions of the country in the journal, though really only focusing on five. I am quite inspired by the natural growth journals of csgdesign and marsh, though I am certainly not as patient or creative as they are, so I will probably not be following csg’s rules to the strictest degree. Still, Props to CSG for creating a genre of play, and props to Marsh for having a really good journal too. I made up this continent, but used maps that are mostly real places, also I use some names from cities and places that I like and even build them in a similar way (Duluth for example). I realize that this is not strictly original, and you will recognize many maps and names of my cities, I hope that doesn’t annoy you. In the end, it is my CJ. Description This Journal will watch the development of the Country of Inakaye, from the late 1800’s until present. Inakaye is a large continent somewhere between the eastern coast of Sim Nation and the ends of the world. It is estimated to be slightly larger than Australia. It is quite north; to the point where its northern reaches disappear into ice and glaciers. Yet much of it has a growing season and climate suitable for the cultivation of many types of crops. Inakaye is teeming with wildlife, but had no Indigenous peoples prior to the founding of it’s first settlement, Auen. It is covered in mostly conifer forests, and deciduous trees are mostly imported. It is a very mountainous region. As you can see below it is Quite breathtaking Modern geologists describe it as the meeting of three landmasses all driven into one another. This produces the t shaped central mountain range. The northern landmass is ancient and has a large inland sea named GreatLakeAudra. The southern two landmasses are mostly mountains with dangerous cliffs and reefs lining the coast, making them hard to colonize and hard to explore. Therefore most settlements were made in the north. History The Continent was discovered in 1783 by Ian Mackaye. A man who was always pushing the boundaries of conventional exploration, he and his crew thought they were dead for certain after sailing east from sim nation for six weeks without sight of land. They had nearly run out of provisions when they spotted Inakaye. Here is an artist's rendition of Him and His Crew in the throes of huner and anguish prior to the sighting of Inakaye . . . Ian originally wanted to call it Eastland (kind of a boring name from such an original guy, right?), which stuck around to some degree, but most people ended up calling it Inakaye; which was just a slurring together of Ian’s name. When the first settlers arrived and claimed the continent as their own they named it Inakaye officially. Settlement of Inakaye was slow, It was a very long and perilous journey. And the land itself was devoid of human life and full of dangerous predators like bears, wolves, man eating raccoons, and deadly lolcats. The first group of settlers was led by Paidrig Cassidy, who brought his family and four ships full of simnation’s poor and destitute to try and make a new life for themselves. They settled in the first river delta they found which they named The Allegheny River after the town which Paidrig was born in. Their settlement was named Auen (pronounced aw-wen) after Paidrig’s youngest daughter. The settlement was betset with difficulty for the first few years. This entry from paidrig’s journal shows a glimpse of their hardship. “we hasth given the earth our croppes yet she dosth not bear them for us. Furtherwithe we fight off the wilde beasts that without ceasing attaketh our modest herd of livestock. O how colde the wind bloweth in this season of autumn. I hope with all my strength we mayest survive the onset of winter.” Yet, through all their doubts and troubles, the settlement of Auen prevailed in taming a small piece of the Inakaye wilderness and were able to send a ship back to simnation to trade for more supplies. Indeed, it was thought in simnation that the settlers had perished, for they had not been heard from for two years. But once their success had reached the ears of simnation, it gave ideas of a fresh start to more and more people, and thus more people started immigrating. It was quite a slow trickle though due to the long voyage without any intermittent stops. Even once steam ships were invented, it was too long a voyage to make without refueling, and wind was still the only way there. To Inakaye’s fortune though, in 1866, a small island was discovered halfway between simnation and inakaye and at a latitude south of Auen. The Auen Government (then the only government of Inakaye), immediately claimed the island as a territory of inakaye, and Roger’s Island became a refueling point and made trade between Sim Nation and Inakaye possible. Once steam travel to Inakaye became possible The population exploded as many people moved to this new land to start over, escape sim world conflicts, or take advantage of Inakaye’s many resources. Many Sim world governments wished that they had laid claim to the continent that they had originally determined to be too far away to be useful for anything. Yet, with close to 200,000 inhabitants, inakaye was not something that could just be grabbed hold of without a fight that would require great effort and resources. In addition the rest of the sim world was involved in its own turmoil, thus, Most Sim governments continued to focus on their immediate concerns and Inakaye remained free to prosper as a distant entity. By the late 1800’s There were only two cities in the country. Auen, was the largest at around 160,000 sims. The other was Duluth, at the western edge of GreatLakeAudra, it was a confluence of commercial and industrial trade routes, with coal to the south and east, Mineral rich hills to the north and east, and fur and lumber trade by water from the surrounding area, it formed a nexus of travel and industry throughout the region. It was also the birthplace of the Inakaye railroad, which was originally used to bridge the small stretch of land between the Prairie and Allegheny rivers, and eventually allowed the transport of all the industrial resources/commercial goods from in and around Duluth through the Allegheny river valley to Auen, and then off to Simnation and the rest of the world. Duluth has about 100,000 sims making it the second most populous city in the country, yet it is quite a different city from Auen. Where Auen has plenty of culture and education, Duluth is almost devoid of such things, and remains almost entirely low wealth industrial. In many ways it is still a frontier town though so many people have moved there. With the advent of the rail connection to auen though, it is only a matter of time before wealth, education, and culture make their way to Duluth. Unfortunately little in way of records of the development of these two towns has survived, but experts believe that the early development of Auen looked something like this, whereas Duluth probably looked more like this. Lastly, Below is a crude map of the continent as of 1884 made by Inakaye’s premier cartographer Count Jaques le Duceaux. (map is very general, not entirely to scale, but kind of to scale). That's it for now, more to come later . . .

I hope so too.  maybe they could trade with each other.  another great entry leech.  such lush forests.

I love this journal so much.  I can't wait to see where it goes in the future.  nice job!

In the zone view the trees used to dissapear, which allowed for easy planning of roads etc. Now they don't. I am trying to remember what I changed about my game. I switched to a different terrain mod for a secons, but then switched back. I uninstalled NAm and reinstalled it with a different rail texture. I installed some new props packs and some buildings. I really have no clue what the cause is though. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I tend to fill the map with trees which makes it now very difficult for me. Thanks, eldaldo

This is the first time i've seen this CJ though it's been around for a while.  I really Love it!  so realistic looking.  Looks just like sattelite images of the midwest!  Lake county reminds me alot of Minneapolis Suburbs.

I love these man.  you and csg have a way with your region shots.  your region seems like it's really alive and growing.

So Sad! I really liked this CJ!  That Must be the Most Frustrating Thing Ever.

Thanks so much for the comments!  I really appreciate hearing that people are enjoying this.  as far as Solace Bay is concerned, A decision has been reached . . . I'll have to fill you in on the next update. Shilka: I spent about 10 days near Ammersfort several years ago.  The Netherlands is a beautiful country, Idyllic really!

I was a huge fan of Everglade, I can't wait to see this city develop!  I love how the fort is still there, it adds a unique historic touch. 

I really like this journal.  The imagery and pictures are beautiful.  I like the story as well.  it is clear you put alot of time into your entries.  Keep up the good work!  also, Those mysterious grids seem to be plauging my region as well! Haha.

Hi Shilka, I found this Journal after you commented on mine.  I really like your journal.  It is so interesting to see communities as they develop and interact.  You really put alot of detail into your development and it shows.  I also love the additional graphics you made.  Like the Arist's impression of the lumber mill and the farmer's ad.  How do you make these graphics?  photoshop?  I fear i lack the know how to do such stunning things, but it really adds to the enjoyment of the journal.  I can't wait to see how this region develops.  I wonder what's going on at the innit landing?  it appears to be quite populated . . .

Thanks for the comments, this is all very new for me and maybe you can tell that I am learning how to play the game as well as how to write a journal as I go.  I am quite glad that you like it so far.  As far as the STR I looked it up and it does look cool.  I have a question though, is it part of the NAM?  The first time I installed the NAM I installed all of the rail mods and for some reason the rails didn't work.  Trains didn't run no matter what, and every place that a rail crossed a road blocked off that section of road so no cars could pass it either.  It was basically like putting up train track colored walls all over my city, haha.  I should ask about that in the forums because I would like to use the wide curves as well as the STR.

There is always something breathtaking about enormous cities that go on forever like Hong Kong and New York and Chicago (where I'm from), but for it's size and aesthetic I give it to Pittsburgh (where I live). I find it very pleasing to the eye. The fact that it is surrounded by green hills is really beautiful too (Kind of hard to capture that with one picture though) also, Imagine those green hills in the fall . . . I have been to many US cities and have yet to find one as concisely beautiful as Pittsburgh. IMO . . .

Thanks for the comments, Each city is on a different map and I can't remember exactly where I got them all, but Flamesrock made most of them.  The one he didn't make is mariston, which is a map of vancouver that is very large, so you can search for that.  As for the textures, They are cycledogg's columbus terrain mod and a pegasus water mod.

Haha, so it does, or a little like greenland, or a squished S. America (which was actually a kind of inspiration).