I believe that displaying vintage and/or found objects like a work of art frees the mind from preconceptions and allows you to really see their beauty.
I'm utterly smitten with the work of artist Aled Lewis — his Toy Stories series is absolutely hilarious. Prints (including others in the same series) are available from his gallery at inPRNT.com, too.
By day (or, depending on the deadline, by night) I'm a Canadian collage illustrator. Since 2006, the automatism blog is where I share whatever I find inspiring, interesting, or simply beautiful in interiors, design, art, illustration and other creative fields.