Actually I don't do anything like that. I like the idea though. Currently I do have a desktop wallpaper of Geraint in this season's production of Antony and Cleopatra to drool over on my computer at work. That works well for inspiration. ;)

What I did though is instead of using *** to mark the end of a scene in my story, I switched to **** (4 stars) in acknowledgement of the 4th soccer world championship we achieved.:) That's totally off topic of course.