In the case of Dante's Comedy, we likely read the result of a similar sudden inspiration, one based on a perhaps even less promising pretext: take a not - very - successful (though respected), soon - to - be-exiled civic leader and poet, and send him off to the afterworld for a week. (firstthings.com)
A scientific model is initially a very tentative conjecture which leads to a testable theory; it may have to be modified — or more probably discarded, for most sudden inspirations in science turn out to be useless. (religion-online.org)
A sudden inspiration came to me, and I shared it with the congregation immediately. (religion-online.org)