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Blog postMy brains are mush and my nerves are frayed, so let’s look at some Coconut pictures:
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Coconut is an eastern screech owl who has taken up residence in the palm tree behind our house. Unlike me, Coconut is extremely chill and unperturbed by world events and loud children. (Even a random snow day didn’t throw Coconut.)
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Blog postSometimes I start a collage in my diary but then I just let it sit until it tells me what else it wants. (This one was started around Christmas.)
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Blog postI’m coming up on my last days in the office of the house we’ve been renting for the past few years. It’s so peaceful in there — I was editing a client video today, and it felt hard to believe that anything ugly was going on in the world. Very grateful for this room of my own, and even though I’m about to build a new backyard box to work in, I will miss this bliss (way)station.
Editing a client video while the world rages ???https://t.co/RUJMNf9ZU1 pic.twitter.com/i4x4G1UIxp
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Blog postThis morning my neighborhood filled with the whoops of Texan children running out into the snow. For some of them, it might’ve been the first snow they’d ever seen in real life. (One kid exclaimed, “It’s like slo-mo rain.”) I’ve lived here for 14 years and I’ve never seen it snow like this.
I’ve lived in Austin for 14 years and I’ve never seen it snow like this. Incredible. pic.twitter.com/WJqoYqSlTm
— Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) January 10, 2021
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Blog postA moving mixture of personal memoir and art writing, Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City looks at the topic of loneliness by weaving her own story of a rough stay in New York with the work and stories of four different NYC artists: Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, Henry Darger, and David Wojnarowicz.
This is a book you might want to read with a laptop nearby so you can study some of the artworks that come up along the way, even something like Hopper’s Nighthawks, which you’ve probably seen doze5 days ago Read more -
Blog postA Smokey Bear poster I have a friend who saw a Smokey The Bear “ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES” poster when she was a kid and took the emphasis literally. She said she started worrying all the time about forest fires because only SHE could prevent forest fires — it said so on the poster! She’d see a story about a forest fire on the news and cry, “It’s my fault!”
I think about that story a lot these days.
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Blog postDownload a PDF of the poster After posting my 30-day Practice and Suck Less Challenge, I came across violinist Hilary Hahn’s 100 Days of Practice project: She posts a video of her practicing for 100 days on her Instagram with the hashtag #100daysofpractice and invites others to join her. (Similar to the 100-Day Project, which is coming up Jan. 31.)
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Blog postA poster for the ALA’s Banned Books Week, 2013 (I did not make this, btw) Last month the Wall Street Journal reported that a school in Massachusetts has banned teaching The Odyssey and other “classics.” My friend Alan Jacobs, who wrote a whole book about the importance of connecting to the past through old books (but not a defense of the classics), wrote:
My take on this is simple: It is better for a good book not to be taught at all than be taught by the people q1 week ago Read more -
Blog postMy kids got this Crazy Forts set for Christmas. We got out the instructions…
…but following them felt too much like the pain of putting together IKEA furniture, so we threw the instructions out and just started making free-form sculptures with them, admiring the shadows they cast:
Speaking of IKEA — they should get whoever does the step-by-step instructions for their Mario app to do their furniture assembly instructions:
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Blog postI found a bunch of these used fireworks out on our soggy New Year’s Day walk. I took them home and disassembled them and stuck them in my notebook until I had time to sit down this morning and make a collage.
Thoreau talked about thoughts as “nest eggs” — the fake eggs you put in a chicken coop to get a hen to lay more next to it: “Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid.”
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An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life.
Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you—what feels like a hobby may turn into you life’s work. Forget the old cliché about writing what you know: Instead, write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch.
And finally, stay Smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring in the everyday world so that you have the space to be wild and daring in your imagination and your work.
“Brilliant and real and true.”—Rosanne Cash
In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey—getting known.
Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.
In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity— what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.
In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!, both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known. Now he offers his most inspiring work yet, with ten simple rules for how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself—for life.
The creative life is not a linear journey to a finish line, it’s a loop—so find a daily routine, because today is the only day that matters. Disconnect from the world to connect with yourself—sometimes you just have to switch into airplane mode. Keep Going celebrates getting outdoors and taking a walk (as director Ingmar Bergman told his daughter, ”The demons hate fresh air”). Pay attention, and especially pay attention to what you pay attention to. Worry less about getting things done, and more about the worth of what you’re doing. Instead of focusing on making your mark, work to leave things better than you found them.
Keep Going and its timeless, practical, and ethical principles are for anyone trying to sustain a meaningful and productive life.
Roba como un artista presenta diez principios que ayudarán a los lectores a descubrir su lado artístico y a tener una vida mucho más creativa.
Nada es original, dice el autor, así que mejor acepta las influencias, instrúyete en el trabajo de los demás, reimagina y mezcla tu propio camino. Encuentra un pasatiempo que ames y conviértelo en tu trabajo: escribe el libro que te gustaría leer y la película que te gustaría ver. Y pues, ya sabes: no te endeudes, come sano, actúa con sentido común, ¡y atrévete a ser aventado y osado!
No importa si eres un artista gráfico, musical o de óleo, un artista de algún deporte, un escritor, pintor o diseñador... la creatividad se escapa fácilmente de cualquier mente. Sólo necesitas los diez pasos de Austin Kleon para poner en orden desde tu mente hasta tu escritorio y recuperar la creatividad y la confianza en aquello que creas.
¿Las diez cosas que necesitas para desatar tu creatividad?:
1. Roba como un artista.
2. No esperes hasta saber quién eres para poner las cosas en marcha.
3. Escribe el libro que quieres leer.
4. Usa tus manos.
5. Los proyectos extras y los hobbies son importantes.
6. El secreto: Haz un buen trabajo y compártelo.
7. La geografía ya no manda.
8. Sé amable. (El mundo es un pañuelo).
9. Sé aburrido. (Es la única forma de trabajar.).
10. Creatividad también es restar.
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Aprende a promocionar tu trabajo es un libro para todas aquellas personas que rehúyen el concepto de autopromoción. Diez sencillas máximas ponen fin al mito del genio solitario y nos enseñan a darnos a conocer con osadía y generosidad. Austin Kleon nos muestra cómo la obra creativa no es un producto sino un proceso en permanente desarrollo que, al compartirse, nos permite construir un público propio y aprender a comunicarnos con él.
“No tienes que ser un genio”, “Abre tu gabinete de curiosidades”, “Enseña lo que sabes pero no te conviertas en spam humano”, “Aprende a recibir los golpes”… Con principios tan contundentes como estos, Kleon no sólo nos enseña estrategias para que nos atrevamos a mostrar nuestro trabajo, sino que nos abre un nuevo e increíble escenario —el de la comunicación— para que reflexionemos desde otra perspectiva sobre nuestra propia obra
Poet and cartoonist Austin Kleon has discovered a new way to read between the lines. Armed with a daily newspaper and a permanent marker, he constructs through deconstruction—eliminating the words he doesn't need to create a new art form: Newspaper Blackout poetry.
Highly original, Kleon's verse ranges from provocative to lighthearted, and from moving to hysterically funny, and undoubtedly entertaining. The latest creations in a long history of "found art," Newspaper Blackout will challenge you to find new meaning in the familiar and inspiration from the mundane.
Newspaper Blackout contains original poems by Austin Kleon, as well as submissions from readers of Kleon's popular online blog and a handy appendix on how to create your own blackout poetry.
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«Una combinazione unica di aspirazione, ispirazione e buon senso.»
The Amazon Book Review
«Kleon è uno scrittore che disegna, lui si definisce così. Ma pecca di modestia, in realtà è un guru di creatività e comunicazione.»
D di Repubblica
«Intelligente da metterti in crisi.»
CNN
«Assolutamente brillante.»
New York Magazine
«I suoi libri sono da leggere e rileggere: fonti inesauribili di consigli e idee.»
Library Journal
IL LIBRO DELLA CREATIVITÀ PER NON RINUNCIARE AI TUOI SOGNI
CONTINUA A IMMAGINARE, CONTINUA A LAVORARE, CONTINUA A ESPLORARE
Austin Kleon ha scritto (e disegnato) un manuale leggero ma profondo, ricco di suggerimenti e di principi pratici ed etici per aiutarci a gestire il tempo e organizzare le idee: "Tieni duro!" è una bussola creativa per trovare la direzione in un’epoca di caos e distrazione.
Wie werde ich entdeckt? Austin Kleon weiß, wie‘s geht. In „Alles nur geklaut“ beschrieb er, wie man die eigene Kreativität findet. Nun erklärt er, wie man den entscheidenden nächsten Schritt macht: zeigen, was man kann. Dazu muss man so präsent und interessant sein, dass andere die eigene Arbeit gar nicht ignorieren können. In 10 einfachen Regeln zeigt Kleon, wie man auf die eigenen Ideen aufmerksam macht. Ein Handbuch für alle, die es eigentlich hassen, Werbung für sich selbst zu machen.
- Volez comme un artiste
- N'attendez pas de savoir qui vous êtes pour commencer
- Écrivez le livre que vous avez envie de lire
- Servez-vous de vos mains
- L'importance des activités parallèles et des violons d'Ingres
- LE SECRET: faites du bon travail et diffusez-le
- Nous ne sommes plus prisonniers de la géographie
- Soyez aimables (la planète est petite)
- Soyez ennuyeux (il n'y a pas d'autre façon de produire)
- Créer, c'est soustraire
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