Ways of Working #3

You might have seen this already, but I hadn't and if it was any further up my alley I'd be making a right turn.

HOW TO STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST (AND 9 OTHER THINGS NO ONE TOLD ME)

In which the esteemed writer and artist, Austin Kleon of Newspaper Blackout Fame---

--- riffs and reels on how to work, how to live, how to create, how to be, under the following subheadings:

1. STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST
2. DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE TO START MAKING THINGS.
3. WRITE THE BOOK YOU WANT TO READ.
4. USE YOUR HANDS
5. SIDE PROJECTS AND HOBBIES ARE IMPORTANT
6. THE SECRET: DO GOOD WORK AND PUT IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT
7. GEOGRAPHY IS NO LONGER OUR MASTER
8. BE NICE (THE WORLD IS A SMALL TOWN)
9. BE BORING (IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE WORK DONE)
10. CREATIVITY IS SUBTRACTION

Check it out. If you're interested in process and ways of working, like I am, or immersed in an unfinished project and wondering how you got yourself into this whole damned fucking mess, like I am, then you'll dig it...

HOW TO STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST (AND 9 OTHER THINGS NO ONE TOLD ME)