Steal like an artist journal

First, a link to what kind of notebook, because otherwise, dozens of people will ask. Then, the weighing in: This is a silly ritual, but sometimes silly rituals are all we have. Next, the selection of a guardian spirit to look over the notebook. I picked Durër’s Saint Jerome in his Study for this notebook, which

Mary Karr once compared reading her own books to a dog sniffing old turds. “I’m repelled by them,” she said. “The degree to which I never read them is profound.” She doesn’t even keep copies. This, to me, seems like a perfectly healthy way to go about being a writer — the writing is alive

QUOTES from "STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST" by Austin Kleon 1. What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely...

SARK, How To Be An Artist This was hanging in my middle school art room. Wikipedia: In 1989 she created a poster, How to be an Artist, which she offered for sale in the catalog of a local metaphysical...

A notebook for creative kleptomaniacs. Get a signed copy. Buy now: Amazon - B&N - IndieBound - Powell's - BookPeople Paperback, 224 pages, ISBN: 9780761185680 For years, people have asked me what kind of notebook I recommend, so I went ahead and made the notebook I always wished existed. Based on my New York Times best-selling book, The Steal

Austin Kleon's 10 point list of how to steal like a writer

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Mary Karr once compared reading her own books to a dog sniffing old turds. “I’m repelled by them,” she said. “The degree to which I never read them is profound.” She doesn’t even keep copies. This, to me, seems like a perfectly healthy way to go about being a writer — the writing is alive

Whenever I write about how important keeping a notebook is to me, people ask me what specific brand of notebook I use. I have no less than 3 notebooks going all the time: 1) an extra-small hardcover notebook that I carry with me whenever I leave the house (which is not often) 2) a small daily planner that