Austin Kleon
Author and blackout poet. He introduced me to the idea of Erasure-Poetry and has been helpful with his advice about Share-Your-Work
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5 things to steal
Taken from Katherine Jennings (who adapted it from [[Austin-Kleon]]), this is a method of making notes on things you experience....
Steal to Create
Find techniques from other artists and steal them. Try them yourself. Find ways people use language and try it yourself....
The Artist Does Not Control Reception
When you make things for the world. It is not your job to worry about how that thing is received....
Blind Contor
A way to [[Observe-the-world]] and drawing. Observe an object and draw it without looking at the page.
Walking is helpful for your mental health
Walking is movement at the pace of thinking, so when you walk you allow yourself to work through issues. It’s...
Copy-to-Understand-the-Rules
When you are first starting to create things in a different medium, try copying what famous creators and artist have...
All we can control is the daily work
[[Focus-on-what-is-in-your-control]] is good advice, but is especially useful when thinking about a [[Creative-Routine]]. We should aim to [[Enjoy-the-creative-process]], not focus...
Share Your Work
One of the most influential books on me was [[Austin-Kleon]]’s Show Your Work! It was the reason I started [[Blogging]]...
Tidying is exploratory
Whilst it is important to be neat and tidy in your life, in your creative life [[Austin-Kleon]] advocates for a...
Walking connects you with the world as it is
We all know [[Walking-is-helpful-for-your-mental-health]] as it forces you to [[Slow-Down]]. [[Austin-Kleon]] suggests another reason it is helpful is because it...
create-your-own-archive
Build material for your future self to create from. [[journals-are-full-of-useful-material]] but so are photos, books and anything you might think...
embrace-friction-in-your-systems
As much as we may dream that we can automate everything in our lives, you need a bit of friction....
Create a bliss station
This is an idea from [[Austin-Kleon]]. He argues you should create a bliss station, full of things that inspire and...