What to do with your feelings - Austin Kleon
This is something I would recommend to everyone; use the energy that anger gives you to create something new or to get your house in order. Repurpose it. The next time you feel as though everything is broken, as though you have nothing to give, get creative.
Arlan Hamilton • It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage
If making your art is adding net misery to the world, walk away and do something else. Find something else to do with your time, something that makes you and the people around you feel more alive.
Austin Kleon • Keep Going
“Everything I do is just personal taste and it’s what [my book The Creative Act] is about. Really, for [people and artists] to trust in themselves. Make something that speaks to themselves. And hopefully someone else will like it. But you can’t second-guess your own taste for what someone else is going to like. It won’t be good. We’re not smart eno... See more
Write For Yourself
from Make your Stuff by Austin Kleon:
“it’s not enough to be good. In order to be found, you have to be findable.”
“If you want people to know about what you do and the things you care about, you have to share.”
“Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.”
“Teaching people
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