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Become a documentarian of what you do. Start a work journal: Write your thoughts down in a notebook, or speak them into an audio recorder. Keep a scrapbook. Take a lot of photographs of your work at different stages in your process. Shoot video of you working. This isn’t about making art, it’s about simply keeping track of what’s going on around
... See moreAustin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Austin Kleon, a prolific creator and writer, says that “creative work runs on uncertainty; it runs on not knowing what you’re doing.”
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
In my experience, your stock is best made by collecting, organizing, and expanding upon your flow. Social media sites function a lot like public notebooks—they’re places where we think out loud, let other people think back at us, then hopefully think some more. But the thing about keeping notebooks is that you have to revisit them in order to make
... See moreAustin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Austin Kleon)
The songwriter Nick Lowe says, “You start out by rewriting your hero’s catalog.”
Austin Kleon • Steal Like an Artist
No matter how famous they get, the forward-thinking artists of today aren’t just looking for fans or passive consumers of their work, they’re looking for potential collaborators,
Austin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like an Artist, put it this way: “If we’re free from the burden of trying to be completely original, we can stop trying to make something out of nothing, and we can embrace influence instead of running away from it.”
Luke Burgis • Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
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