Austin Kleon Newspaper Blackout Poem
We can pick our teachers and we can pick our friends and we can pick the books we read and the music we listen to and the movies we see, etcetera. You are a mashup of what you let into your life.
— Austin Kleon
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I wrote here on the blog a couple of years back about Austin Kleon and his book, Steal Like an Artist. It is a book that I would recommend to anyone interested in pursuing a creative outlet, particularly the younger set. It’s just a neat little book filled with solid concepts that will inject some new insight into any endeavor.
I must point out that the stealing part is not actual theft nor imitation but readily admitting and using the influences that you have in your life, as the quote about points out. In the video below, Kleon describes the difference between imitation and influence.
I should say more about Kleon and his Blackout Poetry, such as the example above which is the focus of his own work, but I am going to let the video below tell the story. It’s a nice primer into the basics of Steal Like an Artist. For more info on the book or to read Kleon’s always informative blog, click here.
