Austin Kleon
Person on 4 sites
Writer and artist, author of Steal Like an Artist; publishes a weekly newsletter and an annual list of the books he read.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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5 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The notebook is where a writer works out what is going on inside them; the keyboard is where they tell other people about it. (opens korrents.com)
“The notebook is the place where you figure out what’s going on inside you or what’s rattling around. And then, the keyboard is the place that you go to tell people about it.”
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Reading bad work is instructive as well as reassuring, so a maker should not read only the good stuff. (opens korrents.com)
“Yes! Reading bad writing not only boosts one’s confidence, it can be very instructive.”
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The mediocre is the only thing worth avoiding: the best and the worst both teach you something, the middle teaches nothing. (opens korrents.com)
“What you want to avoid, I think, is mediocre writing, which neither thrills nor instructs.”
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The notebook is where a writer works out what is going on inside them; the keyboard is where they tell other people about it. (opens korrents.com)
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18 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Written Lives (opens rcmnd.app)
“I had a lot of fun reading it, thanks to Elisa Gabbert's annual year-end list of every book she read.”
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Brothers (opens rcmnd.app)
“Alex Van Halen's memoir Brothers is the 3rd good book I've read about Van Halen.”
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Story of A Poem (opens rcmnd.app)
“Could a book be more up my alley? The way he unpacks his feelings about giftedness, overachieving, language, disability, and difference really spoke to me.”
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Written Lives (opens rcmnd.app)