Show Your Work!
by: Austin Kleon
The world is waiting.
In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon gave readers the key to unlock creativity. Now comes the next step in the journey: how to get known.
SHOW YOUR WORK! puts an end to the destructive myth of the lone genius by showing artists and writers, makers and creative entrepreneurs how to join the new ecology of talent. It is about getting found by being findable, about using the network instead of wasting time networking.
The key is process, not product. Share something new every day (but don't turn into human spam). Keep an amateur's mind--where the possibilities are limitless. Be a connector, a teacher, an open node. Don't hoard.
In ten vital new principles, SHOW YOUR WORK! shows that you have to be open, generous, brave--an artist that other artists will steal from. {cover copy}
I read Steal Like an Artist a few years ago and absolutely loved it. It was encouraging and inspiring, and helped me focus on where I could improve how I took inspiration from others and showed me where I was doing things right. While a lot of this new book was stuff I was already doing, it was still encouraging to see that I have been unconsciously on the right track. It also expanded on those things I was doing and gave me something new to think about or implement. I am pretty much an open book, so that part isn't really a problem, but I noticed that I do better with certain parts for certain aspects of my job, and I think this will help me to round that out. {For instance: Showing my work in the literal sense has been easy to do on my art-centered Instagram, but is something I can improve on in my book-centered Instagram}. I'm so glad I stumbled on this at my bookstore the other day. Absolutely recommended for all creatives!
Usually I highlight favorite quotes here, but I would want to quote the entire book, so I'll just reiterate my feelings instead: GET THIS BOOK. It was great.
The world is waiting.In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon gave readers the key to unlock creativity. Now comes the next step in the journey: how to get known.
SHOW YOUR WORK! puts an end to the destructive myth of the lone genius by showing artists and writers, makers and creative entrepreneurs how to join the new ecology of talent. It is about getting found by being findable, about using the network instead of wasting time networking.
The key is process, not product. Share something new every day (but don't turn into human spam). Keep an amateur's mind--where the possibilities are limitless. Be a connector, a teacher, an open node. Don't hoard.
In ten vital new principles, SHOW YOUR WORK! shows that you have to be open, generous, brave--an artist that other artists will steal from. {cover copy}
I read Steal Like an Artist a few years ago and absolutely loved it. It was encouraging and inspiring, and helped me focus on where I could improve how I took inspiration from others and showed me where I was doing things right. While a lot of this new book was stuff I was already doing, it was still encouraging to see that I have been unconsciously on the right track. It also expanded on those things I was doing and gave me something new to think about or implement. I am pretty much an open book, so that part isn't really a problem, but I noticed that I do better with certain parts for certain aspects of my job, and I think this will help me to round that out. {For instance: Showing my work in the literal sense has been easy to do on my art-centered Instagram, but is something I can improve on in my book-centered Instagram}. I'm so glad I stumbled on this at my bookstore the other day. Absolutely recommended for all creatives!
Usually I highlight favorite quotes here, but I would want to quote the entire book, so I'll just reiterate my feelings instead: GET THIS BOOK. It was great.
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