Steal Like An Artist:

Steal Like An Artist:  10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon           Paperback Book:  160 pages                     

Great book!   I highly recommend this book for everyone to read.   It is that good.   It is motivating, it is inspirational and it has so many terrific tips that not only should everyone read it they should carry it with them to refer back to constantly throughout the day.    Based on the premise that everything we know today is the work of people who came before us who took ideas of the people before them and expanded on them just as we continue down the line expanding, reworking and making our own ideas out of the information gleaned from the past.    Austin Kleon recommends not just taking the ideas of just anyone but if you are going to steal an idea – steal from the best, then put your spin on it.   And don’t just steal from one person’s idea, art, writings, musiscal composition, etc.  steal from many of the best ideas and inspiration you find then extrapolate, come up with something from before that you mold into your own artistic offering by adding your own creative leanings.    The 10 things nobody told you about being creative are excellent bits of wisdom that will guide the reader absolutely brilliantly.  They are:  1.)  Steal like an artist.  2.)  Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started.  3.)  Write the book you want to read.   4.)  Use Your Hands   5.)  Side Projects and Hobbies are Important.   6.)  The Secret:  Do Good Work and Share It with People   7.)  Geography is no longer our master  8.)  Be Nice (the world is a small town)  9.)  Be boring (it’s the only way to get work done).    10.)  Creativity is subtraction.    If that doesn’t whet your appetite to read the entire book at one setting it should.   A savory mix of so many doable, simple yet so precise messages of help in whatever passion artistically pursues you.      10 thumbs up for this one.    This is a must read.   Short, sweet and artistically and creatively delicious.   Let the inspiration begin!