AUSTIN KLEON

thechimerist: I continue to use the Paper app constantly....

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:16:00 -0500

I continue to use the Paper app constantly. People on the subway are mystified, but my penmanship on the iPad screen is slowly improving, even though I’m still using an AluPen stylus.

I’ve been curious what art and writing apps austinkleon is playing around with these days. A few months ago he said he worked on his iPad rarely but “used to make blackout poems w/ Brushes and the NYTimes app.” He was planning to leave his laptop behind while on book tour, and if he did I wonder how he’s faring.

— Maud Newton

Ah! This might require its own post. I’ve been traveling exclusively with the iPad, no laptop. It’s had its good points and its drawbacks, but mostly, it’s been good.

"All images are Rorschach tests."

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:06:31 -0500

“All images are Rorschach tests.”

- Françoise Mouly, art editor of the New Yorker, on art, specifically the magazine’s covers, at last night’s event at Greenlight Bookstore. (via largeheartedboy)

Friends! I have a new 20x200 print. Get it...

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:03:25 -0500

Friends! I have a new 20x200 print. Get it here→

jenbekmanprojects:

Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon | Buy the limited-edition art on 20x200.com here.

In the newsletter, Charlie writes:

Today’s edition, and the book it came from, all originated from a list of 10 principles Austin wished someone had shared with him when he was first starting out. Eager to share his list with everyone (as he is with all his work, including “deleted scenes” and his sketchbook), he turned his pointers from a talk to college students into a blog post (which quickly went viral), and eventually into a book. It wasn’t long before Steal Like an Artist became his second New York Times bestseller.

"I love words…they’re my work, they’re my play, they’re my passion. Words are..."

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:52:00 -0500

“I love words…they’re my work, they’re my play, they’re my passion. Words are all we have really. We have thoughts, but thoughts are fluid. Then we assign a word to a thought, and we’re stuck with that word for that thought. So be careful with words. I like to think the same words that hurt can heal. It’s a matter of how you pick them.”

- George Carlin, in his 40-year-old routine, “7 Dirty Words,” off 1972’s Class Clown

Art Dealer by Banksy

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:17:00 -0500

Art Dealer by Banksy

“Take Me With You When You Go” by Jack White from Blunderbuss...

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:11:00 -0500

“Take Me With You When You Go” by Jack White from Blunderbuss (2012) (via thisismyfavoritesong)

Filed under: my listening year 2012

thenearsightedmonkey: ‘What It Is’ class flag Filed under:...

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:06:48 -0500

thenearsightedmonkey:

‘What It Is’ class flag

Filed under: Lynda Barry

Philip K. Dick’s notes for Exegesis (from this NYTimes...

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:46:58 -0500

Philip K. Dick’s notes for Exegesis (from this NYTimes series)

Speaking of handwriting, holy moly, that fella could CLUSTER! (Anybody else read that Janet Burroway book in creativity writing class?)

Thanks, Peter!

One badass picture of Phil Collins by photographer Neale Haynes....

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:15:00 -0500

One badass picture of Phil Collins by photographer Neale Haynes. Not a bad article, either.

I wrote a little thing on my blog about how to improve your...

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:26 -0500

Maira Kalman

John Lennon

Phil Collins

Jimi Hendrix

Steve Brodner

Lynda Barry

I wrote a little thing on my blog about how to improve your handwriting. Here’s a little gallery of handwriting I’ve tried to rip off over the years…

The playable Moog synth and 4-track recorder on today’s...

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:25:06 -0500

The playable Moog synth and 4-track recorder on today’s Google doodle is just too fun. I lost 15 minutes to this.

Creativity and Curation: A Conversation About Finding and...

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:47:33 -0500

Creativity and Curation: A Conversation About Finding and Sharing Inspiration Online

New York City! Come see me and my friends at McNally Jackson on Wednesday, May 30th at 7PM:

Join Austin Kleon (author of Steal Like an Artist) as he interviews three of his favorite NYC ladies around the topic of collecting and sharing inspiration online. The panel will feature Maud Newton, legendary litblogger; Maria Popova, creator of the stupendously popular blog Brain Pickings; and Maris Kreizman, creator of the hilarious Tumblr blog Slaughterhouse 90210.

I will, of course, be signing copies of Steal Like An Artist. Tell yer friends! Printable poster (PDF) here.

"One of the oldest and honorable research methods in art … is copying."

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:19:00 -0500

“One of the oldest and honorable research methods in art … is copying.”

- Andrew Raftery (quoted by @johnmaeda)

Cover art for Genesis’ “Misunderstanding” by Lionel...

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:28:00 -0500

Cover art for Genesis’ “Misunderstanding” by Lionel Koechlin

Heaven, the new album from The Walkmen, is streaming at NPR.

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:35:00 -0500

Heaven, the new album from The Walkmen, is streaming at NPR.

"Some of you really need to take a bath. Seriously. A little soap won’t kill you. You..."

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:11:00 -0500

“Some of you really need to take a bath. Seriously. A little soap won’t kill you. You won’t be ‘selling out.’”

- Bobcat Goldthwait’s commencement speech, “Success is for creeps”

"The only solution [to social media addiction] is not one that most people want to face, which is to..."

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:41 -0500

“The only solution [to social media addiction] is not one that most people want to face, which is to become lovers of solitude and silence… I love to spend time alone in my room, and in my ideal world the first hour of every day would be in bed, writing down thoughts, harvesting dreams, before anyone phones or you have any internet access. I write on paper, cause if you write on a laptop, it’s too tempting to go online. You look up a word and then an hour later you remember why you went on…”

- V. Vale

William Burroughs and Brion Gysin in RE/SEARCH #4/5 (1982) ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:33 -0500

William Burroughs and Brion Gysin in RE/SEARCH #4/5 (1982)

RE/SEARCH is an Archive and Oral History Project that began in 1977 by V. Vale at City Lights Books. RE/SEARCH grew out of Search & Destroy, which Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys founder, called “the best Punk Rock publication, ever. It combined art and photography with in-depth interviews and articles.”

Here’s the table of contents.

Buy it on Amazon→

H/T this Believer interview with V. Vale

My iPad doodles of Stephanie Pereira’s Kickstarter talk at...

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:29:04 -0500

My iPad doodles of Stephanie Pereira’s Kickstarter talk at the 2012 See Change conference

While listening to Stephanie’s talk, it occured to me that even if you don’t use Kickstarter as your funding model, there’s so much to steal from their model—especially their ideas about how to bring your audience into your story.

"Say it again: ‘Poetry is for everyone.’ Poetry is a place and it is free to all."

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:09:00 -0500

“Say it again: ‘Poetry is for everyone.’ Poetry is a place and it is free to all.”

- William Burroughs