Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Steal like an Artist

Steal like an Artist is an illustrated novel about being creative. According to this novel, if you want to learn creativeness you need to learn the ten steps to creativity.

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 things done.)
10. Creativity is subtraction

One thing you can do is “fake it till you make it”, that is always one way to get things done. You try convincing yourself as well as others. You should copy your heroes, but use your own style and don’t “worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” Meaning that your ideas are still your ideas and you should be happy that they are being used for good use.

I would recommend this book to those who want to learn a little more about their creative selves.

Reviewed By: Kelsi Bucknam

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