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Austin Kleon: Injecting Creativity and Art into everything you do

Aug 14, 2019
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INSIGHT

Art as Self-Discovery

  • Creativity helps us discover who we truly are during the act of making.
  • Often we don't know what to say until we start the creative process, making art therapeutic and a tool for self-discovery.
ADVICE

Value Obscurity for Freedom

  • Embrace obscurity early in your creative journey to experiment freely and fail without pressure.
  • Use privacy to regain obscurity even later, preserving creative freedom despite an audience.
INSIGHT

Day Jobs & Creative Freedom

  • Many respected poets held day jobs while creating art, showing creative living doesn't require quitting your job.
  • Monetizing passion can lead to losing love for it; balancing work and art is essential.
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