Read more about Newspaper Blackout Pre-order the book on amazon.com

TUMBLR

A SCRAPBOOK OF STUFF I'M READING / LISTENING TO / LOOKING AT ON THE NET.


TO SEE MY OWN WORK, VISIT: AUSTINKLEON.COM


Got a question?

Archive | Random | RSS


Posts tagged "creativity"

Mar 01, 2010
Permalink

Permalink

Feb 07, 2010
Permalink
It is almost like a church, because you’re going to that room, you know your purpose, you know what you’re going to do in there, and you don’t have to take anything in with you that you don’t want to take in there.
Sade on the recording studio, but it could really be Sade of any sacred creative space

Jan 12, 2010
Permalink

Jan 05, 2010
Permalink

Oct 07, 2009
Permalink

Sep 13, 2009
Permalink

Sep 10, 2009
Permalink
The Life Pursuit: An Interview with Maira Kalman
Great little interview with one of my favorite visual thinkers.
Why is her blog unique? She does it all by hand, and each post takes her about three weeks to do. She hands over the gouache paintings and text overlays, and the Times people scan it in and blog it. She has nothing to do with the computer part.
in these situations I’m tackling such big subjects; the only way I can handle that is to give you a snapshot of what I’m seeing and feeling at the moment. I also like to go into a lot of different subjects and to digress, so it gives that kind of snapshot outlook. I can jump around from thing to thing, and hopefully, it’ll all make sense.(via kottke)

The Life Pursuit: An Interview with Maira Kalman

Great little interview with one of my favorite visual thinkers.

Why is her blog unique? She does it all by hand, and each post takes her about three weeks to do. She hands over the gouache paintings and text overlays, and the Times people scan it in and blog it. She has nothing to do with the computer part.

in these situations I’m tackling such big subjects; the only way I can handle that is to give you a snapshot of what I’m seeing and feeling at the moment. I also like to go into a lot of different subjects and to digress, so it gives that kind of snapshot outlook. I can jump around from thing to thing, and hopefully, it’ll all make sense.
(via kottke)

Aug 26, 2009
Permalink

mlarson:

Dan Pink’s TED Talk about motivation and the ineffectiveness of extrinsic rewards and incentives in the workplace. Intrinsic is where it’s at.

Aug 06, 2009
Permalink

Aug 05, 2009
Permalink
When you work all day with your head and know you must again work the next day, what else can change your ideas and make them run on a different plane like whiskey?

Jun 27, 2009
Permalink
I’m trying to figure out two very simple things: How to Live, and How To Die. Period. That’s all I’m trying to do, all day long. (And I’m also trying to have some meals, and have some snacks…)
— Maira Kalman, TED talk

Jun 26, 2009
Permalink
Before you can know something, you have to dream about it.
— Jonah Lehrer on napping (via)

Apr 27, 2009
Permalink
Ideas are like fish…you just gotta catch ‘em.

Newspaper Blackout

Newspaper + Marker = Poetry. Pre-order it now for $10 on Amazon.com