Steal like an Artist

Austin Kleon describes himself as "a writer who draws" and he's probably most well known for his book Newspaper Blackout which is a collection of poems created by blacking out words in newspaper articles.

Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need.—NPR’s Morning Edition

The other day I read this article on his blog and I think it's great. He talks about the idea that nothing is original and that in fact we are "the sum of our influences" and nine other things he wished he'd known earlier.

The Article:  How To Steal Like an Artist(And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me)

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