How To Steal Like An Artist

Austin Kleon is a "writer who draws" living in Austin, Texas. In his own words, he is "a visual thinker obsessed with the art of communicating with pictures and words together".  He is also the author of Newspaper Blackout and recently published some notes on writing, drawing, creativity and doing what you love.

Here is the short version of his ten key points:

    

For a full explanation of these ten points, take a look here.  He goes into more detail and I can only imagine the connections that were made as he delivered this to college students last week.  I loved this! 

The last of the ten points should give you an idea about his work in Newspaper Blackout.  The quote on the cover of his book says:

"Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs the New York Times and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn't need."

~ NPR's Morning Edition.  

One example of this is the horoscopes he has 'written'.  Fantastic.  I particularly liked Capricorn and Pisces but all are very clever. Maybe something for you to try with tomorrow's (or last week's!) paper?