Austin Kleon - SE05 / EP02

This week Mike talks with Austin Kleon, author of Steal Like and Artist, Show Your Work (and a new book on the way) about sketchnoting, visual thinking, the publishing business, and more in this on-location episode at Medici Coffee in Austin, TX.

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro


• Everyone started a band (just like sketchnoting)


• How Austin got published


• Family trees and Swimming up stream


• The code of good stealing vs. bad stealing


• Returning to daily blogging to counter social media


• Austin’s weekly newsletter


• The process Austin uses to capture ideas


• How Austin creates his books (farming)


• Thoughts as nest eggs that attract ideas


• Why the first mark is the hardest

LINKS

• Austin Kleon - https://austinkleon.com


• Austin’s Newsletter - https://austinkleon.com/newsletter/


• Austin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/austinkleon


• Austin’s latest talk “How to Keep Going” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy62eCeTnAA


• Steal Like an Artist T-Shirt - https://cottonbureau.com/products/steal-like-an-artist


• SxSW - https://www.sxsw.com


• Harper Colins - https://www.harpercollins.com


• Good Theft - https://austinkleon.com/2018/01/11/good-theft-vs-bad-theft/


• David Sedaris - https://www.davidsedarisbooks.com


• Ryan Holiday - https://ryanholiday.net


• Robert Greene - http://powerseductionandwar.com


• Calavera - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calavera?wprov=sfti1


• Thoreau’s Annotated Diaries - https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/exhibitions/galleries/6-Journal-open-to-Nov-11.jpg


• The Journal of Thoreau - https://www.walden.org/collection/journals/


• Ralph Stedman Painting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg38VvhPeCs

BOOKS

• Blackout Poetry - https://www.amazon.com/Newspaper-Blackout-Austin-Kleon/dp/0061732974/therohdesignwebs


• Steal Like an Artist - https://www.amazon.com/Steal-Like-Artist-Things-Creative/dp/0761169253/therohdesignwebs


• Show Your Work - https://www.amazon.com/Show-Your-Work-Austin-Kleon/dp/076117897X/therohdesignwebs


• The Steal Like an Artist Journal - https://www.amazon.com/Steal-Like-Artist-Journal-Kleptomaniacs/dp/0761185682/

CREDITS

• Producer: Jon Schiedermayer


• Show Notes: Chris Wilson

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