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“You have everything you need.”
This is a beautiful statement for a beautiful Saturday morning. I’m rereading Austin Kleon’s third book, Keep Going. I bought it as soon as it was published in 2019. I’ve read (and reread) the previous two books, Steal Like An Artist (2012) and Show Your Work! (2014), so you can imagine my excitement when Keep… — read more
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Roget’s Thesaurus
Isn’t this a thing of beauty? Austin Kleon has written a post about the Roget’s Thesaurus that spurred me on to take immediate action to procure a copy for my personal library. I began my usual sourcing procedures, found it at Bokus.com (I was quite surprised to get it at a good deal in Sweden… — read more
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Day Job
When I relocated to Sweden from Singapore slightly more than a year ago, my intention was to enjoy an early retirement. I am, afterall, 45 (soon—in September). I had in mind to do all the things I had wanted to do but didn’t because I was working a job I loved. It’s a job that… — read more
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Blackout Poem: The book-shelves labelled ‘Orange Marmalade’
It’s been a while since I last made a blackout poem (see a post in May 2020). I have created a few in-between but did not post them. They stayed in my notebooks. And then I sort of run out of energy (and materials) to physically black-out pages. Which is why… […] — read more
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Drawing Notebook Maps—The Austin Kleon Way
Today I want to share something wonderfully weird and interesting (as always!) by Austin Kleon—how to make a map of your mind. […] — read more
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My Blackout Poems
This post is inspired by Austin Kleon and his blackout poems. I started reading Kleon way back in 2012 beginning with his book, Steal Like An Artist. I decided to give blackout poems a shot too. Here is what happened. I had plans to donate the book, Innovation but because of the coronavirus situation, the… — read more
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Blind Contour Drawing
I’m inspired by Austin Kleon’s “Blind contour drawings” and wanted to quote Nicolaïdes from Kleon’s blog post: Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see — to see correctly — and that means […] — read more
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