THE STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST TRILOGY : Book Review!
This Article is all about a book trilogy titled ‘THE STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST’ by Austin Kleon. Read more to find out!
The Book in 3 Sentences
- Steal like an artist is a trilogy written by Austin Kleon.
- It contains 3 books, Steal like an Artist, Keep Going and Show You Work!.
- This is a non-fictional book which is mostly focused on artists.
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My Review!
Steal like an artist trilogy is a breathtakingly good book. I’ve never read such a good book. It is written exactly the way I like books to be written. In each of these books Austin Kleon gives10 steps from his experience as an author and a blogger. Austin Kleon is a ‘writer who draws’. Check out his website.
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This book is like a tool kit with all kinds of tools for artists. It really inspired me to create more content. The tips and tricks explained in this book makes the experience of writing even more better. The funny thing is that, usually all the books that I reviewed, always had a negative side but this is the only book in which there were no negatives. So, I can easily give it a 5 star rating.
How I Discovered It
I discovered this book trilogy online since it was pretty popular and as you might know that I judge a book by it’s cover.
THE STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST TRIOLOGY COVER
Who Should Read It?
This book is for everyone. I think that everyone is an artist, at one point or the other and this book trilogy is completely made for artists. Not to forget that the word artist does not mean a person who draws, writes or paints.
Art is writing, cooking, singing, etc. All of these things and more belongs to the category of art. So, yeah anyone can read this book!
My Notes
Forget the noun do the verb.
People sometimes say that “I want to be something” (noun) and they doesn’t focus on the work they should be doing in order to be that ‘something’ (verb). So, focus more on the verb.
Share something small every day
This is one of the best advice I’ve got from this book. After reading this book I started posting some behind the scenes, quotes and some sneak peak into my upcoming posts on my twitter account, do follow me there.
Steal like an artist
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” ~Pablo Picasso. Every art is an imitation of another art. In fact all the ‘great’ art ever created was stolen from another artist. Stealing doesn’t mean to take the exact duplicate of the original work rather you are creating your version of the original one..
Be Analog
It just so happens that, when we become more analog we feel that we’ve done something. It is also good since paper doesn’t crash like hard drives. Computers are good for editing but they are not meant for generating ideas. Austin says that “It is more easy to click the backspace key on a computer”.
After reading this section of the book I immediately got myself some papers, markers, hole punchers and stamps. These days, when I finish typing out an article I take a print out and then I correct all my errors and do the same digitally and I post it! After posting I stamp it with my father’s ‘mini dater’ stamp, mark it done, punch 2 holes and it goes to the file.
How the Book Changed Me
- I became more Analog
- I am never out of ideas
- I’ve implemented my method of STEALING content
That’s it for now,
Thanks for reading,
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-Rajat KR