Don't call it art
E-book, Czech
Don't call it art
When was the last time you created something without worrying whether the result was good enough?
Don't know? Give it a go. See what happens.
Even if you have no idea how it turns out. Start before you are ready. Allow yourself to be a beginner again for a while. Play. Experiment. Mess around. Don't call it art. Call it play. Bored? Excellent. Stuck? Even better. Look around you.
Stare out of the window for a bit. Notice what others miss. Collect little things, ideas, and odd questions. Use whatever materials you have at hand. Don't try to be productive all the time.
And most importantly: keep creating. That is all...
Reviews:
A new Kleon is out! Two sons, days without ideas, trips to the children's section of the library, and hours spent acting as a snack provider in his own studio. He writes about this with joy and love, but also about boredom, dead ends, and projects that you need to give up on. Because creation is not just a sequence of great ideas, but also life in between them.
- Vladimíra Škorpíková, editor
Fresh and optimistic lessons in creativity… Full of fun, quietly witty wisdom (and quotes from artists such as John Cleese, Ray Bradbury, or Doris Lessing). A charming reminder that if we want to fully exploit our freest creative side, we must learn to let go. Artists stuck in a rut will relish this book.
- Publishers Weekly
Austin Kleon
(* 1983) is an American author, copywriter, and artist. His bestsellers Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. He lectures on creativity in the digital age for TEDx, Google, and The Economist. His work features in magazines and newspapers including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He lives with his wife and two sons in (where else but) Austin, Texas.
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Jan Melvil Publishing s.r.o., Roubalova 383/13, 602 00 Brno 2, Česká republika, www.melvil.cz
