Last Friday’s newsletter began: In Texas, it looks like fall before it feels like fall. To scramble a line from Sylvia Plath’s journal, the worst of the summer is gone, with “the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” Virginia Woolf said it well in a letter: “I feel entirely dehumanized by the […]| Austin Kleon
To celebrate the coming of fall, I’m offering 20% off my paid newsletter.| Austin Kleon
Here are two pages from my delightful typewriter interview with Kate-Bingaman Burt.| Austin Kleon
Last Friday I didn’t have a top image or a subject line for the newsletter, so I said, “You know what? I’ll give myself an hour to play and see what happens.” I pulled a half-finished blackout poem out of the drawer and came up with “New dumpsters, old fires.”| Austin Kleon
I love it when people visit me in the studio. For years, I’ve been dreaming of getting a “walk-ins welcome” sign like you see in barber shops to hang in my window. (See #44 on this list.) After watching Dean Peterson learn sign painting via his @deanpainterson Instagram account, I thought, “Why not just hire […]| Austin Kleon
I somehow got photographer Sally Mann to do a typewriter interview. It’s great. You can read it here.| Austin Kleon
Here’s another new monthly mixtape made from a sealed, pre-recorded cassette I got for 99 cents. I tape over the cassette’s protection tabs and then I tape over the music and then I tape over the artwork. This one gave me some technical difficulties. I actually destroyed two cassettes trying to record it, so I […]| Austin Kleon
I have been drawing succulents. As I explain in my letter, “For no good reason”: I continue to wear down my new Caran d’Ache pastels. Right now I’m drawing succulents that I see on my morning walks onto old sheet music and pages from thrifted books. I’m not sure what I’m doing or why I’m […]| Austin Kleon
What I’ve learned from blogging every day.| Austin Kleon
Building a body of work (or a life) is all about the slow accumulation of a day’s worth of effort over time. Writing a page each day doesn’t seem like much, but do it for 365 days and you have enough to fill a novel.| Austin Kleon
A New York Times bestselling guide to sharing your creativity and getting discovered. From the author of Steal Like An Artist.| Austin Kleon
John Higgs on the decision to become a full-time writer.| Austin Kleon
On the origin of a parable in the book ART AND FEAR.| Austin Kleon
Hanif Abdurraqib on how he uses discipline in opposition to his laziness.| Austin Kleon
