The Importance of Emulation

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I don't have an embarrassment gene I am willing to humiliate myself in public Luckily, I think that people can train themselves to do this because it's a big part of the job. You know making the work is one thing but putting it out in the world is another and you just have to develop a ability to humiliate yourself Public. The whole project of get back embodies everything that I care about with creative work This idea that you don't wait until you have a bunch of great songs to get in the studioYou show up at the studio and you see what happens first of all right. It floored me. There's a beautiful scene where Paul McCartney strumming his bass like

"I should have picked up Steal Like an Artist a long time ago."

That was the thought that ran through my mind as I read the 10th anniversary edition of this work by Austin Kleon from cover to cover to prepare for this very special bonus episode of A Productive Conversation.

Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, The Steal Like an Artist Journal: A Notebook for Creative Kleptomaniacs, and Keep Going. His work has been translated into over twenty languages and featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS NewsHour, and in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. New York magazine called his work “brilliant,” the Atlantic called him “positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet,” and the New Yorker said his poems “resurrect the newspaper when everybody else is declaring it dead.” He speaks about creativity in the digital age for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and the Economist.

I only had a short time to speak with Austin this time around, but we made the most of it. I think you'll agree.

Links Worth Exploring

Connect with Austin: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
Get the book: Steal Like an Artist (10th Anniversary Edition)
THAT scene in "Get Back": Watch it here
My Last Chat with Austin: Episode 238: How to Keep Going with Austin Kleon
Related Conversation: Episode 407: Rob Walker talks about The Art of Noticing
Related Blog Post: The Smart Ones

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