I think mothers are the prime example of how children will just suck out every bit of time in your day. I mean, there is just this real tension. They just require all this time to be unavailable and to be a mother is to be interrupted constantly. But then, you know, you've got someone like Chris Ware who was like, it just lit a fire under my ass like nothing. It just cleared up every mental problem I had about working. And so that's what the kids have kind of... In this last book, I was just like, I'm putting it all down. I'm trying to get it down now. And then I'll worry about the next one when
Austin Kleon (https://austinkleon.com/) is the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and his newest book, Keep Going (https://amzn.to/2MxSePD). His work has been translated into over 20 languages and featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS NewsHour, and in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He speaks about creativity in the digital age for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and the Economist. In previous lives, he worked as a librarian, a web designer, and an advertising copywriter. He grew up in the cornfields of Ohio, devoted himself to music as a kid, writing and art as an adult, and now calls Austin, Texas, home. Today, we explore his journey and lens on creativity, work and life.
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