Meghan kleon

A source of continual inspiration, Austin Kleon is a prolific artist who gives back to the significant community that surrounds him. From his live art sessions on Periscope, to his weekly treasure trove of email recommendations, I've learend a lot from Austin Kleon.

His popular books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! are quick to read and jam packed with creativity quotes, practical excercises and delightful illustrations. 

Kleon is an artist who doesn't take himself too seriously (which, if you recall, I like) and brings a sense of joy and optimism to every bit of work I've encountered from him.

What Kleon makes has been shadowed a bit by how he makes it, but his blackout poems and illustrative work are well worth a look. 

Visit his website, and be sure to sign up for his Friday emails. 

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Photo credit: Clayton Cubitt

I’m a writer who draws. I make art with words and books with pictures.

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Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going. He’s also the author of Newspaper Blackout, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. His books have sold nearly two million copies and have been translated into over 30 languages. He’s been 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 for organizations such as Pixar, Google, Netflix

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