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Newspaper Blackout

Newspaper + Marker = Poetry.

Instead of starting with a blank page, poet Austin Kleon grabs a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need.—NPR’s Morning Edition

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Newspaper + Marker = Poetry.


APRIL HOROSCOPES

Friday, April 1st, 2011

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SXSW HOROSCOPES

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

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If we should happen to bump into each other this year at SXSW, I’ll hand you your horoscope on a sticker:

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Here’s where you can find me:

Following me on Twitter is the best way to see what I’m up to during the fest: @austinkleon

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NEW PRINT AT 20×200.COM: “OVERHEARD ON THE TITANIC”

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

new 20x200 print: overheard on the titanic

I mean, yes, we’re sinking … but the music is exceptional

One of my all-time favorite blackout poems is now an affordable print at 20×200!

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MARCH HOROSCOPES

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

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A POEM IS DISCOVERED IN PLAY

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

a poem is discovered in play

Don’t wait until you know who you are and what you’re about to start making things.

Last December, there was a video of Rainn Wilson (the actor who plays Dwight on the office) going around of him talking about “creative block” and how to get over it. His advice:

If you don’t know who you are or what you’re about or what you believe in it’s really pretty impossible to be creative.

If I waited to know “who I was” or “what I was about” before I started “being creative”, well, I’d still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things.

In my experience, it’s in the act of making things that we figure out who we are. And often, the best work comes when we have absolutely no idea what we’re doing.

So yeah, if you’re having trouble, go take a walk, or find some new materials, but don’t linger over what it all means. Start playing.

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