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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:

Here’s where you can find me:

• I’m moderating a panel on Tuesday @ 12:30 p.m. called Your Caption Here: How To Manipulate Images Without Photoshop. It’s really just an excuse to hang out and chat with some of my favorite artists and bloggers: Drew Dernavich, Jessica Hagy, Maris Kreizman, and Ross Nover.
• I have a little mini-display of artwork in The Beacon Lounge on the 3rd floor of the convention center, Room 8B/C, where some of my work will be in a silent auction. (Proceeds go to charity.)
• I’m judging the Animated Shorts for SXSW Film. The screening is at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, and I’ll also be at the film awards Tuesday night at 9.
• I’ll be at the Springbox party Friday night at 8

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

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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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.