{"id":1087,"date":"2026-03-16T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T23:37:54","slug":"steal-like-an-artist-austin-kleon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/steal-like-an-artist-austin-kleon\/","title":{"rendered":"&lt;Steal like an Artist> Austin Kleon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1348\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-10.46.57-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1090\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The design of the book itself is a pleasure to enjoy. I love the layout design with ample white space, which gave me room to think and reflect\u2014neither too much nor too little. The simple and wild handwriting offered a sense of breathing space and even felt unique in this information-flooded and media-obsessed world. Going back to basics is not a clich\u00e9, but a classic\u2014in a nice and refreshing way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:49px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The great thing about dead or remote masters is that they can&#8217;t refuse you as an apprentice. You can learn whatever you want from them. They left their lesson plans in their work.&#8221; (p.17)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;School is one thing. Education is another. The two don&#8217;t always overlap. Whether you&#8217;re in school or not, it&#8217;s always your job to get yourself an education.&#8221; (p.19)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You&#8217;re ready. Start making stuff.&#8221; (p.27)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You start out as a phony and become real.&#8221; &#8211; Glenn O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-11.22.11-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1094\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In the end, creativity isn&#8217;t just the things we choose to put in, it&#8217;s the things we choose to leave out. Choose wisely. And have fun.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The design of the book itself is a pleasure to enjoy. I love the layout design with ample white space, which gave me room to think and reflect\u2014neither too much nor too little. The simple and wild handwriting offered a sense of breathing space and even felt unique in this information-flooded and media-obsessed world. Going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1098,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/rankang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}