📕 Steal Like a Human

About a week ago we drove to the Oregon coast. We spent a little time in Manzanita, and while we were there we stopped by a charming little bookstore called Cloud & Leaf. Nothing initially caught my eye, but on the way out I noticed a 10th anniversary edition of Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. I've always wanted to read it, so I picked it up. Tonight I sat down and read it cover to cover (that's not a boast; it's a short book that's easy to get through in a single sitting). It's quite good, and I recommend it. The book was originally published in 2012, and 14 years later it's anything but out of date. There are some offhand references to how the Internet worked back then which no longer bear any resemblance to reality, but it's nothing that detracts from the material in any way (although a mention of Google Reader made me pine a little for a particular time online that will never come again). Many of the thoughts and ideas in the book weren't new to me, and likely wouldn't be…

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