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10 ways to create like a kid again
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DMA#53: With Special Guest Austin Kleon!
A recording from Austin Kleon and Jason Chatfield's live video
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Tour diary
A peek inside my notebook on the road
Jun 9
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Out on the road again
10 things worth sharing this week
Jun 5
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I shall be released!
My new book comes out next week (and 9 other things worth sharing)
May 29
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7 books that helped me learn from my kids
Recommended reading that inspired Don’t Call It Art
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Dads & Grads!
Book tour updates, new free zines, and other things worth sharing
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The letter that changed my life
The artist who wrote it could use our help
Jul 1, 2025
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4 posters to hang in your studio
Motivational slogans that have helped me
Feb 4, 2025
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7 questions I ask myself
When I don't know what to do next
Jan 28, 2025
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100 quotes that helped me write
From last year’s commonplace diary
Jan 14, 2025
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Inside my notebooks
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Tour diary
A peek inside my notebook on the road
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A peek inside my pocket notebook
35+ pages of notes, clippings, doodles, and thinking on the page
Jun 3, 2025
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My 4 notebooks
And what goes on inside them
Jan 7, 2025
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The Edge Index
Adventures in making a book your own
Jun 18, 2024
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Typewriter interviews
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Typewriter interview with Brad Neely
10 questions for the writer and cartoonist about hobbies, silly rituals, and more...
May 19
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Typewriter interview with David Epstein
10 questions for the writer about hobbies, silly rituals, constraint, and more...
May 5
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Typewriter interview with Tim Kreider
10 questions about writing, not writing, great writers who are funny, and more
Apr 14
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Typewriter interview with Marc Bell
10 questions for the cartoonist and artist
Mar 17
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Zines!
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A zine for gift subscriptions
An analog package for a digital gift
May 22, 2025
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Death & Deadlines
A zine about the two things that motivate me
Mar 11, 2025
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Read like an artist!
A new version of an old zine + 10 things worth sharing this week
Feb 21, 2025
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3 lessons in the soup
A zine about the gumbo in your head
Feb 11, 2025
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Mixtapes
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Easter eggs and snow in April
A new mixtape and a basket of thoughts
Apr 7
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About time
10 things worth sharing this week
Jan 23
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A Christmas mixtape
Some favorite holiday music, books, and movies
Dec 16, 2025
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A day too long
A new mixtape and 9 other things worth sharing this week
Nov 7, 2025
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Tutorials
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The best way to read the internet
It's a really simple secret
Jan 20
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An unofficial guide to block printing
Lessons from an amateur
Mar 25, 2025
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3 tricks for self-editing
How to read your work like somebody else wrote it
Jan 21, 2025
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Collage problems
Nothing you can’t fix with a photocopier
Jun 28, 2022
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Interviews
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Penny Lane on the art of filmmaking
A chat about creative constraints, why kids are the best artists, owls, and more...
Dec 22, 2025
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Making Art in a Noisy World
Questions from Panio Gianopoulos + 10 riffs on our conversation
Nov 24, 2025
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The Art of Messing Around
A chat with Priya Parker about Halloween, gathering, jokes, pranks, and other creative mischief
Oct 27, 2025
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Priya Parker
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The Art of the Newsletter
How to write something you’d want to read
Oct 7, 2025
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Sarah Fay, PhD
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