Austin Kleon on How to Stay Creative

<p>Austin Kleon is a writer, artist, and speaker.&nbsp;Austin also speaks about creativity for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, and many others.&nbsp;He is the author of many books, including&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780761169253" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Steal Like an&nbsp;Artist</em>,</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9780061732973" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Newspaper Blackout</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>In this episode, Eric and Austin discuss his book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781523506644" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad</em></a></p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p>In This Interview, Austin Kleon and I Discuss How to Stay Creative and …</p><ul><li>His book,&nbsp;<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/16850/9781523506644" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad</em></a></li><li>How his deep work has usually originated from a dark place</li><li>Life is about the balance between the light and dark in us</li><li>His long term pessimism and short term optimism</li><li>Making peace with things not ever getting easier and learning to enjoy the now.</li><li>How there are no perfect conditions in life so no sense waiting or worrying about what’s next</li><li>If/And statements and how life is not linear in that way</li><li>His reflection on the book her wrote 10 years ago</li><li>Trying to get back to the beginner’s mind</li><li>Seeking curiosity over wisdom</li><li>Ordinary life + extra attention = the extraordinary</li><