Steal Like an Artist: 5 Worth Stealing Lessons on Creativity

I am one of those people who suck at creativity since childhood. When my teacher used to give projects/assignments during school time, all my classmates used to come up with something extraordinary but me. I wondered if they use similar colors, pen, paper, and then how do they make the project so beautiful. And then I surrendered and believed that creativity is not my cup of tea.

However, Austin Kleon doesn’t think so, hence, he came up with his book, STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST. We all believe that creativity means creating something new and unique that doesn’t already exist but Austin says that everything you see is just an updated version of what was already there. Though if you think you have seen an original work that just means you don’t know the reference behind it.

Here are 7 lessons that I learnt from Steal like an artist that will help you become more creative in your field.

5 Ways to Become More Creativity in Your Work:

1. Climb Your Own Family Tree: No matter what your field is, there must be one person who inspires you. The book suggests that study everything there is to know about that one person who inspires you, EVERYTHING. Then find three people that the thinker loved, and find out everything about them. Repeat this as many times as you can. Climb up the tree…