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Typewriter interview with Kate Bingaman-Burt
10 questions about daily drawing, teaching, the Honda Fit, and more
Sep 23
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The world is too much with us
10 things worth sharing this week
Sep 19
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The one-hour studio
How I'm making art in times like these
Sep 16
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New dumpsters, old fires
10 things worth sharing this week
Sep 12
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Typewriter interview with Sally Mann
10 questions for the photographer about dogs, Moby-Dick, gin, and heavy lifting
Sep 9
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Walk-ins welcome
10 things worth sharing this week
Sep 5
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Just cut stuff
You don't have to rewrite what's not there
Sep 2
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featured letters
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The letter that changed my life
The artist who wrote it could use our help
Jul 1
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4 posters to hang in your studio
Motivational slogans that have helped me
Feb 4
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7 questions I ask myself
When I don't know what to do next
Jan 28
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100 quotes that helped me write
From last year’s commonplace diary
Jan 14
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notebooks
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A peek inside my pocket notebook
35+ pages of notes, clippings, doodles, and thinking on the page
Jun 3
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My 4 notebooks
And what goes on inside them
Jan 7
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The Edge Index
Adventures in making a book your own
Jun 18, 2024
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Inside my commonplace diary
3 years of quotes piling up and talking to each other
Feb 28, 2023
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zines
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A zine for gift subscriptions
An analog package for a digital gift
May 22
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Death & Deadlines
A zine about the two things that motivate me
Mar 11
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Read like an artist!
A new version of an old zine + 10 things worth sharing this week
Feb 21
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3 lessons in the soup
A zine about the gumbo in your head
Feb 11
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typewriter interviews
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Typewriter interview with Kate Bingaman-Burt
10 questions about daily drawing, teaching, the Honda Fit, and more
Sep 23
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Austin Kleon
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Typewriter interview with Sally Mann
10 questions for the photographer about dogs, Moby-Dick, gin, and heavy lifting
Sep 9
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Typewriter interview with Liana Finck
10 questions for the cartoonist about drawing, kids, and collecting rocks
Jul 29
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Typewriter interview with Laura Lippman
10 questions for the prolific novelist about Baltimore, writing, and visionary art
Jul 8
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Austin Kleon
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tutorials
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An unofficial guide to block printing
Lessons from an amateur
Mar 25
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Austin Kleon
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3 tricks for self-editing
How to read your work like somebody else wrote it
Jan 21
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Austin Kleon
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Collage problems
Nothing you can’t fix with a photocopier
Jun 28, 2022
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Austin Kleon
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One page diary
Short videos of easy exercises for filling the page
Jun 14, 2022
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Austin Kleon
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video interviews
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My chat and draw with Jason Chatfield
The cartoonist interviewed me about attention, showing up, comedy, and how to keep going
Jun 3
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Jason Chatfield
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My chat with musician Walter Martin
A wide-ranging discussion about music, creativity, and enthusiasm
Apr 7
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Walter Martin
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A chat with Stephanie Zacharek and Dwight Garner
Two of my favorite critics on writing about books and movies
Apr 16, 2024
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Sam Anderson on the exploratory line
Celebrating Michel de Montaigne’s birthday with a conversation about writing and drawing
Feb 27, 2024
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