Journal #5

Journal #5

I read “Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon. Honestly, probably the best thing I’ve read in this class. More useful in life than other short videos and random art historians, or art performers.. NOT theatre actors (they just look like they’re acting).

But on with Steal Like an Artist. It was a good read to me because it reminds you how you should really live life, because sometimes I feel like people get so caught up in things they forget what life is about. It basically reminds people, or tells people, little things that make life that much better. Like simply “be nice”- saying to stop correcting people and go do something. I’m not an artist, at all, but I feel like some artists should go read that because they get so into only liking other art people.  Another thing that I liked in this article was #9 "Geography is no longer our master".  I love that because we should surround our selves with people and things we love. If you don't like it some where you're at, why stay there? If you don't think you have a good life where you're at- do something about it.  It was encouraging to me reading it because it made me think of things I am doing right, and things I realized I could work on to be a better person.  The whole perception of the article was just refreshing reading thinking some people still think that positive way.