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The provided passages state that Austin Kleon's original list of ten pieces of advice came from "what he wished he'd heard" when he was younger [1]. These ten points were later expanded into an illustrated guide [1].
The passages do not contain information about adding an eleventh piece of advice to Kleon's manifesto, nor do they suggest what that advice might be or why it would be crucial. Therefore, the question cannot be answered from the provided text.
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Title: Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon Description: When asked to talk to students at Broome Community College in upstate New York in the spring of 2011, Austin Kleon wrote a simple list often things he wished he'd heard when he was their age: 'Steal like an artist; Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things; Write the book you want to read; Use your hands; Side projects are important; Do good work and put it where people can see it; Geography is no longer our master; Be nice (the world is a small town.); Be boring (it's the only way to get work done.); and, Creativity…
More questions about this book
- How would you explain Kleon's core advice to "Steal like an artist" and that "Creativity is subtraction" to a peer who has never heard of these concepts, using only your own examples or analogies?
- The text mentions "Geography is no longer our master" alongside "Do good work and put it where people can see it." How might these two ideas create both new opportunities and unique challenges for creators in the "digital age"?
- Choose any two specific pieces of advice from Kleon's original list (e.g., "Use your hands," "Be boring," "Side projects are important") and design a practical, five-minute "mini-exercise" for each that a student could immediately implement.
- Considering the broad audience for this book (writers, artists, entrepreneurs, etc.), what fundamental, unifying principle about making things do you believe underlies all of Kleon's seemingly disparate pieces of advice?