Read Like an Artist | Austin Kleon

See Austin Kleon’s “Read Like an Artist” zine here.

1. Stop reading books you don’t like.
2. Carry a book with you at all times.
3. Turn on airplane mode.
4. Read with a pencil.
5. No guilty pleasures! If you like something, you like it.
6. Visit the past. Read old books.
7. Be promiscuous. Read more than one book, and more than one kind of book.
8. Seek the serendipity of the stacks. Visit bookstores and libraries.
9. Practice saying, “It wasn’t for me.”
10. Share books you love with others.