Thoughts about Steal like an artist

1. STEAL LIKE AN ARTI: Nothing is original, nothing is new.

We work with mashups and remixes of previous ideas. We need instruments and notes for make a song.

You are not special, creativity is for everyone, not for gods of art.

Try to be honest with yourself to attrack ideas that you really love.

Study the context where you want to work and then put something new on it…

Always LEARN

Rodney Mullen was a pioneer of street skateboarding, before him, everyone skating on pools

Rodney Mullen 19986

Rodney Mullen 1998

Rodney Mullen 2012

2. Don’t Wait Until You Know Who You Are to Get Started

Be a doer,in this process you understand yourself. Play

Become a character, wear a costume.(you can have multiple personalities to explore new things, sometimes you’re going to be the teacher, sometimes you’re going to be the student.

Copy is the key to learn. When you try to copy never get the same result.

IMITATION IS NOT FLATTERY. This is not about try to be or make the same things that our heros, it is about try to be in the same vibe…

Theo Jansen make sculptures animated by wind. He tries to copy the structures of insects and another living beings

3.Write the Book You Want to Read

Do things that you know about and that interest you. You become better if you like the thigs that you do.

Do things that you want to exist.

Jordan Mechner made the videogame that he wanted to play… Prince of Persia

4. USE YOUR HANDS

Our natural creative tool are our hands, laptops are a final product tool.

We need all our senses to create,in your laptop you are still there.

Jeff Mills playing Roland TR 909

5. Side Projects and Hobbies are Important

When you are tired, your mind jump into other ideas.

Various tasks feed each other.

You are the connector of many crazy ideas and activities

Kasuya Sejima’s (Architect) bags designs for Prada

6. THE SECRET: Do Good Work and Share It with People.

Show your work…dont be shy

If you share your work you will connect with people that connect with you, with your ideas, your taste, your work.

Use social networks… Not be used by social networks

SOUNDCLOUD, social network to share your music

7.Geography is No Longer Our Master

WORLDWIDE.

You can have friends and teachers all over the world(at home)

Enjoy the silence, the loneliness.

You need spaces to be disconnected

Try new places, new people

Gotye homestudio making Mirrors album

8. Be Nice (The World is a Small Town)

This world is very hard to have enemies, we need a family, we need support.

Surround yourself with people who give you something

Don’t waste time fighting, use this time to create

Connect with people you admire.

WE NEED MOTIVATION

David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane

9. Be Boring (It’s the Only Way to Get Work Done)

We need structure to get done something

Have a healthy and peaceful life

You need order to have control of your life, use a calendar

Write your own teachings

Choose your partner well

Meg White and Jack White

10. Creativity is Subtraction

Sometimes less is a creativity tool, limitations are the rules of the game.

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