Monday, September 12, 2016

Stealing like an Artist


Stealing like an Artist is a thrilling “BAR CONVERSATION,” (quoted from an actual amazon review) that talks about the good vs. bad thefts, how art that only comes from the head isn’t any good, and how creativity is subtraction. The author argues that with his ten principles that he writes about in his chapter book, you can lead a more creative life. He basically spends the entire book acting like that philosophy professor that won’t ever stop talking in your class, which ends up not even being about philosophy in the first place. The author has an amazing voice, yet is lacking in his professional sense that makes it seem worth reading. The pictures are distracting, but the message is loud and clear as to what you’re supposed to do. I think they’re there so you could open this book up in a bookstore, skim through it and get the same message out of it even when you’d read it thoroughly. The author supports every point in the argument, even though there isn’t much to argue in the first place. I just want to call it an argument for the reviews sake. I believe it is convincing, yet it would’ve been a better on some angry old dudes website than in a printed “New York Time’s Bestseller,” which seems to be every single book. This just makes me think more on my creativity and how I’m handling it! I don’t see anything else changing, as I’ve been using this information since my sophomore year.

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