Art is everywhere (if you say so)

In this week's newsletter: the magic of the brush pen, how art can be found anywhere, and more... 

In this week's newsletter: the magic of the brush pen, how art can be found anywhere, and more... View this email in your browser Hey y'all, Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week: I've been warming up with my trusty old brush pen and making trash collages to get started in my morning diary.   I can't stop reading Richard Powers' novel, The Overstory. (Thanks, Wendy!)   The 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years. (Lots on there I've missed, but some personal favorites from the list: Fun Home, Columbine, Far From The Tree, and Barbarian Days. New-to-me but sadly out-of-print: Madeleine's World: A Child's Journey from Birth to Age Three.)   The art of Corita Kent.   What Quakers can teach us about the politics of pronouns. (Related second-person pronoun reading: "American English needs 'Y'all.'")   My friend Dan Roam and I draw and talk about the ideas in my book, Keep Going.   Movies: Nice guy Tom Hanks plays Fred Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. (And now it turns out they're sixth cousins?) If you, like me, feel like you can't probably can't handle weeping in public to another Mr. Rogers movie right now, you can read Tom Junod's original 1998 Esquire article that the new biopic is based on. (I might just re-watch California Typewriter or finally get around to Joe Versus the Volcano.)   TV: We have been sucked into the world of "'Letterkenny,' a Surreal Canadian Comedy to Rival 'Schitt's Creek.'" Helen Rosner said it's like the webcomic Achewood if it were a TV show, which, in my opinion, is the highest praise.   "I had made a significant change in my relation to the place: before, it had been mine by coincidence or accident; now it was mine by choice."   Art is everywhere, if you say so. Thanks for reading. If you like this newsletter and want to support it, forward it to someone who'd like it or, even better, buy them a book! (My friends at Bookpeople are offering signed and personalized copies of my books for the holidays!) If you're seeing this newsletter for the first time, you can subscribe here. xoxo, Austin PS. Remember this t-shirt from Steal Like An Artist? My friends at Wire and Twine are reprinting it! Austin Kleon is the author of Steal Like An Artist and other books. Subscribe to this newsletter   Copyright © 2019 Austin Kleon, All rights reserved. My mailing address is: Austin Kleon 1101 W 34th St Box #102 Austin, TX 78705 Please read this before sending me snail mail! You're getting this email because you signed up for it at austinkleon.com. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Amazon Affiliate links offset the cost of sending these missives.