~ SLAA ~ Steal Like An Artist

~ DWUYKWYATGS ~ Don’t Wait Until You Know Who You Are To Get Started

~ WTBYWTR ~ Write The Book You Want To Read

~ UYH ~ Use Your Hands

~ SPAHAI ~ Side Projects And Hobbies Are Important

~ TS:DGWASIWP ~ The Secret: Do Good Work And Share It With People

~ GINLOM ~ Geography Is No Longer Our Master

~ BN-TWIAST ~ Be Nice – The World Is A Small Town

~ BB-ITOWTGWD ~ Be Boring – It’s The Only Way To Get Work Done

~ CIS ~ Creativity Is Subtraction

~ COOT-W/A/A/RM-YRL-SETITKATT-TFTPTTL-AFOEAT-R ~ Chew On One Thinker – Writer / Artist / Activist / Role Model – You Really Love – Study Everything There Is To Know About That Thinker – Then Find Three People That Thinker Loved – And Find Out Everything About Them – Repeat

~ TGTADORMITTCRYAAA-YCLWYWFT-TLTLPITW ~ The Great Thing About Dead Or Remote Masters Is That They Can’t Refuse You As An Apprentice – You Can Learn Whatever You Want From Them – They Left Their Lesson Plans In Their Work

~ ABR ~ Always Be Reading

~ CANAAPWYWYG-GUTPIOAJDYTAO ~ Carry A Notebook And A Pen With You Wherever You Go – Get Used To Pulling It Out And Jotting Down Your Thoughts And Observations

~ IITAOMTADOWTWFOWWA ~ It’s In The Act Of Making Things And Doing Our Work That We Figure Out Who We Are

~ IYEFTYTMTPITR-YNTFAR ~ If You Ever Find That You’re The Most Talented Person In The Room – You Need To Find Another Room

~ NEWGI-PWMYAWYD-TMECYN-SGCWB-M-D-O-I-TTITBTBDYWTC ~ Not Everybody Will Get It – People Will Misinterpret You And What You Do – They Might Even Call You Names – So Get Comfortable With Being – Misunderstood – Disparaged – Or – Ignored – The Trick Is To Be Too Busy Doing Your Work To Care

~ ITALOETBC-YDHTEIYWIOOS ~ It Takes A Lot Of Energy To Be Creative – You Don’t Have That Energy If You Waste It On Other Stuff

~ EAKARCBEMITHALOT ~ Establishing And Keeping A Routine Can Be Even More Important Than Having A Lot Of Time

~ IITDOC-YHTSITG ~ Inertia Is The Death Of Creativity – You Have To Stay In The Groove

~ WYGOOTG-YSTDTW-BYKIGTSFAW-IGTSUYGBITF ~ When You Get Out Of The Grove – You Start To Dread The Work – Because You Know It’s Going To Suck For A While – It’s Going To Suck Until You Get Back Into The Flow

~ TCOY ~ Take Care Of Yourself

~ SOOD ~ Stay Out Of Debt

~ KYDJ ~ Keep Your Day Job

~ KALB ~ Keep A Log Book

~ MW-WYMITMIDYEM ~ Marry Well – Who You Marry Is The Most Important Decision You’ll Ever Make

~ GTTL ~ Go To The Library