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Things Are What You Make of Them
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  • Published: 2 January 2018
  • ISBN: 9780143131519
  • Imprint: Tarcher
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $38.00

Things Are What You Make of Them

Life Advice for Creatives

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3 Oct 2017
Audiobook
28 Sept 2021
Paperback
2 Jan 2018
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The Artist's Way for millennials--insights and inspiration for anyone who makes art (or anything else), from the popular author of 1 Page at a Time and Pick Me Up

Insights and inspiration for anyone who makes art (or anything else)

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From the creative mind and heart of designer Adam J. Kurtz comes this upbeat rallying cry for creators of all stripes. Expanding on a series of popular essays, this handwritten and heartfelt book shares wisdom and empathy from one working artist to others. Perforated tear-and-share pages make it easy to display the most crucial reminders or to pass a bit of advice on to someone who needs it.

As wry and cheeky as it is empathic and empowering, this deceptively simple, vibrantly full-color book will be a touchstone for writers, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who wants to be more creative--even when it would be easier to give up and act normal.
  • Published: 2 January 2018
  • ISBN: 9780143131519
  • Imprint: Tarcher
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

Adam J. Kurtz

Adam J. Kurtz (aka @adamjk) is a designer, artist, and speaker. His previous books, including 1 Page at a Time, Pick Me Up, and Things Are What You Make of Them, have been published in more than a dozen languages. His offbeat creative work has been featured in Nylon, Adweek, Vice, The New Yorker, and more.
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Also by Adam J. Kurtz

Unsolicited Advice Planner
OK Tarot
You Are Here (For Now)
Pick Me Up
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Praise for Things Are What You Make of Them

Praise for Pick Me Up:

  • "This book is helping me live my best life and Adam J. Kurtz is my fave therapist!" -Tavi Gevinson, Editor-in-Chief, Rookie
  • "I am so grateful to have Pick Me Up in my life. It saves me so much money on therapy and is way more fun anyway. Stay in, order a pizza and scribble your way out of that deep dark hole." -Michelle Branch, musician
  • "Adam J. Kurtz is a magician: the alchemist of paper and pencil, rendering our inner lives visible, tactile and full of potentiality. He reminds us that creativity is the coolest of all resources--infinite, fun, free--and that we are blessed to have it." -Melissa Broder, author of So Sad Today

    • Debbie Millman, host of Design Matters