Steal like a artist

"Steal Like an Artist" 

  Summary-

This first chapter of "Steal Like an Artist" gave a brief explanation on the phrase "steal like an artist," it explains that there is no such thing as an original idea, every creative thought is built upon even the smallest base. It tells you to embrace stealing, to use it to your advantage, and gives many tips on stealing from art, only without directly stealing.

  Reflection-

In my opinion, yes, this book tells the truth, it is right that no idea is original, and that creativity truly comes from works that others have created. This chapter talks about following a "family tree," or a history of interests by artists to draw where their creativity, and repeating that process as far back as you can. Although I agree with the message of "Nothing is original," I really do not agree with some of the other statements this book makes. I do not agree with the suggestion that you should google before asking, because a lot of questions are too specific for google, and you should really ask the people you know before asking google. I also don't agree with the statement that you should be looking for ideas to "steal" from, I really don't like this because while it is good to draw creativity from other works, it is unhealthy to instead attempt to base everything directly off of another person's work.

  Conclusion-

This chapter has a good meaning, nothing is truly original. But, later parts of the chapter are pretty pretentious, and honestly bad advice. You should stress the human resources, rather than dismiss them, and instead see google as a more valuable source of information. Overall, you should probably just read the first few pages, and just skip the rest.