[]
Things Are What You Make of Them
Play sample
  • Published: 28 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593460962
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Things Are What You Make of Them

Life Advice for Creatives

Formats & editions
EBook
3 Oct 2017
Audiobook
28 Sept 2021
Paperback
2 Jan 2018
Buy from…
Apple Books Audible Google Play Kobo Libro.fm Spotify

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

The Ultimate BuzzFeed Books Gift Guide - Official Selection

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.


* This audiobook edition includes new commentary and anecdotes from the author.
  • Published: 28 September 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593460962
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
Categories:

About the author

Adam J. Kurtz

Adam J. Kurtz ("Adam JK") is a Toronto-born artist whose illustrative work is rooted in honesty, humor, and a little bit of darkness. His books and journals including Things Are What You Make of Them have since sold over a million copies in twenty languages. In 2024, Kurtz opened SMALL KINE GIFT, a gift shop and bookstore in Honolulu, where he lives with his husband and their dog.
portrait photo of Adam J. Kurtz

Also by Adam J. Kurtz

Unsolicited Advice Planner
OK Tarot
You Are Here (For Now)
Pick Me Up
1 Page At A Time
See all

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
    •