{"id":9974,"date":"2020-08-27T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prose.com\/?p=9974"},"modified":"2022-01-26T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:06:15","slug":"adamjk-artist-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prose.com\/blog\/adamjk-artist-author","title":{"rendered":"Adamjk on His Art and Trying Not to Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once I moved up here, I was just doing my thing, sharing stuff on Tumblr, creating like twenty zines in my apartment, printing them out and stapling them all myself. Then one day I got an email from a woman who worked at Penguin, which has since merged with Random House. So, literally the world\u2019s largest publishing house emailed and pitched me a concept based on what I was already doing. I took the meeting and was so scared. I had no idea how to make a book, but that moment ended up changing my entire life. My first book, <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Page-Time-Daily-Creative-Companion\/dp\/0399167358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 Page at a Time: A Daily Creative Companion<\/a><\/span>, actually came out in Brazil before it was even released in the US and was on the Bestseller List there within the first week. That early success snowballed and that book, six years later, continues to sell hundreds of copies a week, which is still shocking to me. I was only twenty-three at the time it was released, living that broke New Yorker fantasy of being between jobs, racking up credit card debt and literally not knowing what I was doing. All those nights doodling at the Skylight Diner on 9th and 36th with my tuna melt paid off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dh_chrome_badge_container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9984\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-350x158.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-700x315.jpg 700w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-740x333.jpg 740w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo-1480x666.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"DH_CHROME_badges\" style=\"z-index: 99;\" data-v-1c07db18=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/books-thingsare-photo.jpg\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Just because you\u2019re blessed to be doing the thing that you love doesn\u2019t make it easy.<\/h2>\n<p>My most recent book, <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Things-Are-What-Make-Them\/dp\/0143131516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives<\/a><\/span> came out just under three years ago and, just like my first one, was also somewhat of an accident. It started off as me tackling different topics month to month on <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adamjk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my social media<\/a><\/span>, like comparing yourself to different creators online, dealing with failure, working with family\u2014just really relatable topics. It was never me teaching you how to do your thing, it was me understanding that you definitely know what you\u2019re doing and then just commiserating with you on the emotional realities of it. It\u2019s about the shit we all feel that maybe we don\u2019t always talk about or even feel guilty complaining about. Just because you\u2019re blessed to be doing the thing that you love doesn\u2019t make it easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dh_chrome_badge_container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9985 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1-740x987.jpg 740w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1-1480x1973.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"DH_CHROME_badges\" style=\"z-index: 99;\" data-v-1c07db18=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/adamjkurtz_studio_01-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaking about mental health wasn\u2019t something that I necessarily chose to do, like I never set out to be the mental health guy. I talk about it because I\u2019m affected by it. All of my books, social media posts, and even my gifts and stationery are all about communication tools. Through all of my mediums, not to use this phrase but, I\u2019m speaking my truth. I just talk about the shit that\u2019s on my mind and very often that\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">I try to get real in a way that\u2019s approachable and accessible for as many people as possible.<\/h2>\n<p>I love that the conversation surrounding mental health has been more normalized, however, I do think that there\u2019s room for that conversation to get more specific and go beyond anxiety and depression. I\u2019m waiting for us to start talking about bipolar and psychosis. Like, why can I buy a trendy anxiety necklace, but not a psychosis one? If we\u2019re going to normalize this shit, let\u2019s normalize it all. However, I do understand that it\u2019s baby steps. Personally, I don\u2019t use any of those labels and also don\u2019t use clinical labels anywhere in my work because I think the worst thing we could do by trying to start that conversation is to trigger someone so badly that they opt out. That said, I know opting out is an important mechanism for self care. For example, opting out of a particular news cycle or out of something scary for self preservation. I try to get real in a way that\u2019s approachable and accessible for as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m thirty years old, but I\u2019m very much of a dumb boy in a lot of ways and being gay does not mean that I know what to do with my hair.<\/h2>\n<p>Personally, I\u2019ve actually been trying to grow up. This has been my Kylie Jenner the \u201cyear of realizing things.\u201d Part of my growth has been taking a look at my current coping mechanisms and going beyond them. Am I doing everything for myself that I can be doing? Are there things that I\u2019m not doing? That includes skincare and haircare. I\u2019ve been using <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prose<\/a><\/span> for about three months now and I can definitely tell a difference and I feel like I\u2019m doing something good for myself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dh_chrome_badge_container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9986 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637.jpg 2316w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637-740x987.jpg 740w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637-1480x1973.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"DH_CHROME_badges\" style=\"z-index: 99;\" data-v-1c07db18=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0637.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m thirty years old, but I\u2019m very much of a dumb boy in a lot of ways and being gay does not mean that I know what to do with my hair. There\u2019s this moment where I question, how do I level up? How do I grow up in every capacity? How do I make work more intentional? How do I communicate with more intention to be most effective and help others? How do I take care of myself? Everything. I just want to raise the bar a little bit in every capacity.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">It\u2019s up to us to decide what this can be for us and if that\u2019s just surviving and getting by that\u2019s totally valid.<\/h2>\n<p>If I could make a recommendation for self care, it\u2019s don\u2019t die and then everything after that is whatever you want. If you\u2019re not dying I think that\u2019s self care. My husband is very into all of the rituals, like we have smudge sticks, we\u2019re saging and I do enjoy learning about the whole self care realm. I wish I could say that I wake up every morning and drink lemon water, but my (joke) baseline has always been just stay alive, you\u2019ll figure it out as you go, and everything\u2019s fine. That\u2019s how I take care of myself and keep myself sane.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that I do love about my little social media community is that I treat everyone like they\u2019re my friend. Even if you\u2019re a stranger in my comment section, I\u2019ll joke around with you. I\u2019ve had a lot of people send me the tweets like \u201cwhy did I buy a 2020 planner when this year has been a dumpster fire?\u201d But those are leveled out with people who reach out to me and are actually happy that they bought my 2020 planner and plan on purchasing my <span style=\"color: #ffa180;\"><a style=\"color: #ffa180;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unsolicitedadviceplanner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 one<\/a><\/span>, too. I\u2019ve been using my planner not to bookmark social events, but as a record of this time, because at some point it will end and we\u2019ll wake up one day in the future and it\u2019ll be a lost year. It\u2019s up to us to decide what this can be for us and if that\u2019s just surviving and getting by that\u2019s totally valid. And if all you do is survive and maybe help someone else survive, you\u2019re a literal human angel. So, for me, documenting this time and the emotional journey that it\u2019s been is part of my growth and how I\u2019m leveling up my shit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dh_chrome_badge_container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9987 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-740x740.jpg 740w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-77x77.jpg 77w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info-154x154.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"DH_CHROME_badges\" style=\"z-index: 99;\" data-v-1c07db18=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2021planner-spread-info.jpg\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">I don\u2019t think my art can change the entire world. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m that special or important, but I do think that my art can change <em>my own<\/em> world.<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ve been focusing on looking inward and taking stock of my priorities. The core thing about my work is that it\u2019s always been me making the tools that I need to survive because I\u2019ve always been afraid that I\u2019m going to die at any second. I\u2019ve always been on that edge of I\u2019m just trying to be here, I\u2019m just trying to be okay. I make the tools that I need and then share them outwardly. Sometimes I\u2019ll be so fucking depressed and then someone tags me in a repost of my own words from five years ago and they speak to exactly what I\u2019m going through in that moment. That\u2019s the universe, that\u2019s karma. It\u2019s so literal, but I put that out there and three years later it helped someone else and then two years later they sent it back to me. Designers love to say that phrase, \u201cDesign can change the world.\u201d I don\u2019t think my art can change the entire world. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m that special or important, but I do think that my art can change <em>my own<\/em> world. And I think that for all artists, all creative people, it\u2019s your work and art that can help transform your own life. You can make the tools that you need to survive. And that has never felt more important than in this exact moment.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Adam&#8217;s Prose Pick<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"dh_chrome_badge_container\" href=\"https:\/\/prose.com\/products\/custom-leave-in-conditioner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9988 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/uploads\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in-768x870.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in-904x1024.jpg 904w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in-1059x1200.jpg 1059w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in-700x793.jpg 700w, https:\/\/cdn-blog.prose.com\/1\/2020\/08\/prose-leave-in-740x839.jpg 740w\" 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