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The Art of Asking How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Amanda Palmer Brené Brown 8601420772632 Books

As an internationally published early punk photographer, artist, web designer, writer, teacher, woman, I laughed and cried reading this book. I've read so much about being creative, but her book offered unique insights. She speaks to me. The book blurbs talked about her "generation." I'm old enough to be her mother. Let's NOT make this a generational thing. Her book is universal, for women, men, any age.

Amanda Palmer is talented, bright, witty, sensitive, brave, articulate, caring and sharing woman. I love her tone, speaking conversationally but with so much depth and salient advice. Words really escape me other than to say: buy it or get it from the library as I did (if you are unsure you want to buy it or lack funds). Read it, then buy it because it's a keeper. I wish I bought it first because I wanted to mark it up. Which I never do: my books are always in pristine condition. The Kindle version is ideal because you can readily make notations. This is a book to return to for inspiration, comfort, tears and laughter, esp if you are an artist. I'll re-read and recommend to many in the years to come. An instant classic on so many levels.

Background info: I first saw Dresden Dolls around 2004 or so. I've followed her career a bit, bought a couple Dresden Dolls CDs and see her online here and there. I paid close attention to the media scrutiny and her responses to her landmark Kickstarter campaign. I was very excited to discover she wrote a book about her life and adventures. Better than I could imagine. Good stuff!


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The Art of Asking How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Amanda Palmer Brené Brown 8601420772632 Books Reviews

This book was recommended to me as a primer on asking. Being okay with receiving help. How Amanda Palmer has taken that to such a high level is enlightening, although I still can't decide if she's brave and smart or naive and innocent.

What an interesting book on many levels. On one, it's the coming-of-age memoir of an odd, bright kid. On another, the struggle of a performer/musician from barely feeding herself to international fame (and deciding to reject the traditional recording label to return to indie--that was fascinating.) On another, it's the memoir of a woman who has developed the ability to ask for and receive help, and yet one of the greatest challenges of her life is to allow herself to accept monetary help from her wealthy husband. On another, it's a businesswoman's depiction of how to build and grow a business, and her version of that her fans are really her partners. She's so involved with them I don't see how a person could really have a family at that pace, and I think she's okay with that.

Palmer alternates introspection and musing about life's lessons with anecdotes about her life. The book is well-paced, fascinating, interesting, dramatic, funny, horrifying. I shed tears more than once. My takeaway/bit of life learning from the book the act of receiving is an art, a life skill. So many of us are ashamed to receive, when in fact it's an act of love to receive well. It's not easy. We feel unworthy or guilty or obligated when we receive, but that's a waste of grace. I'm going to work on that. I enjoyed the book immensely.
The beginning of this book was so interesting. I loved the stories of her busking on the street, meeting interesting people (including Neil Gaiman) and getting started with her band. Amanda has a great writing voice and the message really hit home for me since I have a hard time asking for help. I think this is something that is not talked about enough--that most people actually LIKE being asked for advice, and don't mind doing favors if they are asked nicely and thanked properly.
However, since this was the point of the book, she gave example after example of it. She asks people for places to stay when she's on tour, asks fans for lyric ideas on Twitter, asks people to play with her band for free during shows, asks fans to fund her next album. And I get it--if you don't like that she does that, all you need to do is not give her money.
However, it got OLD. She asked for this thing, and got it, and didn't that work out great? Same with this other thing! She also asked people for that, and they delivered! Wonderful! And then, this other thing, she wasn't sure if she should ask, but then she did, and...guess what?
You get the picture.
Surely there were times when she was asked for favors as well, and was happy to give them? I'm hoping this was the case and she just didn't want to brag too much. Because it comes off a little selfish to hear about all these times of people helping her and very few instances of her helping back.
If you are a huge fan of AP and would like to know every detail about her career, then by all means, this book is for you. I enjoy her music but I was far more interested in reading a memoir about an interesting life. And after the first half, I just could not find her life that interesting.
As an internationally published early punk photographer, artist, web designer, writer, teacher, woman, I laughed and cried reading this book. I've read so much about being creative, but her book offered unique insights. She speaks to me. The book blurbs talked about her "generation." I'm old enough to be her mother. Let's NOT make this a generational thing. Her book is universal, for women, men, any age.

Amanda Palmer is talented, bright, witty, sensitive, brave, articulate, caring and sharing woman. I love her tone, speaking conversationally but with so much depth and salient advice. Words really escape me other than to say buy it or get it from the library as I did (if you are unsure you want to buy it or lack funds). Read it, then buy it because it's a keeper. I wish I bought it first because I wanted to mark it up. Which I never do my books are always in pristine condition. The version is ideal because you can readily make notations. This is a book to return to for inspiration, comfort, tears and laughter, esp if you are an artist. I'll re-read and recommend to many in the years to come. An instant classic on so many levels.

Background info I first saw Dresden Dolls around 2004 or so. I've followed her career a bit, bought a couple Dresden Dolls CDs and see her online here and there. I paid close attention to the media scrutiny and her responses to her landmark Kickstarter campaign. I was very excited to discover she wrote a book about her life and adventures. Better than I could imagine. Good stuff!