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What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly. --- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Bruce Lee's Unmade Script + Insights Summary) here --- Check out the visual experience of this episode on YouTube now! --- Art mentioned: Bruce Lee Screen Test (1965) — VideoThe Children’s Paradise — Comic Book#2 - Hayao Miyazaki — ICONS EpisodeMy Son-A-Chang — FilmAn Orphan’s Tragedy — FilmSins of the Father — FilmIn the Face of Demolition — FilmThe Guiding Light — Film#1 - 50 Cent — ICONS EpisodeThe Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin — BookThe Mind, Explored — NewsletterThe Orphan — Film1000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly — EssayBatman — TV SeriesThe Green Hornet — TV SeriesOnce Upon A Time In Hollywood — MovieTao Te Ching, Lao Tzu — BookLongstreet — TV SeriesBruce Lee Pierre Berton Interview — VideoThe Big Boss — FilmFist of Fury — FilmThe Way of The Dragon — FilmGame of Death — FilmEnter the Dragon — Film --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

BONUS EPISODE: How to turn your early-career frustrations into a great career. What I learned from reading the 2008 blog post, The Canvas Strategy, and Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday. --- ⁠ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ --- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Canvas Strategy Checklist) here --- Art mentioned: The Canvas Strategy, Ryan Holiday — Blog postPerennial Seller, Ryan Holiday — BookThe 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene — BookMastery, Robert Greene — BookThe Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene — BookThe Baptism of Christ, Verrochio (Leonardo Da Vinci) — PaintingThe 50th Law, Robert Greene — BookThe Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi — Book --- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone. ---- ⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Christopher Nolan’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here⁠⁠ ---- Art mentioned: Inception — FilmChristopher Nolan, Founders Podcast — PodcastMemento — Film#6 - Coco Chanel — ICONS Podcast Episode2001: A Space Odyssey — FilmBlade Runner — FilmAlien — FilmStar Wars — FilmDay in the Life of a Knife Maker — YouTubeInterstellar — FilmFirst Man — FilmThe Place Beyond The Pines — FilmDrive — FilmBlade Runner 2049 — FilmThe Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy — BookBatman Begins — FilmThe Dark Knight — FilmThe Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes The World — BookLas Meninas, Piccaso — PaintingsWhy So Serious? (The Joker Theme), Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard — Music#5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast EpisodeSamson and Delilah, Rubens — PaintingFollowing — FilmPulp Fiction — FilmReservoir Dogs — FilmCitizen Kane — FilmTenet — FilmThe Italian Job — FilmOcean’s Eleven — FilmA Fistful of Dollars — FilmOppenheimer — FilmAmerican Prometheus — BookClear Thinking, Shane Parrish — BookSearching for Bobby Fischer — FilmHard Eight — FilmBottle Rocket — FilmThe Prestige — FilmCasino Royale — FilmHow To Do Great Work, Paul Graham — EssayWestworld, HBO — TV Show ---- ⁠ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

What creative insights I learned from Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel by reading: Coco Chanel - The Legend and The Life, by Justine PicardieThe Laws of Human Nature, Robert Greene ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Coco Chanel's best work + insight summary) here ----⁠⁠ Art mentioned: Patterned paved corridors of Abbey, AubazineInterlocking knot and loops in window, AubazineLa Pausa staircase side-by-side with Aubazine AbbeyQui Qu’a Vu Coco — SongChanel logo in Mayfair lamppostPalmy Days (1931) — FilmChanel No. 5 — Perfume#5 - Charlie Chaplin — ICONS Podcast Episode#1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Podcast EpisodeLululemon ‘Dupe Swap’ CampaignWestworld, HBO — TV Show ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

What creative insights I learned from Charlie Chaplin by reading his autobiography. ---⁠⁠- Download the Bonus PDF (Chaplin’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---⁠⁠- Art mentioned: The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene — BookHow To Make Movies, Charlie Chaplin — Short Film#4 - Leonardo Da Vinci — ICONS PodcastThe Kid, Charlie Chaplin (1921) — FilmCity Lights, Charlie Chaplin (1931) — FilmDevil Wears Prada (2006) — FilmHeat (1995) — Film#3 - Anthony Bourdain — ICONS The Idle Class (1921), Charlie Chaplin — FilmModern Times (1936), Charlie Chaplin — FilmMorning Pages Journal, Julia Cameron — Book#2 - Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) — ICONS Mad Men (2008)— TV Show ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Ideas I got from artist Leonardo Da Vinci from reading: Leonardo Da Vinci, by Walter IsaacsonMastery, by Robert Greene ---- ⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Da Vinci's Best Work + His Letter to Ludovico Sforza + Insights Summary) here⁠ ---- Art mentioned: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Walter Isaacson — BookEinstein, Walter Isaacson — BookSteve Jobs, Walter Isaacson— BookElon Musk, Walter Isaacson — BookMona Lisa, Da Vinci — Painting The Last Supper, Da Vinci — PaintingAssassin's Creed 2 — Video GameDrapery Drawing from Verrocchio's WorkshopRelevance Realisation, John Vervake — Cognitive Science ProblemThe Baptism of Christ, by Verrocchio & Da Vinci — PaintingThe Flying Man — Model in Rome AirportMap of Imola, Da Vinci — MapThe Grotesques, Da Vinci — SketchesThe Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci — DrawingMemento, Christopher Nolan — FilmSaint Jerome In The Wilderness, Da Vinci — Painting ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow @theICONSpod on Twitter or ICONS podcast on LinkedIn.

Ideas I got from artist Anthony Bourdain from reading: Laurie Woolever’s unique book, ⁠Bourdain in Stories⁠.and watching Morgan Neville'documentary, ⁠Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain⁠. ---- Download the Bonus PDF (Bourdain's Best Work + Insights Summary) here ---- Art mentioned: Parts Unknown — TV Series, 2013-2018Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast — New Yorker Profile, 2007Don’t Eat before Reading This — New Yorker Essay, 1999Kitchen Confidential — Non-Fiction Book, 2001Bone In The Throat — Fiction Book, 1995Gone Bamboo — Fiction Book, 1997The Adventures of Tintin — Comic Series, 1929-Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Film, 1977The Deer Hunter — Film, 1979The Long Goodbye — Film, 1973A Cook’s Tour — TV Series, 2002-2003Not Economically Viable — YouTube ChannelApocalypse Now — Film, 1979Heart of Darkness — Book, 1899The Big Short — Film, 2015Succession — TV Series, 2018–2023No Reservations — TV Series, 2005-2012Violent City — Film, 1970Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997 ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Ideas I got from artist Hayao Miyazaki from reading Miyazakiworld, A Life In Art, by Susan Napier. ---- ⁠Download the bonus PDF (Hayao Miyazaki's best art + summary) here ---- Art mentioned: The Last Samurai — Film, 2003Spirited Away — Film, 2001My Neighbour Totoro — Film, 1988Princess Mononoke — Film, 1997Howl's Moving Castle — Film, 2004Ponyo — Film, 2008The Boy and The Heron — Film, 20239 Shots — Song, 50 CentThe Wind Rises — Film, 2013Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind — Film, 1984Laputa: Castle in the Sky — Film, 1986The Count of Monte Cristo — Book, Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers — Book, Alexandre DumasThe Prisoner of Zenda — Book, Anthony HopeGulliver's Travels — Book, Jonathan SwiftThe Secret Garden — Book, Frances Eliza Hodgson BurnettHeidi — Book, Jeanne WillisPanda and the Magic Serpent — Film, 1958 ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

Ideas I got from artist 50 Cent from reading: The 50th Law, by Robert GreeneHustle Harder Hustle Smarter, by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson ---- Download the bonus PDF (50 Cent's best art) here ---- Art mentioned: Get Rich or Die Tryin' — Album, 50 CentThe Massacre — Album, 50 CentPower of the Dollar — Album, 50 CentBike Lanes — Short Film, Casey NeistatComedians In Cars Getting Coffee — TV Series, Jerry SeinfeldF*ck You — Song, 50 CentGuess Who's Back — Mixtape, 50 CentHigh All The Time — Song, 50 CentIn Da Club — Song, 50 Cent50 Cent Is The Future — Mixtape, 50 CentNo Mercy, No Fear — Mixtape, 50 CentGod's Plan — Mixtape, 50 CentCrenshaw — Mixtape, Nipsey HusslePower — TV Show, G-Unit Films and Television Inc. ---- ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠ ---- To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.