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NOW WHAT?
A Creative Companion for Whatever Comes Next
Pre-Order Ships Late October 2026

NOW WHAT? is a special little creative journal we work on together.

Simple and direct in a way that cuts through, we'll poke around at everything from stated goals to the people that we love, inspecting the pieces that make us who we are so we can figure out what to do with all that we have. 

Experience the joy of structured-ish, screen-free, real pencil on paper. 320 pages of reminders from me alongside prompts for writing, drawing, list-making, junk-saving, and mark making (because sometimes just feeling it is enough).

This small-ish (5 x 7 inch) hardcover (!) book is printed on luxurious 80lb writing paper because you're worth it. With my own imperfect handwriting throughout so you don't have to worry about yours. Trust me. Just start!

Pages: 320
Size: 5" x 7"
$26.00

Adam J. Kurtz (Adam JK) is an 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 sold over a million copies in twenty languages worldwide.

Obsessed with aphorisms and ephemera, Kurtz's work seeks to craft new reminders from familiar sources, offering his brand of "back-handed optimism" as a token of encouragement and camaraderie for other creative, emotional, and deeply human people.