Creative guy Austin Kleon touched a nerve with a smart, subversive post that reminds us we could be doing something we love instead of wasting time on our mobile devices.

Reading books makes me happy. Being on my phone makes me miserable. So, I made a wallpaper for my iPhone’s lock screen to remind me that I have a choice.

My pal John Kovalic picked up the idea and ran with it on DorkTower, with a decidedly more proactive, writerly bent.

I liked John’s encouraging, productive take on it and decided to make a wallpaper suitable for a game designer’s iPad. I’m not a graphic designer, but I like how it turned out.

If you use it, send me a screenshot or selfie and I’ll post it here.

With thanks (and apologies) to Austin Kleon and John Kovalic.