How to get where you need to be when you don’t know where you’re going
We obsess over finding the meaning and purpose of our lives. Which raises an important question: how do we go
Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur whose work supports artists and creative people. He's the cofounder of Kickstarter, The Creative Independent, Metalabel, The Dark Forest Collective, and Artist Corporations. He's the author of the books This Could Be Our Future, The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet, and On the Creative Life. He grew up on a farm in Clover Hollow, Virginia, and lives in New York City.
Latest writing
What's the difference between an artist and a creator?
In 1973, experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton wrote a letter to MoMA that captures a paradox that still defines creative work
The internet is dying on the outside but growing on the inside
Dark Forests rule everything around us. Signal chats to plan wars? Check. Private group chats where rival athletes discuss injuries?
Do artists get paid for making art?
Artist Corporations are important not just as a legal structure, but as a concept that redefines creative output as real
A-Corp tour diary
The past week I’ve been on the road, giving talks and speaking with artists, creators, and community and political
We are the 48% (A-Corp update #3)
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