Creativity
Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
In the past thirty years what it means to be an artist has dramatically changed.
Before the internet being an
Creativity
Exploring the creation of original work, the channeling of the Source, and the manifestation of ideas
Dark Forest
What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance?
There’s a specific modern anxiety that comes with putting creative work online. You put your heart and soul into
Metalabel
We're already in creative groups, they're just not yet self-aware
The creative world asks to be remade. Tells us it must be remade. It’s waiting for one of us
Entrepreneurship
How to build a newthing
How does one build a newthing?
Do you start with the parts? Do you start with the ends? Where does
Creativity
The prestige recession
My first career was as a music critic. It started with writing for Pitchfork in some of the first years
Creativity
The Parable of the Three Lakes
Before hikes, my partner encourages our family to ask nature a question.
On a recent hike in British Columbia, I
Creativity
The cultural Doppler effect
The Doppler effect is what makes a siren change tones as it whooshes by. Because of the physics of sound
Entrepreneurship
On having a 1-of-1 purpose
A unique purpose is something people will advise having in a theoretical way (I did it in this post last
Creativity
The old shit doesn't work anymore
Last week I was on the phone with the head of a record label I respect. At the start of
Creativity
Worldbuilding is creative resilience
“Artists excel at creating worlds. They do this first for themselves and then, when they share their work, for others…
Creativity
What's after the creator economy?
Metalabel and co-matter recently collaborated to produce a zine called After the Creator Economy that explores the online lives of
Crypto
Reinventing the record
Once upon a time twenty-plus years ago, people spent $100 a week on music, books, and magazines, directly supporting the
Creativity
The internet culture era
“How culture is made” tells four stories spanning centuries that show how creative collectives have shaped the world — from the
Ideas
How culture is made
Four stories that span centuries, geographies, and worldviews that reveal how to shape culture and the world around us.
Story
Creativity
Rethinking labels
Sup y’all — Since we last spoke almost a year ago, I’ve been working on a new project called
Entrepreneurship
Introducing Metalabel
In 2020, Tariq Trotter, better known as Black Thought in hip-hop group the Roots, explained his involvement in an unusual
Interviews
NFTs and how the art world is like a video game with Rafaël Rozendaal
INTERVIEWEE: Rafaël Rozendaal
BACKGROUND: Artist shown at Centre Pompidou, Whitney Museum, Times Square
TOPIC: NFTs and how the art world
Ideas
Playing infinite games with artist Hank Willis Thomas
Interviewee: Hank Willis Thomas
Background: Conceptual artist shown at the Guggenheim, MoMA, Whitney
Topic: Playing infinite games
Listen: On the