New Creative Era
A conversation is the start of something
A new release from Metalabel Press on the creative life
New Creative Era
Together we will bloom
Last week on New Creative Era, Josh and Yancey discussed what we’d like to see in a different creative status quo. Tune in for a list of seven ideas from each of us. More people are making creative work — and being seen for it — than at any other point
New Creative Era
DOOM -> BLOOM — S/S2025
New season, new creative era
New Creative Era
This isn’t the end, this is the beginning
Welcome to the Creative Century
New Creative Era
What we wish we knew then
New Creative Era episode 10
New Creative Era
The most important work is antimemetic
What you don't see can hurt you
New Creative Era
The path not taken
Life is full of paths not taken. Here’s one of them. A group of writers begin independently writing about the same strange idea. They don’t plan this. It just happens. Something in the air, in the water, in the culture. They’re tuned into the same signal. At
New Creative Era
Doom now and forever?
Sending posts into the void. Refreshing notifications for validation. Competing most intensely with the people most like us. These are the hallmarks of creative life today. Cycles we all know too well. We’ve come to associate these feelings with the creative process. But what if they’re not creativity
Podcast
New Creative Era Episode 05: Labels
Creative support structures of the past and future?
Creative practices
What we want in 2025
New year, new dreams
Creative practices
Creative work is changing in ways you can feel good about
The power of releasing, why small is beautiful, and the advantages of cooperation
Creative practices
The artist and the inner retreat
After recent reflections on the challenges we feel about needing to promote our work (here and here), we’ve come to better understand the pressure many of us feel. We’re stuck between modern ways and ancient wisdom. The modern world tells us to get out there and promote ourselves.