Creation feels like standing in the middle of the ocean and trying to start a wave

The thing beneath the thing is the process.

The process of humans coming together.

Sharing ideas outside of the cookie-cutter norm.

And making something beautiful.

Because that’s what humans do.

The process is the point.

Because it is only through the process

that a squishy little grey blob

can become

something sublime.

capture the work and the work that made the work.

Right now the Metalabel squad is in the throes of the creative process of something you’ll see in the Fall. We’re excited about what we’re working on but we’re also in the thick of it. We still don’t know where it will all lead.

Some days the not-knowing is agonizing. The first time I experienced the feeling came while building Kickstarter, and it o... See more

To create something is a daring, beautiful act. The architect, the author, the artist—all are building something where nothing was before. To try to create something even better than anyone has ever done it before is even bolder. Sitting down at the computer or with a notepad and committing to pour yourself onto it is a scary proposition. But anyon

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