What we talk about when we talk about release
Posting can be fun, entertaining, and even enlightening. But when we want to share a creative act we went deep into the void to create, we owe our work more than a post. We owe it a RELEASE.
A RELEASE is a richer and deeper expression of an idea. A release is not just the work, it’s anticipating the work. There’s an invitation to become part of it... See more
A RELEASE is a richer and deeper expression of an idea. A release is not just the work, it’s anticipating the work. There’s an invitation to become part of it... See more
Yancey Strickler • Do you post or do you RELEASE?
“I know a lot of people who make things who don’t stand proudly by their stuff,” Tyler says. “I don’t know if they’re too cool or they don’t want to look thirsty, but they’ll put a song out once on their stories — and that’s it.... See more
"You went through something. You figured something out in a structured format. You recorded it. Not just one take. Parts
Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
I am relentless about releasing work into the world.
I think one of the curses of being a human creative is that you can’t see what you want to improve until you press publish, and let yourself be seen. Release, release, release. This is the only way you learn. The power is not in the success of the piece — the power is in the releasing.
I think one of the curses of being a human creative is that you can’t see what you want to improve until you press publish, and let yourself be seen. Release, release, release. This is the only way you learn. The power is not in the success of the piece — the power is in the releasing.