Twenty things I want creatively in 2025

1. Creative people to feel less alone in their work (including me)

2. To see a show that sends me floating in the clouds for days

3. To buy a work of art that makes me feel complete, even if for a moment

4. Small groups of people using releases to build worlds and tell stories over time

5. The return of the zine as a serious medium for self-expression and culturejamming algorithmic monotony

6. Digital work being seen as legitimate as physical work, a creative anti-materialism

7. Groups of people forming their own micro-institutions like Do Not Research

8. Creative collectives building treasuries from shared work, like early punk scenes but with better tools

9. More Dark Forest-style releases where 10+ creators come together to make something bigger than them on their own

10. Collaborators to meet each other on Metalabel

11. Creative people helping each other grow through shared resources like the Creative Independent's "On Finding Your Voice"

12. Artists conjugating work across formats — books becoming films becoming music becoming art becoming fashion

13. Release schedules replacing posting schedules — more intention, less content

14. For Josh Citerella, whose 2024 was off the charts, to continue his meteoric rise

15. Creative people building real equity in their work and being able to share it

16. Independent creative groups having the same financial capabilities as small businesses

17. Structures that empower and protect artists and creators like never before

18. More creative people pursuing the satisfaction of building something meaningful with others instead of metrics

19. For Metalabel itself to grow, and for this project to reach its collective potential for us all

20. To say thank you, to each and every one of you, who has been part of my journey so far