I’m Having Way Too Much Fun With This
Six months in, this medium made curiosity the point.
From the Curator-in-Chief
After decades of building media brands with guardrails—word counts, tone meetings, advertisers hovering just offstage—there’s something quietly thrilling about publishing in a space where the only real rule is: Is this interesting right now?
These first six months have felt less like launching a publication and more like rediscovering the pleasure of thinking out loud. What started as a place to write about events quickly became a sandbox—part newsroom, part diary, part cultural lab. Some weeks it’s serious. Some weeks it’s petty. Occasionally it’s about pigs in a blanket. And that, it turns out, is the point.
This medium rewards curiosity more than polish, momentum more than perfection. It lets you follow a thought before it fully knows what it’s going to say. What follows here is a deliberately mixed room of nine stories included a 20 interviews with industry icons—some fun, some serious. The playful ones. The pieces that let me stretch, test the medium, follow a hunch, and see what happens when curiosity gets the wheel.
As the year turns, the work shifts slightly too. Less pronouncing, more listening. Sharper data. Longer interviews. More attention to what people are actually doing when they gather—not just what we say about it afterward.
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Again, Thank you so much and send me your ideas- David@gatheringpoint.news.
I love this and appreciate what you are doing. The theme for our annual festival, Charlotte SHOUT!, will be all about Curiosity… Let wonder lead the way! I am a full believer that everyone needs to be more curious and ask all the questions… how, why, what if, etc. can’t wait to explore 2026 with this mindset. Thank you for all your wisdom and insight. I look forward to more. Happy New Year!