 We want to tell you a story. It's a story about people seeking connection, sharing snapshots of the human experience. Are there any new stories left to be told? Yes. But how can that be? Hasn't everything worth saying already been said? 2022 was the year of stories. As the earth continues to spin, things change. We change. New ways of storytelling pop up every day and keeping with the new platforms to publish stories. As technology continues to develop at what feels like warp speed, the world is actually becoming smaller. As recently as 10 years ago, a sweet story highlighting a small act of humanity between two people would never make it to the news. However, today, that same story could and probably would go viral. From building worlds inside the metaverse to the narrative questioning and perspective shifting of deep fakes, the ways in which we tell stories change. We can jump from one timeline to another, coexist within multiple timelines, teleport between universes, astral planes, or even mediums. Claimation to illustration to live action. Such a near endlessly vast wealth of information available at our fingertips at every moment we're capable of absorbing information remarkably quickly. You can watch TV at the same time as scrolling on your phone while your roommate tells you a story from the other side of the couch and engages with every story that fills the room. At the end of the day, it's possible to draw a line straight through history and see how we've gotten to this place. That 2022 is the year of storytelling. There's no evidence more powerful than the ever growing number of content creators popping up around the world because everyone has a story to tell. As we look back on the past year and assemblage of the millions of stories we've heard and seen, we at Artless want to continue to encourage and empower these storytellers to continue this time-honored tradition. It's been an incredible year of storytelling and 2023 looks to double down on this trend. So take that story you've been carrying around and together let's find a way to tell it in a way that's uniquely yours and then to share it. Cheers to 2022 and here's to 2023.