Introducing New Renaissance Tribe

A Weekly Newsletter for Modern Creators, Explorers, Builders, & Meaning-Makers

Your life is not just a series of days—it’s a canvas of living art.

There's a quiet shift happening. A growing realization.

Across the globe, people are waking up to the limitations of our connected-yet-disconnected modern existence. We're questioning the separation between work and art, between travel and home, between digital efficiency and soulful living.

I'm excited to announce a new project aimed at inspiring and supporting those navigating this shift.

Introducing New Renaissance Tribe

For the past six weeks, I've been quietly publishing a variety of personal reflections, essays, and practical insights related to creative purpose, intentional travel, and what it means to live a renaissance life in our digital age. (You can check out the archive here.)

Today, I'm officially inviting you to join this growing community.

I believe we're witnessing (and participating in) the emergence of a New Renaissance. Like the original Renaissance that responded to rigid medieval structures, today's renaissance is a response to our hyper-specialized, algorithm-driven, productivity-obsessed landscape.

This movement calls us back to:

• Living artfully, embracing beauty and creating everyday magic in our lives

• Learning expansively, cultivating knowledge across disciplines

• Traveling with intention, approaching places as both students and artists

• Working with purpose, building livelihoods that sustain both bank accounts and souls

• Connecting authentically, creating meaningful relationships that transcend digital convenience

• Creating courageously, valuing expression and exploration over algorithmic approval

• Embracing wonder, maintaining curiosity and awe in an age of information overload

What to Expect

Each week, you'll receive a thoughtful exploration of some aspect of the New Renaissance approach to living:

• Essays that celebrate beauty, meaning, purposeful pursuit, and interdisciplinary thinking

• Personal narratives from my journey as a musician, creator, world traveler, and digital entrepreneur

• Practical strategies for committed travelers, nomads, and creators building location-independent lives

• Conversations on a variety of topics geared toward people who refuse to live anything less than a beautiful, meaningful life

Subscribe now to receive these weekly letters directly in your inbox and become part of a growing community of modern renaissance souls.

Your life itself is your greatest creative work.

This publication is a starting foundation. I’m aiming to grow this community with live events (online and offline), workshops, a podcast, and more.

Who Am I?

Hi, I’m Mandy Jones. Let’s get acquainted! Here are a few fun facts to start:

• I am a professional vocalist, lifelong musician, and songwriter.

• As of 2025, I have been to 80 countries, and lived in 8.

• I was born in California and raised in Minnesota.

• Since 2016, I’ve been working remotely with a variety of specialties, including marketing, content writing, voiceover, video editing, podcasting, graphic design, web design, music production, and more.

• Everybody’s pets love me, and I love them, too. ❤️

• I’ve been known to nerd out on the MBTI and the enneagram (ENFP, type 7).

• I’m oddly obsessed with airplanes and hope to get my PPL someday.

There’s a bit more on the about page as well as my personal website.

Why I'm Creating This Now

For years, I've lived at the intersection of multiple worlds—music and creative pursuits, digital entrepreneurship, and travel.

I've built digital products, released original music, sold digital services, and constantly sought ways to align my creative passions with sustainable income and location independence.

Along the way, I noticed something crucial:

Those of us living at the intersection of creativity, entrepreneurship, and exploration often lack community.

We need spaces where our unconventional choices are celebrated rather than questioned, where our multifaceted interests are seen as strengths rather than distractions.

I believe there's a growing tribe of us who see this integration not as dilettantism but as the natural expression of a full human life.

We're not trying to be Renaissance people—we simply are.

New Renaissance Tribe was born from this need. It’s a weekly newsletter and gathering place for creatives, nomads, builders, explorers, and multifaceted people who want to paint the canvas of their lives with beauty and meaning.

If this vision resonates with you, please introduce yourself in the comments below!

Join the Movement

This newsletter is completely free. It's my way of finding kindred spirits and cultivating a meaningful global community of renaissance souls.

Though I've already begun publishing, we're still in the early stages of this journey. By subscribing now, you'll help shape the direction of this community as it evolves.

Let's create the New Renaissance together, and redefine what it means to live with intention, inspiration, and artistry.

Mandy

P.S. If you know someone else who might feel connected to this movement, I’d be grateful if you’d share this with them.