For those who have achieved much, and are curious about what comes next.
We live in an age of extraordinary possibility. We have learned to optimize, accelerate and accomplish.
And yet something deeper continues to call us.
Beauty.
Wonder.
Nature.
Meaningful conversation.
Human connection.
And perhaps most of all, the ability to find awe in ordinary things.
New Romantics is an invitation to experience life more fully.
Conversation, food and remarkable people.
Sunrise. Sunset. Ocean. Mountains. Wonder.
Time and space to experience life differently.
Barefoot aperitivo by the sea.
Golden hour dinner on the bluffs.
Live music as the Pacific disappears into twilight.
NextPark City · October 2026 · Gathering & Salon
Short Films, Podcasts, Conversations, Essays, Photography…
Stories about people choosing to live differently — creators, adventurers, thinkers, romantics and others who remind us what it means to pay attention and live more in the present moment.
Because sometimes a single story can change the way you see your own life.
The Collective is a carefully curated community of founders, artists, thinkers, creators and kindred spirits who share a curiosity about what makes a life meaningful.
Not everyone will see the world the same way. That's the point.
What matters is curiosity. Openness. Generosity. A willingness to participate rather than simply consume.
More places, when the time feels right.
The Collective is growing slowly, by invitation and introduction…
The original Romantics responded to industrialization by turning toward nature, imagination, emotion and beauty.
Writers, artists, poets, and composers believed that while science and progress could explain the world, they could never fully capture what it meant to be human.
They celebrated imagination over convention, emotion alongside reason, nature as a source of inspiration, and beauty as something essential to a meaningful life.
Two centuries later, the machines have changed. The human need hasn't.
New Romantics carries that spirit forward, not as nostalgia, but as a way of living fully in the modern world.
Choosing aliveness.
Choosing beauty.
Choosing each other.