This really resonates. I like that you say “ I want to be quietly creating, putting my work out there for people who want to receive my work.” Same here. Thanks for sharing.
I so feel you. And I really appreciate your thought process. For the past year I’ve been very on again/off again with social media, and I still very much don’t know how I feel about it.
On the one hand, it really seems to be an asset to a lot of artists and I worry that it will be shooting myself in the foot to forgo it. On the other hand, well it’s social media.
I still have to experiment a little more here, and to think it all through for myself, as you have. I can see both the positives and the negatives right now!
You have me hooked to the 'bird music'! Lately, I find myself sitting in areas of my house where I can hear this 'music' too. Love the bits of wisdom from life experiences shared by George Raveling in his Newsletter.
Your picture of the tree reminds me of what hope looks like, with the sun rising in the background. It reminded me to stay hopeful in our individual journey, the path we choose for ourselves where we can truly be us. We will grow and illuminate like the sun too.
That's a lovely drawing of the trees. I hear you about social media. I put in some hard work on Twitter to build more of a following and find more of an audience for my work, but I found that most of the time, I hated spending time on Twitter. I spent about 5 minutes on instatgram and loathed it, and haven't dared go near Tiktok. When I can get myself a bit more headspace (past the deadlines I've got for the next months or so, I'm going to look more at strategies for growth that are about connecting with other writers and communities. There's a lot of rejection in that strategy, but I don't think it's as soul-destroying as the algorithms of social media.
Sometimes it feels like you can't succeed these days without TikTok, without social media, without feeding into the noise. I love this, and I love your commitment "to stay true to what is true." Beautiful and inspiring!
This really resonates. I like that you say “ I want to be quietly creating, putting my work out there for people who want to receive my work.” Same here. Thanks for sharing.
I absolutely loved every part of this ❤️
I so feel you. And I really appreciate your thought process. For the past year I’ve been very on again/off again with social media, and I still very much don’t know how I feel about it.
On the one hand, it really seems to be an asset to a lot of artists and I worry that it will be shooting myself in the foot to forgo it. On the other hand, well it’s social media.
I still have to experiment a little more here, and to think it all through for myself, as you have. I can see both the positives and the negatives right now!
You have me hooked to the 'bird music'! Lately, I find myself sitting in areas of my house where I can hear this 'music' too. Love the bits of wisdom from life experiences shared by George Raveling in his Newsletter.
Your picture of the tree reminds me of what hope looks like, with the sun rising in the background. It reminded me to stay hopeful in our individual journey, the path we choose for ourselves where we can truly be us. We will grow and illuminate like the sun too.
That's a lovely drawing of the trees. I hear you about social media. I put in some hard work on Twitter to build more of a following and find more of an audience for my work, but I found that most of the time, I hated spending time on Twitter. I spent about 5 minutes on instatgram and loathed it, and haven't dared go near Tiktok. When I can get myself a bit more headspace (past the deadlines I've got for the next months or so, I'm going to look more at strategies for growth that are about connecting with other writers and communities. There's a lot of rejection in that strategy, but I don't think it's as soul-destroying as the algorithms of social media.
Sometimes it feels like you can't succeed these days without TikTok, without social media, without feeding into the noise. I love this, and I love your commitment "to stay true to what is true." Beautiful and inspiring!