I don't really know why I'm writing this here. Maybe because I feel like it might be read than more than a dozen people, or maybe because it feeds my ego, or maybe because I have nowhere else to write.
I find it easier to write for a more generic audience than I do to write to a hubski or reddit audience. I find myself scared to show myself in the more internety corners of the internet. Unfortunately, I think it leads to me keeping a lot in that I'm not sharing anywhere.
Expressing myself often feels like screaming into the void, but at the end of the day, I'm truly afraid of what the void could say back to me.
And that's why this sat typed out for over an hour before I built up the courage to post it.
" There is no beauty but the beauty of action. " It is wonderful for people to read, listen to, look at your art, but if you can't take pleasure in the creation of it, in and of itself, I think you're missing out.
Putting things in writing makes something "real." And putting yourself and your thoughts out there means you risk judgment. Both are daunting, but can be overcome. Start screaming, hear what the void could say back to you, and then feel comfort in the fact that even if you hear what you don't want to hear, you will still be standing. Somebody said "What other people think of me is none of my business." And that really is the trick to navigating life, I think - especially life online.