i always tell how i'm doing and keep talking about me but i never really let you speak. how are you doing? is there something you want to say? if my theory is correct, you do have something really really important to say!! so just go ahead and say it anywhere! don't worry about where to say it, or getting everything right the first time. one day i'll take a look at what you did, just like you are doing right now, so please go ahead
do you do stuff which you do not enjoy? well, not like that. like, when you have a choice between doing something you want or like vs something you don't want and don't like, you pick the think you like, right? well, i hope so. the rest of this text won't make much sense otherwise
i believe like-minded people end up on similar places eventually, if they both seek out for their passions. i don't mean like-minded in the sense of having the same opinions on a topic, but having one or more interests in common. it is then evident that people who share a common interest, and go after them, are more likely to cross paths
for a while i've thought that super-centralized internet spaces like youtube, reddit, orkut when it was popular although i was a child i didn't really had these thoughts yet i just thought it was cringe to put personal info on the internet, etc. were limiting and directing discussions, indirectly controlling what topics could be explored, but not necessarily straight up banning them, but by diluting new ideas in old ones, reducing their reach and effect. this would in turn restrict how and what people think and the type of art they could produce.
i have started to question this idea when i noticed that, well, i'm here. thinking about the stuff i thought people couldn't. it is kinda arrogant tbh. to think that i'm part of the few that can come up with innovative ideas. i still believe restricting yourself to these platforms harms the fertility of your imagination but i don't think it kills it. you just need to influence people. make them engage with themselves more often. killing the bad habit of always coming back to these platforms, since it's hard not to want freedom after tasting it
offering something is sometimes all it takes to attract the right people. leave censorship and other kinds of regulations for those who wrestle with their own will. invite people for greatness and wait for them to reach you. if they prefer otherwise they were most likely not fit for your gift
i'll be using "reader" as a way to refer to everyone who read, listen, taste or experience an artwork. i think it is less degrading than "consumer" and more inviting than "observer"
to connect well with people you need to speak their language. not the language you are taught in your community, but a new one, built from shared experiences. symbols that both can understand, even if somewhat vague. this is where storytelling comes into play: if you write a story and someone else reads it, it becomes a shared experience. considerably different experiences of course, you know how the story ends before even reading it, but it is a shared interest between you two. it then becomes an exchange for symbols and ideas. maybe they resonate with a certain kind of individual, making them an easy target for a connection
the people who do not resonate with your work will be expelled by their own accord. they won't understand your story. they can't. and they will find better things to do, like check other stories, which may resonate more profoundly in them. a simple yet effective filter for getting the right people
a shakespeare fan wouldn't be a shakespeare fan if they couldn't resonate with his work. that is one of the reasons we have genres for art. each genre is a subculture of people who resonate with a collection of works. most distributors of art, like galleries, libraries, spotify, try to minimize the impact of genre in art. claiming it is just a collection of shared characteristics categorized. they ignore, and are ignorant to, all the culture and emotional impact these genres are attached to.