Been struggling with this too Amy! For me, I feel like I don't belong with online Poets/Artists (I hope it's okay for me to say the former should be considered a subset of the latter), as my style of poetry often feels so out of place on social media, so misunderstood because it's not completely direct.
But I also feel so out of place with reql world Poets/Artists because it feels like my poetry is not serious, not deep enough, that I don't meet enough readers and poets at events, don't contribute enough to the community (and that I like business so much).
I'm happy you had the courage to admit how it's hard being an online Artist because I feel the same with the content treadmill. The 'cost" per person reach is much lower here, but I think the "cost" per reader/collector is lower in the real world.
Thanks for writing this again, I really needed this :)
Ah so glad it resonated with you! And of course poets are artists ✨ it’s so easy to tie ourselves up in knots right? 🙈 so interesting to see how you feel and how we’re all silently struggling with the same things 💕
It’ll be interesting to see what happens when I get back from my holiday 😅 if I actually stick to what I’ve said or just fall back into the same patterns 🙈
I hope you find a way forward in it all, sending love
Been struggling with this too Amy! For me, I feel like I don't belong with online Poets/Artists (I hope it's okay for me to say the former should be considered a subset of the latter), as my style of poetry often feels so out of place on social media, so misunderstood because it's not completely direct.
But I also feel so out of place with reql world Poets/Artists because it feels like my poetry is not serious, not deep enough, that I don't meet enough readers and poets at events, don't contribute enough to the community (and that I like business so much).
I'm happy you had the courage to admit how it's hard being an online Artist because I feel the same with the content treadmill. The 'cost" per person reach is much lower here, but I think the "cost" per reader/collector is lower in the real world.
Thanks for writing this again, I really needed this :)
Ah so glad it resonated with you! And of course poets are artists ✨ it’s so easy to tie ourselves up in knots right? 🙈 so interesting to see how you feel and how we’re all silently struggling with the same things 💕
It’ll be interesting to see what happens when I get back from my holiday 😅 if I actually stick to what I’ve said or just fall back into the same patterns 🙈
I hope you find a way forward in it all, sending love