One of the kids in my youth theater group is mildly Instagram famous and told me they had one viral video and then people just kept watching. They post silly stuff, but they do it very, very consistently.
While I was approaching it from somewhat of an anthropological angle it brought out the glaring truth that right now I am an unemployed 28 year old looking for attention on the internet and finding ways to distract myself from making that art that is actually meaningful to me.
Ouch. This really resonates with me. When I start thinking of myself this way I remind myself that many of the people I admire most also wouldn't "look good on paper" either, so to speak.
One of the kids in my youth theater group is mildly Instagram famous and told me they had one viral video and then people just kept watching. They post silly stuff, but they do it very, very consistently.
While I was approaching it from somewhat of an anthropological angle it brought out the glaring truth that right now I am an unemployed 28 year old looking for attention on the internet and finding ways to distract myself from making that art that is actually meaningful to me.
Ouch. This really resonates with me. When I start thinking of myself this way I remind myself that many of the people I admire most also wouldn't "look good on paper" either, so to speak.