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nostr is promiscuous

"My life has been my music, it’s always come first, but the music ain’t worth nothing if you can’t lay it on the public." --Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) An artist has a responsibility to promote their art. But I'll be damned if I ever parrot the pathetic, endemic motif of pleading for follows, likes, or subscribers, only to have these biased platforms push my announcements to only those whose consumption habits help drive up their advertising fees. I refuse to be a talking head for these media companies and grovel for viewership. I'm not going to prop up my work with gimmicks and advertising, no matter how widely considered they are to be "best practices". It may take me longer to find my audience, but I'll know that when I do, it'll be the right one. If my work won't stand on its own, I'll take it to signify that there's more work to be done--with the craft, not the marketing. #art #socialmedia #business #marketing

A reflection on my #martialarts training and cultivating #spirituality:

Habla

Carrot Dangler - Alain

Trying to "improve" my spirituality was like trying to springboard off a cloud.

🥕 @Habla News #longformat #thinkpiece

He looked into the Orb #zapathon #selfie #photostr

“I shall always be depressed,” Beckett concluded, “but what comforts me is the realization that I can now accept this dark side as the commanding side of my personality. In accepting it, I will make it work for me.”

It is darkest before dawn. We focus on beginnings, here; on solutions. We wish one another 'good morning', for we are optimists. Our values are defined. We fortify our spirit, above all. For after the perpetrators of harm have exhausted their attempts to subvert us, our spirit, like the sun, will reach up out of the darkness. Again, and again. ☀️ Good morning #grownostr #plebchain