Most individuals want fast, video, tell me how or make me laugh.
Reading and writing takes work. The Medium platform has become wonderful for me to enjoy my writing. My articles are not about reaching other individuals and the click of my Medium article’s heart button (although, I do refresh the stats page daily).
“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.” — Oscar Wilde
Individuals who contribute to Medium need thick skin. I have responded to some articles on Medium and the author of that article took my wonderful, dense response of clarity, then created a new article that received hundreds of green Medium hearts.
I get a unusually ** high ** for contributing to Medium. Why else would I contribute?
This ** high ** that streaked though me gave me a wonderful idea. To create a Medium publication with a vision to bring my community together. Aristotle speaks about the importance of community, so I became excited in my own reality. Everyone one will love my idea. I created the domain: montgomeryalabama.us.
I reached out to a few newspaper editors and writers, news reporters in Montgomery. The results: ** crickets **
Actually, one reporter responded to my tweet:
Other than the Medium ** high **, sometimes I catch myself creating anomalies in my mind. For example, “When my daughter grows up and begins reading daddy’s articles on Medium, she will be very proud of her daddy.”
Reality ** slaps ** me, “Time does not exist. Here and now! Think about now! A perception to consider: The Medium platform might not exist when your daughter grows up. All your articles are worth a bucket of ashes.”
Reality ** laughs **
Alessandro Tinchini response to your article touches on torturing ourselves on Medium. In a sense, I am torturing myself…but I keep referencing the Medium ** high **.
If I continue to receive the ** high **, I’ll continue to type up my articles that are worth a bucket of ashes.
