creativity is a courageous act

I recently got a lovely email from Amanda who mentioned to me about resonating with one of my recent posts 1. My form of creativity is writing and I think the big problem around writing is that is meant to be as 'simple' as writing a lot, but for those of us who aren't trying to write generic 'content', it's not that easy. Writing takes courage and I don't mean that as a wishy-washy statement, you have to be able to push through knowing that what you post may be picked up by friends, family and even employers. You need to be able to push through that voice that screams that nobody cares about what you have to say. For those who are posting more educational or research-driven pieces, there is a fear of being wrong, or of not having checked sources correctly (which I imagine is only getting worse with A.I.). For me, it's got to a point where I truly am doing this for myself, I don't mean that I don't want to share it, but I accept that some things might land and others might not, which…