I've always seen myself as a medium between other people's stories and artwork.
I used to have more than 20 penpals as a child and I loved secretive things. When PostSecret was invented, I found myself jealous because I wanted to be the keeper of secrets. http://postsecret.com/
I've had visions for a long time about creating artwork for people as a service, but I could never quite figure out the economics of such a model. I created the Secret Writer on Medium first, and was doing it as a free service. When I found Steemit, I just switched homes, and it made me so happy that not only could i be sustained monetarily with my efforts, but i could also split the Steem Dollars 50% and give the secret writer money. This revelation was life-changing and it is like all my prayers from an atheist have been answered. I kind of like to wallow in other people's stories of pain for some reason. The images just appear without much thought, and I do feel it is my gift to the world of suffering souls. I can do all this in a detached way, without speaking. I am bad in person, but left to my own artistic devices, it works for me so well. I believe this is my true calling and job in life because it flows seamlessly without much strife.
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When you can tie your empathy into art and a legitimate and profound business model like this, you're living all kinds of the dream.
Something needs to perform up to the business owner's living expenses before it can be called "sound".
yes and I'll continue doing this for a while because it fulfills me and others on so many layers. The secret writer gets to read all the responses anonymously which must feel so good.