“You ask about the effect my work has on others. If I may speak ironically, that's a masculine question. Men always want to be influential. Do I see myself as influential? No, I want to understand.”
i'll also say, the content need not "attract" anyone -- what it does, since it is the place i work out my integrity when i am alone, is prepare me for the next encounter. For example, after making and sending this post wearily, I walked inside and met an artist and had an hourlong encounter and collaboration, and left with a work of art to continue working on, which will be fuel for both of us and also contribute to the culture of the neighborhood.
self-employment means i create and uncover the job i will do - i don’t look for what is wanted of someone and say Yes i will do that; my vision seeks others who have the same vision but wouldn’t know to offer me a job until they meet me, and what they’re seeking was seeking them, and i am that them
“Infinite speakers do not give voice to another, but receive it from another. Infinite speakers do not therefore appeal to a world as audience, do not speak before a world, but present themselves as an audience by way of talking with others. Finite speech informs another about the world—for the sake of being heard. Infinite speech forms a world about the other—for the sake of listening.”
~ James P. Carse, Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
Is any of this effectively attracting anyone to your status as "influencer?"
How does influencer compare to currently having no job at all?
glad to revisit this 🪐
“You ask about the effect my work has on others. If I may speak ironically, that's a masculine question. Men always want to be influential. Do I see myself as influential? No, I want to understand.”
— Hannah Arendt
i'll also say, the content need not "attract" anyone -- what it does, since it is the place i work out my integrity when i am alone, is prepare me for the next encounter. For example, after making and sending this post wearily, I walked inside and met an artist and had an hourlong encounter and collaboration, and left with a work of art to continue working on, which will be fuel for both of us and also contribute to the culture of the neighborhood.
self-employment means i create and uncover the job i will do - i don’t look for what is wanted of someone and say Yes i will do that; my vision seeks others who have the same vision but wouldn’t know to offer me a job until they meet me, and what they’re seeking was seeking them, and i am that them
“Infinite speakers do not give voice to another, but receive it from another. Infinite speakers do not therefore appeal to a world as audience, do not speak before a world, but present themselves as an audience by way of talking with others. Finite speech informs another about the world—for the sake of being heard. Infinite speech forms a world about the other—for the sake of listening.”
~ James P. Carse, Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility