Am I Dreaming? Is it a Glitch? No - "You've Been Curied!"

I have to share this experience with you, my followers, friends and fellow Steemians. I've just 'been Curied' and it could not have happened at a more apt and fortuitous moment...

Firstly, many thanks to @rasamuel for putting my post forward to the Curie collective. And many thanks to the members of @curie who responded to my post with such positivity. Maybe I'm crazy, but I feel as though you just acted as a channel for a message from life.

Because quite literally at EXACTLY THE SAME TIME as my partner was telling me how talented I am as a writer, and how it's a shame that I'm "not doing anything with it"; and as I was replying to him that sharing my writing alongside my art and photography here online IS me doing something with it, right here, on my Steemit blog, my last post about the death of my beloved Millie was suddenly going viral...

From 6 upvotes overnight to 360 upvotes in the space of 30 minutes! When I came to my computer and saw that happening live, I was completely blown away... At first I thought I must be seeing things, or it must be a glitch. I logged out and logged back in again. Still the numbers were rising.

I called Raven downstairs and said, "WTF is happening? Am I seeing things?! Is this for real?" We checked over on Busy together and saw the notifications piling up. Not dreaming. Seemingly not a glitch...

In pretty short order, I traced the phenomena back to an upvote from a curation collective known as @curie that had opened the upvoting floodgates. OK, so I now understand the phenomena in Steemit terms. But in 'messages from the Universe' terms? I feel as though I have a tiny, frizzled angel watching over me right now - and that something somewhere is telling me that I am on the right track.

Because although I understand that to some people (yes, I get these comments often) my work may look 'too eclectic' or 'unfocused'; although some people may not see the connection between my art, my photography, my writing, my music and the stories I share about my everyday life, guess what? There IS cohesion - there IS congruence. Each of those things - including my love for my non-human companions - plays a part in the whole package of my creativity. There IS no way of separating those elements out for me.

Yes, I could 'sell out' and hunt for the popular vote. I could embellish my story and pimp it up to play to the mainstream audience. I could shift my focus to 'what sells'. I could even (yes, this gets suggested - eek!) give up on my career as an independent creative and start working a day job instead. But you know what? No. I won't do it. I can't do it. It's not who I am and it's not what I want. (Note: I do already have a 'day job', in that I receive a small stipend plus accommodation for my part in taking care of the place I live in, so happily I'm not going to starve whilst doggedly pursuing my creative vision).

So. I am taking this message from life, delivered via @curie, as a sign that sharing all the things I love, all the talents I have, and combining them in my own way to pass on to others the messages that Life sees fit to send through me, is 'right'. "Be the connection, not just the observer", someone once said to me. Exactly. That's what I'm doing. That's my mission, such as it is. I did not light this candle to hide it under a bushel. So thank you for reading this, and for your support of my work, everyone who has and does so. Because moments like my 'being curied' experience make it all worthwhile and restore and replenish my faith.

Message received. Message absorbed. Message transmitted.

💖💛 💖 💛💖 💛 💖 💛 💖

With love,

Jay

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Main photo:

Category	Colourful Photography
Settings	50mm - ISO 640 - f6.3 - 1/500 sec
Camera	Olympus OMD EM-1, M.Zuiko 12-50mm lens
Location	Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, UK

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