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I’m a fan! I’ll keep commenting. I’m honored to hold the barricade with you in support of art over spectacle.

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Yesssss, thank you sir. These threads are fertile ground for *actually* communicating. I appreciate you. The gate keepers are shaking in their boots ...

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So, glad for your success Samuél. And thank you for joining us on the innerlifecollaborative.substack.com, another form of exchange.

I love the idea of letters to one another--and would love to engage with you as well if you'd like. Give it some thought. ~Mary

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Fantastic Mary, looking forward to having a more in-depth dialogue to discover your mind and work. I'll be reaching out in the next weeks via a letter!

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Congrats, Samuel! And looking quite dapper in your photo.

As I've mentioned before we're cruising the same wavelength. I've got a similar post planned tomorrow for my subscribers.

Very much looking forward to what you do next.

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Thank you kind sir. It turns out that asking people for help / to connect doesn't have to be shameful or embarrassing. What is it about the past decade of social media that makes it so hard to have authentic confidence in oneself? (that's probably worth an entire few essays)

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First thought is fear of rejection, which is amplified by orders of magnitude on social media. A thread to pull on.

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Thank you for the explanation. It makes very good and inspiring sense. Count on me for the coming years

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Thank you Vergel! You are a kind saint.

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For once it's actually legit for me to say SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION

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I shan't fail you, comrade

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It's impressive what you've accomplished in 1 year of Substack, Samuel, vs. publishing/academia. 👏🏼 It gives one hope!

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Thanks for the kind words Monica. It's inspiring to have found an online space where people *actually* read and talking about writing. Turns out we're writers and readers. Who knew?

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I think *we* knew. What we found out though is how much we also "talk"/discuss with one another, even if in written form. 😄

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Greetings from another fan! My problem is I can’t keep up with all your great writing! I need to sit my ass down and start reading more. 😃. Great work! Thanks for the reminder. 👍

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Haha, I'm right there with you. So much to read, so infinite time. And yet, and yet .... here's to reading when we feel it, and dancing in the sunshine when we do not

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