Volume (Webster's) 1 a : a series of printed sheets bound typically in book form 3 : the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object as measured in cubic units (as quarts or liters) 4 a (1) : amount; also : bulk, mass (2) : a considerable quantity 5 : the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound How can you get a simple message out amidst the mind-numbing over-share of social media? How can you get an audience into an alpha state with today's insane level of constant distractions? How do you get yourself into an alpha state with all the stress and anxiety in the modern day? How do you get your fans to know it when something is REALLY important and social media algorithms don't let your posts get to peeps for days? Today I had a conversation with a poet who reminds me of an artist I once knew. It drove her crazy that people would come to her art installation and keep glancing at their cellphones. Even if they were sharing the art with friends. She'd spent her lifetime crafting this experience for her audience; and here they were punctuating each piece with a glance at their Facebook and a text to their latest consternation. "Fuck these people" She shouted finally. Fuck the money, she went back underground, she got a day job. She thought her art should be the reason that her fans were there and she started to realize that her fans were there to see HER as much as they were there to see her art and when she tried to separate the physical her from the artistic works, she lost something. You see, SHE was the work of art. She didn't want her appearance to be a factor. Her pieces were just extensions of her and fair or not, she hated it. She wanted to be separate. She wanted her art to stand alone. More Audible whenever She wanted Her Message to be More Audible She'd always lower the Vol u m e . https://www.instagram.com/napkindiary #volume #getthemessage #quiet #lowerthevolume #pipedown #listening #love #concision #brevity #recovery #addiction #alcoholism #napkin #napkindiaries #poetry #igpoets #writersofIG #sapiosexual #poetsociety #writingadvice #audible #impact #socialmedia #undergroundartists #igpoetry #poem #mic #alphastate #disrespect