I, being a fool, had believed the entire point of art communities- and, on a larger scale, the internet- was to be heard and responded to.

It's one of the greatest complaints I've ever heard about, even! Misinterpretations, 'trolling', unwelcome and unsavory opinions.
But no matter where I speak, I scarcely, if ever, receive response. For myself, for my thoughts, for my writings.
It's privately maddening.
It's worse still to speak publicly of it and be mollycoddled or told off- self pitying whines, they call it. Is it, then, utterly pointless to want to hear from others? Is there some innurement to simple humanity and community I have never heard of on a screen?...
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