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Hey Adam. I don't know what project didn't get the recognition you felt it deserved, but I wanted to let you know two things.

One; I very much understand that feeling, all too well. I made a documentary film that cost years of my life. It was a good documentary that I personally sacrificed for in many ways. Hardly anyone saw it. I made a TV show all about the creative process. I put everything I (emotionally) had into this. Almost nobody knows it ever existed. I made a couple podcast series that were essentially shelved as soon as they were finished. The majority of my career has been a repeating cycle of pouring my soul into something, for it to then be banished to digital oblivion almost before anyone has a chance to see it. It's beyond frustrating. It's deeply, deeply depressing.

Second; your work has really impacted me. Your series "The Long Game" is something I've revisited periodically since you released it. Part 3 about Vincent Van Gogh always stirs some feelings. I think about living an "autotelic" life frequently, in part because I'm so bad at it, so focused on trying to produce outcomes with work I think is meaningful, but always failing to make any waves. So... thank you for making that. You may not feel it had much impact in the world, but it matters to me.

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Hey Adam, I'm here as an admirer of your work on Operation InfeKtion, and as a fellow creative who has gotten a lot out of reading your blog today. I'm going to act directly on the advice of this post and take up some space in the comments section by promoting a creative project (hey, you asked for it!). My team and I at Alterea Inc. have spent the last year+ creating Agents of Influence, a spy-themed educational video game about misinformation. Your series, Operation InfeKtion, along with many other media showing us the problem of misinformation, was a huge inspiration to us. The project is live on Kickstarter right now and has over 200 backers and $15,000+ in under 3 days, but we still have a long way to our $30,000 goal. I very much believe in the power of this project to make a difference to students around the world. Please check it out and share with anyone you think might be interested. https://bit.ly/AgentsInfluenceKickstarter

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May 29, 2021Liked by Adam

❤️ and 🙏 to you

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Thanks man. Needed to hear this today :)

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Thanks, Adam!

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