Ramble | Audience engagement versus creative freedom (ASMR)

The following video contains my personal opinions and experience with creating content catered to an audience, versus creating content out of artistic expression. I am by far in no way an expert. I can only say that I have done some deep thinking over this subject for the last few years while experimenting with different online content creation mediums. ______________________ Follow me on Social Media~! I respond to DMs and post lots of stuff! 📸 Instagram | @SomeReadingsASMR 🐦 Twitter | @asmr_some ^ Contact me on these two. I also have: 📌 Pinterest | pinterest.com/SomereadingsASMR 📮 Facebook | facebook.com/SomereadingsASMR 💡 Minds | @somereadingsasmr #️⃣ Tumblr | tumblr.com/blog/somereadingsasmr paypal.me/SomeReadingsASMR (donations are really appreciated, I use them to increase the quality of my videos!) ❓ What IS ASMR? Why are you being WEIRD? ❓ ASMR is a tingly relaxing phenomena that occurs when some people hear, see or feel different things! Videos tagged with 'ASMR' are created with the express purpose to try to trigger these relaxing feelings. Personal attention, whispering, clicking and various sounds & visuals commonly trigger this sensation. People watch ASMR for relaxation, escapism, entertainment, to pass the time, to sleep or to avoid being lonely. You don't need to feel weird about watching ASMR! If you do not experience ASMR, you are definitely still welcome to watch! If you don't understand the feeling - the closest I can explain is the feeling of getting a relaxing massage from a professional massage therapist. Below are some excerpts I have paraphrased from Wikipedia for further detail: Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), sometimes auto sensory meridian response, is a tingling sensation that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. A pleasant form of paresthesia, it has been compared with auditory-tactile synesthesia and may overlap with frisson. ASMR signifies the subjective experience of "low-grade euphoria" characterized by "a combination of positive feelings and a distinct static-like tingling sensation on the skin". It is most commonly triggered by specific auditory or visual stimuli, and less commonly by intentional attention control. A genre of videos which intend to stimulate ASMR has emerged, of which over 13 million are published on YouTube (Wikipedia, 2020). Citations Wikipedia (2020). Retrieved on 11/03/2020 from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonom... My weird brain (whenever I research, create and post).