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Amihai Loven's avatar

Michael, very interesting article. Thanks for taking the time to bring all this data. As to your growing interest in such platform (onlyFan), and especially about your suggested insight about what people really seek, allow me to share few lines that I write yesterday, and seems like a great fit:

All your life you run away

From your restful heart

Your skill - ‘Escape master’

Exhausted, and lacking vitality

You traded rest with vulgarity

And you got tired of yourself

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Michael Spencer's avatar

You know Amihai, I grew up reading Rumi and mystical poetry, so I do always like your perspective.

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Amihai Loven's avatar

Rumi left pearls indeed.

And you too, between the lines of your honest writing and advocacy for free space to creative flow.

Recently, more than ever,

I find that “following the trace of money”, or “measuring success financially”, leads to a clear understanding of the paradox in it.

Keep doing, keep asking, and from time to time,

Take a look at how all is, just because it is.

That which your heart is calling for is greater than any conclusion.

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Michael Spencer's avatar

Indeed my interests are somewhat paradoxical. I was once quite a serious poet, but I admit these days I find the stock market and macro economics more stimulating.

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