What’s possible when we consider that the recipient is in control?
This inverse dynamic is just as established and increasingly deserving of our attention as its prevalence is growing, and its gravitational pull now dramatic.
The term used to describe this phenomenon is called “Audience Capture” — an audience has hypnotized or captured a creator.
There’s never been a moment in history where more people have been putting themselves on display in public for judgment by creating works of art (or “content”): podcasts, newsletters, original music, novels, and videos, both long and short — including our everyday Instagram Stories.
The more we publish, the more opportunities there are to contemplate what an audience thinks about our performances.
This is happening at every. single. waking. moment.
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