 Got a question from listener Vilexus on self-censorship She is an artist with some Very dark material and she's concerned that It may be taken the wrong way and could actually Have a negative harmful effect on people But at the same time it could also have a powerful cathartic effect and be helpful And so she's not sure whether to release this particular material and it goes to the question of what are the Obligations of an artist of a creator To society are there Is there a duty to Protect the people in some way Versus perhaps a duty of an artist to Simply Do whatever it takes whatever is on a purely artistic level Seen as good that is good and to be willing to break All boundaries So this is a very difficult question for me, and I don't have an answer But the issue of self-censorship is certainly something that I deal with I'm not used to publicly Talking to the entire world. I mean you're talking into a camera talking into a microphone and Anybody in the world could watch you and maybe there's almost nobody who is even aware of the existence of This channel of this thing as it is now, but then even in the future anything I say could be found by anybody and So when you're looking into that camera and when you're speaking into that microphone, you really are speaking into the whole world speaking for all time and really part of the reason why I'm Doing these little vlogs is To give myself the practice the training of getting used to every day looking into that camera speaking into that microphone and Being okay With whatever I say Being delivered to the whole world so in the particular case of some particularly dark material that might be harmful I Can't answer the question of whether Any particular material should be released They would have to be a balance between What the good of what's considered to be good Art good work something that could be valuable to people as art as work compared to a possible negative effect that a dark message Inside art can have But my answer will be To really look into this feeling of Self-censorship look into that voice inside that says To hold back or that cautions against Expressing something Is it seems to me like this is a mix of multiple Sources there can be multiple sources of this feeling of this thought one of them and really the most good and justifiable and Reasonable would be this this idea of actually protecting the public Which I against this material protecting and protecting the public from certain material which I think would only be The case of some very very dark stuff Not just something covering dark material, but something that you would consider to have Perhaps a very negative harmful message but It also seems to be connected to all the other possible Voices there could be all the other possible reasons for this voice What holds us back besides an actual reasonable Concern that we should not say what we're saying It's natural to be hesitant about revealing ourselves to the world if you just Like think of that feeling when you just get a camera in your face microphone to your mouth Okay, you express yourself right now. What's the hesitation? There's a feeling of This is The world is seeing me Actually, I can't speak to These particular situation of this listener. I can only speak for myself that there's of There's there's a hesitation about being seen by the world It's like whoa. Well, they're going to judge me. They're going to see me in a certain way. Am I presenting myself? in a good light or am I making a fool out of myself or a villain out of myself am I projecting a good image of who I am as To the world so that people will Think well of me or at least Not think poorly of me And it's a natural thought that we all have but you know when I express it like that it does kind of come out as being wow that is Mostly unnecessary. It seems like it is mostly unnecessary if I have something to say That I feel is important enough for me to say Then and I and something that I feel that some listeners can get value from then I should not be So concerned about how others will perceive me and in fact Becoming less concerned with how others perceive me is something that has been greatly helpful for me in becoming more free more able to Make independent strong decisions and Do better work The more I can be in different others opinions doing things because I believe they're right and Then letting other people decide what they think of me So this I Hold as an ideal that There should be no reason for me to hold back for in regards to What people might or how people might react to it I simply Try to Create value Create something valuable Then release it to the world and Then whatever happens happens So this is I believe the ideal Mindset, but I'm certainly far from it Just over 50 videos in now 50 days And I'm still just barely getting used to this idea of being Public even in the most limited way So I would be curious to hear any listener feedback about this What does it mean to make ourselves public in this way and Are there obligations That come with that So those are my thoughts on the topic and perhaps in the future when I have more experience with this I can Give a more definitive answer, but as it is now I'm still learning what this means and my task for myself now is to overcome this voice of self-censorship and be able to Express all the best things that I have to express