I got a request in my inbox this morning that made me squeak with pleasure. and reminded me that the internet is a wonderful place of opportunities.
a few years ago, I was running a small youtube channel for french learners called Just French It, I left that channel 4 years ago, youtube stopped paying me for ads as well, so I had sort of assumed people were not watching anymore. turns out I was wrong.
some of those videos are STILL accumulating views (this month the channel is recording 72H of view time which still feels insane). one of the most popular types is : french readings. I had forgotten all about that. And as much as I didn't enjoy making videos, I remember that readings were a nice kind of performance.
you sit down with a text, and through trying to interpret it different ways, you just learn to say it right. and by that process you learn it deeply (which imo is kind of same thing as love).
anyway, this morning, I was reminded of all of this by a request from a (very cool) musician asking me if I'd be down to record some poems for her next performance.
Isn't it wonderful?
because when people say 'internet is an opportunity', we (well I) tend to think about money and business and services with proper offers and jobs and all the tralala of modern economy. but it's also that.
the internet is a wonderful place of opportunities, and those opportunities are larger than our own imagination
weird stuff you'd never think you would be doing
charming and incredibly uplifting
Makes me want to start a list of cool projects I've been a part of simply because I was active online. For another time.
Actually looking for more stuff like this ! Contact me mariedrouvin.com@gmail.com.