High Beam

Summary

Kira Dawn expresses her journey and gratitude towards the Illumination publication on Medium, which has allowed her to transition from a newsletter subscriber to a writer, significantly impacting her life and creative expression.

Abstract

Kira Dawn shares her personal experience with the Illumination publication, highlighting her initial frustration with receiving newsletters without being a writer. After expressing her feelings to Dr. Mehmet Yildiz, she was granted the opportunity to become a writer for Illumination. This experience has profoundly affected her, igniting a desire to share her stories and illuminate the lives of others, often with humor. She acknowledges the community's acceptance of her authentic self, including her use of profanity and vulgarity. Kira Dawn concludes with a message of gratitude towards Illumination and a quote from Shakespeare, "To Thine Own Self Be True," before expressing her love for the community and a copyright notice dated June 27, 2020.

Opinions

Kira Dawn has a deep appreciation for Dr. Mehmet Yildiz and the opportunity to write for Illumination.
The transition from a newsletter recipient to a writer has been transformative for Kira Dawn, affecting her soul and creative output.
Kira Dawn feels a strong sense of belonging and acceptance within the Illumination community, despite her use of profanity and vulgarity.
She is grateful for the platform Illumination has provided, allowing her to be her true self and share her light with others.
Kira Dawn values the ability to make people laugh through her stories and considers it a form of illumination.
There is an acknowledgment of uncertainty regarding the appropriateness of her shared content, hinting at a moment of self-reflection.

Illumination

Picture of The Gorgeous Mess, Kira Dawn

I love Illumination and the especially Dr Mehmet Yildiz . I don’t think he is aware of this incident, so I apologize, I kept getting newsletters in my email from this Pub that I wasn’t part of. Well I had it. I told Dr. Mehmet that it was so cruel that I was getting these newsletters yet wasn’t made a writer. My feelings were hurt.

I think I only knew Chris Hedges and Gurpreet Dhariwal at the time. Well now that I know about Medium. Anybody can get a newsletter. Suffice to say that night I became a writer and it really has changed my soul.

The word ILLUMINATION makes me want to give off my light! Let me shine! You guys can polish me. Just get me there. Wow did I share. Sometimes I wonder if it was too much because now what can I say…lmfao. My brain is filled with stories to illuminate and I hope make people laugh!

Sometimes?

Sometimes that is not the intention at all. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be part of the community and you guys put up with all my profanity, vulgarity, etc.

Thank you Illumination for letting me be me.

“To Thine Own Self Be True.”

~William Shakespeare~

Love You All. God Bless You All.

Kira Dawn The Gorgeous Mess

a.k.a. Ditto Squared Amy Marley