Why Medium?

Why Not? Fun Matters

I’m not trying to be flip, but fun is sidelined in most disciplines. We write on our desks and kitchen tables, between work duties and making dinner and raising kids.

Our attention is always demanded elsewhere, so it’s radical to shift our gaze to our creative lives, and even more radical to hold that gaze for a space each day.

Besides, I love when people show up for the world, by showing up for themselves. There’s a lot of writers doing just that on this platform, sometimes elegantly or awkwardly, but doing it all the same.

I believe in abundance: the more we create and celebrate each other’s creativity the better off we all are.

Yeah, the algorithm is a game — but aren’t games kind of fun?

I’m intrigued by many of the stories here and I want to play too.