Art is a practice of sharing. It's broadcasting. It increases your surface area of connection.

How many half-finished songs, sketches, or essays are sitting unseen on your hard drive? Art isn’t art until it ships.

You can make the argument that you are the audience. That art is good enough for just yourself.

I hear you. But forgive my rudeness—this reminds me of the ivory tower circlings from college. From a pure philosophical perspective, that's correct—you can be your own audience. Hell, the trees can be too.

But this over-intellectualization misses the point. There is power in sharing. There is power in broadcasting your work.

Remember: we’re all antennae scanning for like frequencies. When you share, you are casting out a signal that others can respond to.

I am guilty of under-sharing. I do so much music work but struggle to share it. Social media posts feel cumbersome. I often overthink them and just don't end up posting them.

But when I do share, I am often rewarded with genuine connection. Others come and share their stories with me. Some offer to collaborate. Sometimes it's months or weeks later that I learn someone viewed my work and felt inspired.

End-to-end completion of our artwork includes sharing it. When you keep it to yourself, the art misses its potential.

So here’s my challenge: share just one thing. No overthinking. No perfect plan. Just post it. Say, "I made this—what do you think?"

Sharing must be built into your practice, into your artistic pipeline. Otherwise, our art will be stunted by our fear—left waiting for a moment that never comes.