Vesta Cocoon Diary: What it's like to be famous
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July 17, 2021
The famous American artist Andy Warhol once said: “In the future, everyone can be famous for 15 minutes (opens in a new tab).”
You may have heard this sentence before, and you may also think that it sounds natural and not surprising in today’s world where amateur Internet celebrities are in power. However, when Andy Warhol said this sentence, it was an era before even the Internet was invented!
According to Wikipedia, Andy Warhol loved fame and loved creating fame. He believed that fame was a good thing that people would be happy to enjoy as long as there was a chance. However, he is not a person who clings to power. He socializes with people at the top as well as at the bottom of society.
Speaking of fame, do you like it? But today, I became a little famous again. I still remember that I was interviewed by two United Daily News reporters before, and the second report “Engineer cross-border writer Vista: The midfield of life writes his inner words (opens in a new tab)” was published in the newspaper today.
It’s interesting to say that the number of people who read newspapers seems to have dropped sharply now, but many friends still saw the newspapers early in the morning and came to tell me the news. Thank you for your blessings. I will continue to create and hope that I can help more friends who want to learn to write well (opens in a new tab).
In addition to receiving congratulations from friends on Facebook, LINE and other social media, I also received a call from an elder in the afternoon, which made me even more flattered. This retired teacher Zhou from Jianzhong has been my mother’s friend for many years. After she saw my news in the newspaper, she hurriedly wanted to call me to congratulate…
But the old man forgot his contact information for a while, and she even tried to call the United Daily News to ask! Unfortunately, the search failed, and after struggling for a long time, I finally found my home phone number in the corner of the phone book.
When I took the phone from my mother, I was a little excited, because hearing Teacher Zhou’s genuine concern from the phone was more precious than anything else. The feeling of being blessed and cared for is far more real and touching than the feeling of being famous for fifteen minutes!
Thank you, Teacher Zhou, and thank you to all my friends who cheered me on.
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Further reading
- “Vista Cocoon Diary”: Mom, I was in the United Daily News
- “Vista Cocoon Diary”: How to improve writing efficiency
- “Vesta Cocoon Diary”: The Power of Writing
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Vista Cheng speaks and runs workshops on AI workflows, writing and content systems for companies, schools and public agencies.
