beautiful photography...
On the subject of the post... i hear you, it can feel at times like we are singing to an empty audience. That being said, we are so early in the game it actually makes sense.
To me it boils down to this, I've never been able to accomplish anything valuable without effort. Because if it was valuable, then it also meant I had to work hard for it to even make that assessment..
I hope you stick around, in my book this confusing experiment is going place, and those who stay now, early in the game, are going to be grateful they did.