It sure feels good though when I get it. I remember a couple of years ago I wrote a poem about how happy I was when my son joined and read one of my pieces and clapped and that when I shared the poem with my son, he got teary. Unfortunately, I have no idea what I called it and I can't find it. I must have put it in the middle of one of my full of tangents/streams of consciousness pieces I wrote back then.

Your discussion regarding writing and validation also reminds me of a channeled discussion I had with my lead spirit guide about a year and a half ago:

"Rama said, paraphrasing, 'when you stop caring about claps and comments your writing will move to the next level and you will write a book.' This thrilled me. Not because of the prediction. It thrilled me because for several weeks I have grappled with the self-awareness that I am very attached to the comments and highlights from a few writers whom I admire, ... and when they do not read my poems and essays it bums me out. I realized that I crave these comments because I never received affirmation from my parents and thus never felt adequate love. So that Rama knew of these thoughts of mine thrilled me. Yet, I realized, while aware of my thoughts, Rama did not grasp the genesis. Rama thought I might be tailoring my writing to receive affirmation and that is what Rama sought to discourage. About thirty minutes later, Rama popped back into the session, we discussed this, and Rama left pleased." From my https://medium.com/illumination/god-loves-us-unconditionally-45c54c297e52