In the spirit of Curie's mission to promote undiscovered but exceptional content, we wish to use this twice weekly section to provide an author showcase for some of the outstanding authors who received Curie upvotes in past week. Curie curators and reviewers nominate authors for inclusion in this showcase and author approval is sought and attained.
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Featured Author: 
Steemit open mic week 128 - So long (original) @graemesaxton
As a curator, one of the things I take the most pleasure in here on the blockchain is "discovering" that great new author. Getting them that first big reward, sometimes their first reward here on the platform. Getting them the attention they deserve. I have had the privilege of getting many authors their first Curie vote. It never gets old. This week I managed to get someone a vote on their very first post ever. I don't know for certain, but it is rare, something that has only been done two or three times to my knowledge. In order for it to happen the author has to post something truly exceptional.
Meet Graeme Saxton a 30-year-old Scottish singer/songwriter from central Scotland who has been writing songs for about a decade. While talking with Graeme he shared that he writes about things he finds difficult to talk about. A sentiment I think many songwriters would say. The songs he has written deal with topics like loss, addiction, suicide, depression, and heartbreak. He then joked "mostly heartbreak, all the hits."
This song in particular he says that he, "...wrote it about a girl that he really loved. It was incredibly hard to write despite being incredibly simple bacause it's about letting someone go, not because she hurt me, but because I hurt her so much that if I cared about her at all, I needed to let her try to forget me. Which was hard to accept for a long, long time."
Not only did he get his first ever Curie vote on his first post, but this week's OpenMic results post just came out a little while ago, and he took the first place prize this week! To see the full results to this week's competition check out the results post here.
I do hope he sticks around on the blockchain for a long time, and realizes not every post will get this much attention. I am very pleased to have played a small part in this one getting lots of great attention, and hope it springboards him into a long history of great posts to share his talent with us all.
So stay tuned to his blog page
Featured Author: 
Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim
Another great thing about the platform is that you get a chance to see so many things you would otherwise never see. The majority of us will never get to travel to Germany, even if we do, less will wind up going to an automobile and technology museum while there. Whether it be an art museum in France, an oddities museum in England, or a natural history museum here in the U.S., someone will visit and share photos or video from their trip. It allows us all to see some great places we never even knew we wanted to see.
Our next featured author,
Go check out the full video here, Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim
Featured Author: 
Hidden Waterfalls of Tujunga
who not only goes out and does it, but captures incredible footage of it.
As Jesse said:
"I love to explore and find adventure wherever I can. Life is short and I'm trying to make the most of my short time here on this amazing planet."
If only more of us had that outlook! Until then we will just have to live vicariously through Jesse's adventurous nature. Be sure to go check out his blog page to check out some of his recent posts about things like canyoneering, his near death experience in Indonesia, the Mojave Lava Tubes, and even survival tips on how to start a fire with a bag of water or a battery.
Go watch the full video here.
Featured Author: 
ALTERNATE STATE
describes the piece as,
"A deep and somewhat dark overtoned experimental song, with orchestral and techno-ish styled parts"
For me, it just has something that takes hold of you and won't let go until it is over. I find it somewhat entrancing or hypnotic. It also has a very meditative aspect to it.
The author also says,
"It's got that epic movie soundtrack thing going on"
I can definitely hear that as well. Different parts of it would be great during some montage of someone out searching for something, while other parts would fit right into a sci-fi thriller or horror film.
Go listen to the full song here.
Featured Author: 
The Extraordinary Café - Finish The Story #48
is part of the Finish the Story contest run by 
.
The story titled, "The Extraordinary Café" was started by
, and 
and provided in the weekly contest post. Those interested can then write their own ending to the story and win Steem or Steem Basic Income.
As always I want to leave out all the spoilers and let you enjoy reading the whole story on your own. So if you want to go find out the fate of Matt, the old man in the cafe, and more, go read
's ending. Personally, I loved the path she took with the story.
Go read the full story here.
This Curie Author Showcase was written by Curie Curator 