To be an artist today. Being an artist is to be visceral, contradictory, passionate, emotional and opinionated. We are the ones culture has deemed as the portrayers of the symptoms of the good and the bad and how we feel about this very complicated world we live in. Yes we can create beauty, but since the 20th century, artists have been granted the opportunity to make visible the ugly and shifting conditions in which we live in. I believe in this very much. Being an artist is to be vulnerable; because of what you say (or don’t say), and what you create. That constant state of vulnerability is both unquieting and an opportunity. It makes you feel alive and close to the world. Being from the “global south” adds an extra layer of awareness in terms of being an artist. Our lives are lacking many of the economic and social certainties developed countries offer artists. Sometimes this is visible in the kind of art that spawns from the different regions. I personally feel committed to talking about the uncertainty we in latin America , even when my work seems aesthetically oriented at times. To be an artist today is to create contradictions. The harshness of life sometimes is rendered beautiful through our images. That is a constant struggle for many of us. To see the world from outside at times and still comment on it when you are not fully part of what it is that troubles your philosophical, cultural, economic or emotional positions. Again. Being an artist is complicated. To be an artist is also to hustle, sacrifice, stress, hope, desire, commit, and develop a vision. That path, for most of us, takes years to harness and grow. Many of my early artist friends have desisted and left art because of these difficulties (I sure have thought about it many times!). For most of us, we have to balance making a living and doing art. There is more economic uncertainty than a steady balance to be able to focus on just one thing. But then again, we can’t help ourselves! We need to say and create the things we want to create and if that means to struggle, so be it. Being an artist is also a privilege, and I think a responsibility. Hopefully both our inner worlds and outside views contribute to making this world more livable.

I spent years refusing to make art on an iPad. I hated it, even more when NFTs took off and you could see the traces of Procreate everywhere. Now I'm building my own painting software for it. Hockney partly to blame. Raw, simple drawing tools that translate the gestures on the touch screen into three-dimensional objects. Just stretching where AI can allow me to FAFO, connecting devices, the iPad to 3D printers and CNCs. 💥

Name: Umwelt #222 Species: Wisperas Inscription: 46195 Generated and inscribed on bitcoin by @0xfar

If you are into ordinals I suggest you to check artists doing stuff since 3 years, we don't have a good place to filter or share our work, this has been a big problem for ages. Websites like @raster_art now have a good recap but still we need to improve, I let you here a long list of inscribooors: @CyberSeaNFT - bitcoin data @0xfar - conceptual / multidisciplinary @billyresteybot - gen art / 3D @nullish - sub 1k / gen art @Ordinals10K - gen art @POSTWOOK - astronomical illustrations @Coldie - og collages @hafftka - paintings and illustrations @DocT___ - conceptual/ai @BravoCosto architectural illustrations/gen @bright_lightart - gen art @Kanetix22 - light gen art @RuptureNFT - black and white illustration @fiatfire - conceptual/illustration @ekavibes - illustration @Raxonchain - 3d/inmersive @PawelDudko - gen art / animated there are way more good artists this is only some, you can find more here: gamma.io/explore/drops or here ord.net/ 🫡

Fable is quite good at talking through concepts in art and design. It’s more decisive on creative direction, and connects well with complex contexts. You can share images of work in progress and raw ideas, and builds on top quite eloquently.

My birthday is this Saturday ! Instead of receiving any gifts, I would really just love my amazing friends at @opensea to support all the Bitcoin Ordinal collections and their communities. Would be the best 🎁 ever

Young. Wealthy. Chronically online.

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Tonight’s opening with 300 people at Fundacion MAPFRE Madrid❤️‍🔥🫂

simplicty is the rising star

It is essential to do a deep dive into the history of Computer Graphics and how it all evolved in the University of Utah. Highly recommended: Image Objects by @jacobgaboury

Painting with machines

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Thank you. You'll probably like the art mode too! x.com/ord_net/status/2059706…

Art looking great on ord.net, thanks @lifofifo !

Mark Pauline will be recognized as one of the best artists of our time.

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