Sharing some of my favorite art collected on secondary over the last few weeks. Does it matter that they're all editions? Nope! Not at all. Great art is still art, as it should be. Which one is your favorite? (Credits to the artists in the 🧵)

Pieces collected by these wonderful people: Between Realms - @funghibull BREATH - @GuyNorcal SEED - @ArguriusGC The Only Way Out is In - @JacqScripps Eternally grateful for your connection to what I create.

gm! Melody of solitude Created by @goshtasbi_h Collected by @ArguriusGC

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Close to 400 hours of listening while stuck in traffic or exercising! 💪 No time to read and expand your horizons is not an excuse!

Good morning friends! Owned: @ArguriusGC

Turn pain into art

Nolli Manhattan collected by @ArguriusGC

"Net Positive" My first open edition is now live for 48 hours 👩🏾‍🌾🎣 Link info 👇🏽

this space is a constant swing between toxic positivity and cancellation

Gm! #girldad

Yet It Is I Who Withers

Edge

saw a tweet the other day saying artists with full time jobs make art to thrive, not survive and that's why they're successful in this space i think this discredits the artists who have been full time before you paid attn to them and its kind of a slap in the face imo, further enforcing the idea that art is a silly little hobby and not a respectable career path if that works for you, fine -- but imo we should be empowering choices, not setting standards

GM! Celebrate your successes! Don't focus on your current problems but remember all the things you went through to get to where you are now! 🙏

At some point, in almost every successful artist’s career, there’s a point where the ego takes over. « I’ve worked so hard to get here and went through so many hardships, surely I deserve to sell? » « My work is so good it deserves to be in a museum and studied. » This mentality, fed by an ego measuring success with sales/recognition and the feeling of being « deserving », is faulty and quite toxic. We have been conditioned into thinking that success is a combination of notoriety and money. Paired with a deep feeling of « being deserving », it is a dangerous cocktail that will inevitably lead to more negative feelings I.e worthlessnesses, sadness, anger, depression. Should your art, your passion, make you feel this way? It is all an illusion, controlled by your thoughts, creating your own reality, influenced by your ego. The ego is an insatiable part of ourself. It is not inherently right or wrong, it is human. The trick is to be self aware enough to know when your ego is influencing your thoughts, and learn to control it. Keep yourself in check. So the next time you find yourself thinking « it should have been me » or « this piece should be sold », ask yourself, is it the love of your craft, your art talking, or is it your ego?

The story of how this shoot from 2016 saved my photography career: I had recently moved to LA and had a job as a production assistant. It required 12 hour days for next to no money and I could see the dead end from a mile away. With a few hundred dollars in my account, I quit. ⤵️

Some random thoughts today: Curated collections/platforms claiming to be "for the artists" should only get small % of royalties on the first sale. 100% of secondary royalties should go straight to the artists. Don't give collectors too much power over your work.

Getting lost in beautiful places

Could we maybe normalise in this space that it’s ok to take a break 😬 … That it’s ok to leave sometimes because it’s just a little bit too much here … That it’s ok as an artist or just a human being to follow where the work is especially outside of this space … That it’s ok if you have a family and can’t show up as much as you’d like to here… That it’s ok to feel a bit sad when people who aren’t living your life and aren’t artists themselves preach that the only artists who are worth it are the ones who consistently show up here… Did you know that for a huge majority of artists their craft is a side hustle and they need to work a full or part time job elsewhere to survive? That they actually can’t show up here everyday? With all due respect 🙏 give artists a break and stop spreading ‘alpha’ that is wrong and unfair that they need to show up every single day to count. It’s totally amazing for those who can and want to show up everyday to do so ! But for those who can’t or choose differently, don’t count them out. I don’t normally speak up but honestly pretty tired of seeing the same message on the timeline from people who have no clue.

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