Dear Artist! Here is my small gift to you 🙏 I can only imagine how beautiful - and at times challenging - your journey must be. Over the past few years I’ve been blessed to collect more than 1000 wonderful works from artists like you and have learned a bit along the way. In a small sense I think I understand both the beauty and the struggle. To offer something from my heart I’ve put together 20 points - non-obvious topics you may encounter, along with my thoughts on each. It’s subjective and imperfect - but I hope you’ll find it helpful and inspiring. 1. As an artist you put your heart and soul into your art. Who takes care of it matters far more than short-term monetary value. 2. Mint only when you are truly proud of your work. Treat every minted piece as an exhibition. Every work can be shown - not necessarily minted. 3. Your art can remain in your possession for years and still be incredibly valuable. They just don’t know it yet. 4. In art there’s no such thing as too much supply - only too little demand. Don’t worry about demand as long as you're truly proud of what you release. 5. Your integrity is above everything else. Thoughtless short-term gains can lead to long-term difficulties. 6. Don’t focus too much on the "market" or money - and there’s a good chance you’ll end up with more of it than you ever imagined. 7. A few passionate collectors are worth more than a thousand flippers. Feel free to revisit the first point. 8. It's better not to ask anyone to buy your art. Just share your joy and passion - the right collectors will find you when the time comes. 9. Most platforms, galleries and intermediaries may have goals that differ from yours. Find partners who love art more than money and work with them. Trust your intuition. 10. Utilize social media - it's a powerful tool. Network effects are real and can work wonders. Check out Sam Spratt for inspiration - his distribution models and social activity are great examples. 11. Avoid posting about your art sales figures - be proud of your art and your collectors - not what they paid. 12. Avoid competing with anyone. You’ve already won - it just takes time to realize it. 13. In reality you don't need anyone's recognition. Keep doing what you love - it's the only thing that matters. 14. Consider not enforcing royalties - make collectors want to send you royalties on their own. 15. Your intentions and goals do make a difference. Collectors can instinctively sense both passion and extraction with surprising accuracy. 16. If you’re not sure what to do - ask yourself: What would an artist I admire do if he were me? There are many reasons why the greats are appreciated - learn from them. 17. In art there is no pressure, no rush and no deadlines. Enjoy the experience and the journey to the fullest. Feel blessed as you are blessed. 18. Don’t be afraid to give - everything you give will come back to you tenfold. Study the origins of Punks and Lost Robbies for inspiration. 19. Consider becoming a collector of your own works. 20. When you achieve great success remember your roots and your journey. Stay humble and grateful. I dedicate these thoughts to all the wonderful artists who have so generously shared their hearts with me along the way. May you all be blessed to the fullest ❤️‍🔥

Little did I know where this road would take me🤐 but IYKYK... Blue Murder by the one and only @lm_netwebs

Art has a unique quality that I have come to realise over time: it reveals itself slowly to those who truly care about it. And the longer I think about it - the more sense it makes.

Instead of posting only the art you own - post all the art you love. Trust me it’s much more fun 😊 closer by @joepease

The right-click-and-save equivalent of Cattelan's banana 🤣 This sounds familiar 😁: "the value of the work... lies entirely in its certificate of authenticity and in "the protocol governing its presentation rather than its perishable element," explained the museum."

There is a lot of confident talk on X about quantum computing breaking crypto. I would rather listen to Ray Kurzweil. From an interview published today: "The idea of quantum is that you can factor large numbers. If you can do that you can break every cryptocurrency code that's going. But they've never ever done that. Ten years ago they were saying OK we're about to do this but it never happened. And today it doesn't happen. And they make all kinds of progress reports which people don't understand. And in fact it's hard to understand because it doesn't really make any sense. The output of quantum computing is filled with errors. And they can't get rid of the errors. So I'm not confident of quantum computing and I don't think it's going to work." - Ray Kurzweil Source: Ray Kurzweil’s interview with Tony Robbins (starts at 30:00)

Some think art is optional. The deeper I go - the more I realize it is existential.

For millennia art was a prisoner. One place, one wall, behind one door. Then a few artists broke it out. The world hasn’t thanked them yet. But it will.

Art that makes you a better human being... just by looking and listening. Please turn the sound on. I Wanna Run! by @deekaymotion

𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 💫✨❤️💕🕶️🦀

Last Selfie: token birth (~2019) 🪦KO

What if compression didn’t just affect the artwork - what if compression became the artwork itself? I’ve been here long enough yet brilliant minds like @JanRobertLeegte and the questions they ask - are what keep me here. Added a beautiful JPEG trio to my collection today.