It’s a game Bro! Some play the finite game of war and violence aka EVIL and some play the infinite game of LOVE ❤️

Next level: buy BTC with your day job funds and then strive to earn BTC through your own works be they art or craft as a side hustle… 🤣🤔🤑❤️

Humm… I always thought that the both/and logic of computers and computing was always a dominant concept…

Cool— love ❤️ love fungal networks and am including some in my painting of Ross! Here’s the initial sketch… ✍️

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Likewise

Pretty sure an Artist said this— probably Monet with his water lilies nostr:note12nraypdm9m04dckvj0uwt4pdrhf8sawcafggtcque9ny66pkahys9f3t4x

Of course- interacting with the opposite sex tends to change every thing!

Ok… sent an email for clarification

Yes! 🙌 I want one!! ☝️

Awesome—I have a couple of paintings to finish up in the next few days so I can make digital prints from them — Since I will not be there what is the cost to frame prints? What sizes are available? Is the deadline really next Friday?

Nice. So you are on site and doing the framing there?

Buffalo 🦬 spirit!

Cool, I would like to submit some of my art even though I cannot attend…I love Thailand! I studied meditation under a great monk who taught the King to meditate and have visited there in the past… ❤️⭐️🧘‍♀️

Nice cubist style! Was it AI generated?

Seen. My favourite fungus is the Japanese national fungus known as Koji that powers such culinary products as Miso, Soy sauce and Sake! After all, we humans are descendants of the fungal kingdom…

Seen. I tried to “prompt” one such model a few weeks ago to make a copy of one of my Bull Market pieces and it failed miserably - not even close and the amount of text it generated to do so was huge for results that were mediocre at best! In fact I am not sure that you can train and AI to draw and paint — as it cannot look, see and imagine much…

Dear Nostr,

This past week, I saw a photograph of Picasso's studio, in which it showed the scale of his studio as well as the fact that he was working on more than one painting at a time. It makes sense that he would do so based on the size of his studio, but also in terms of the time that is needed to create a work of art. Turns out that time is an important factor as one needs time to reflect on what to paint and why... as well as time to step away and come back with "fresh eyes". As with all intense ART projects, one can become immersed in the work and loose track of the emotion you are trying to evoke and gauge when that has been achieved. In fact, that is one thing that differs between a new artist and one who is experienced -- the ability to know when a work is actually finished.

Even though I only have one wall and limited time as I am still living on FIAT time, it is my intention to regain my time as an artist from the fiat fascists who have stolen it over the decades. During that time, I also chose to become a mother and raise a child on my own, which meant I had to abandon painting due to the constraints of time and space - never mind the mess....:)   I still remained curious and creative and was able to tap into some of that by working in various non technical technology roles like website designer and social media consultant, UX Designer and Information Architect -- but it is not the same was having the freedom to paint whatever you want, whenever you want.

Today, I started another painting, even though the one I started last week, entitled Bitcoin Flowers, is not done. Kudos to Picasso. This new one will be a series on Sovereign Individuals in Bitcoin culture. Over Christmas, I started doing research on the original Cyberpunks as I want to include them in this series, but based on Ross's release last week, I am starting in the present moment instead.

I also had a conversation with an aspiring artist on the weekend about Picasso's studio and his work as a Cubist. She was not sure about the cubist style. Most of this, I am sure is because she has never studied the history of Art and does not know the significance of the Cubist Movement.

Here is some food for thought on Cubism:

Cubist subjects are analyzed, broken up, and reassembled in an abstract form instead of depicting objects from a single perspective, the artist depicts the subject from multiple perspectives to represent the subject in a greater context.”

“Cubism has been considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century The impact of Cubism was far-reaching and wide-ranging in the arts and in popular culture.”

“Cubism introduced collage as a modern art form.”

I love collage and never knew it originated from Cubism, but it makes sense considering the different perspectives, layering of information, and the jumble of time and space that can be achieved through collage.

I also pondered the difference between cubes and blocks because, well, they are both squares or rectangles and the word BLOCK CHAIN indicates something square. Here is what I found:

“The shape and size of blocks are variable; they can be rectangular, cylindrical, or irregularly shaped, with sizes ranging from tiny toy blocks to large concrete masonry units. In contrast, the dimensions of a cube are strictly defined by its equal sides and 90-degree angles, making it a perfect example of symmetry and balance in three-dimensional space.”

https://www.askdifference.com/block-vs-cube/

Below is an initial sketch for my new SOVEREIGN painting about Ross

So much to consider, So little time.

Have a blessed week.

A13MW

#Bitcoin #Art #Artsr #Ross

Dear Nostr,

Last week Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 Ross was released from prison!

While I have been tracking privacy and cryptography since 2000 and know about the cyberpunks and heard about Silk Road, I did not know all the details…. Having done some research, I am now up to speed and so I created this poster called Bitcoin Flowers for Ross.

Having done studies on Living systems at the BuckMinster Fuller Institute during COVID I started doing fermentations with the Japanese fungus KOJI to stay sane and learnt a lot about the power of mycelium…. After reading this passage from WIRED on Ross it made me think about the article called “Bitcoin is the Mycelium of Money” so I added in some mushroom iconography … https://brandonquittem.com/bitcoin-is-the-mycelium-of-money/

“The idea was to create a website where people could buy anything anonymously, with no trail whatsoever that could lead back to them. I had been studying the technology for a while, but needed a business model and strategy. I finally decided that I would produce mushrooms so that I could list them on the site for cheap to get people interested. I worked my ass off setting up a lab in a cabin out near Bastrop off the grid. In hindsight, this was a terrible idea and I would never repeat it, but I did it and produced several kilos of high quality shrooms.”

https://www.wired.com/2015/01/heres-secret-silk-road-journal-laptop-ross-ulbricht/?mbid=social_fb

My question is: What kind of mushrooms did Ross grow?

Have a blessed day!

Yours Truly,

A13MW

P.S. “Don’t think about making art, just get it done.  Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it.  While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol

#Bitcoin #Art #Artsr #Ross #culture

Time to go workout 🏋️‍♀️ at the gym and do a hot sauna afterwards!

Will continue work on Bitcoin Flowers tomorrow… see yah!

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Working on my painting Bitcoin Flowers. Just adding in the rosy tones…

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