Art & the Individual

So I took a look over some of our "leading Light" accounts in the crypto art space. I scrolled back a few weeks, a month or 2 maybe, on each of them, and you know what I saw? Not a single post talking about the actual art. Oh sure there were threads describing artists rises (as documented by their first and last sales). There were "get to know this artist" articles, which may as well have been a plot graph of past sales decorated by the odd platitude. Exclamations of the art

I see you out there, taking Kanyes spiral in to national socialism for self promotion and sweeping it under the rug, we see you enjoying Chris Browns beats, ignoring Caitlyn's car wreck, glorifying Oprahs promotion of harm, we even see some of you finding Lost Prophets without problem... And that's fine, this thread isn't about judging any of that. Where you choose to draw your line between art and artist is up to you, it is an inherently personal thing. Only you can reconcil

We see this with regularity in the art world, some piece is held up, elevated by the oligarchs price or institutions praise, and we all scratch our heads wondering why? The artwork may not be bad, it may even be pleasant, but so can a 30cent pack of instant noodles, yet we aren't looking to pay fine dining prices for that or award them a Michelin star. This artwork and its sale/award then inevitably makes the papers, it becomes the soft story at the end of serious nightly new

You’ll see these posts from time to time, they’ll take a logo or app icon from a large brand, draw centre lines across them, then gleefully tweet about how “big company make dumb mistake lol” because the image doesn’t line up. Maybe they’ll use it as some justification as to how “the past was better”, or how real art and design are DEAD. Chances are, despite what their account says, they’ve never studied a day of design in their life. If they had they’d know the difference be

I hear the lament often, “there is no beauty anymore” oft followed by a disdainful cry asking “what happened to the craftsmen?” Rounded...

We've all had them, those "ah-ha" moments of realisation, the slight smile and nasal exhale as the joke lands, the duality of frustration...

I saw a mural being painted on one of my feeds today. It was by no means bad, and i do not write this to disparage the artist, but it...

Look I'll just come out and say it, a lot of creatives need to get over themselves. This isn't just directed at the cryptoart space, this...

We've all done it; just a quick scroll, just 5 more minutes, one more image, post, video... and hours pass in that swipe, that tap, that...

Never before have we had this level of access to art, to these MRIs of culture. We are not confined to the photographs and postcards of...

To paraphrase Predator “If it moves we can buy it” This in essence is an idea I’ve seen other artists & collectors comment on, that the...

I am surrounded by paper. In photo albums, ziplock bags, folders, boxes, and loose leaf’s. I am surrounded by time. In print techniques,...

"We used to build cathedrals" I hate that phrase. Often espoused in art reaction videos or threads by people who think art began and...

Out of all the vast swathes of YouTube channels one of my absolute favourites belongs to Adam Savage. For those that don't know him, he...

If you’ve ever experienced immense loss, you’ll know the hardest part isn't just the crying or the events leading up to it, It’s that...

I like the idea of celebrating big wins and small wins. I think doing so is important to reinforce positivity in art culture, as well as...

Scarcity is a topic that regularly rears its head toward art culture, both within the digital and physical art world. The metrics of how...

We create, from half told stories in our head, to the seeds of masterpieces sketched in margins, we create. It seems to be an innate...

If you’re an artist, you’ve probably, at one point in your life, heard the words, “Don’t do it for validation, do it for the art.” This...

What does life become for us without the hand of art holding us up? As someone that has long since battled with depression, suicide and...