I launched a Zen-inspired generative cryptoart project called Ensō last month (ensō is a Zen symbol), and I need to spread the word about the project! The generative script lives on Ethereum and is 'powered by a smart contract.' Whenever someone purchases one from the...
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Example of my Artist Ethos: Always Increase Value
Quick background: As 'Azurine,' I make art that's hard to classify, but I say that it varies from erotic to contemplative, absurd to scientific, spiritual to unsettling. I've been making this kind of art for decades, but it wasn't until discovering NFTs in Oct. 2020...
Fan-Fricken-Tastic Engagement
The story of Fan-Frickin-Tastic I started this story in the spring of 2020, when I and my family were under lockdowns. I wrote a few chapters, then I set it aside. It wasn't until I got into cryptoart and NFTs did it occur to me to publish the stories as an...
I’m Not Fast
I'm a much faster thinker than doer. Lots of times, I feel like I can't keep up with my thoughts. I forget the metaphor Buddhists use for a wild mind, but it's something involving a large and dangerous mammal. They might refer to it as a raging, wild elephant or...
Naked Yoga
I was recently invited to a naked yoga class by a friend. I'll be honest, I don't love my body, so the prospect of doing naked yoga was daunting. So of course, I said yes. How could I not when at the simple thought of it, my pulse quickened? It made me feel...
Announcing TokenScope.org
I recently started making non-fungible tokens, (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain. There's a whole ecosystem for them, and most of the tools / sites that let you interact with them are visual-heavy. That makes sense; Cryptokitties and Punks were some of the first...
Crypto-collectible NFT Story Serials!
I'm trying something new by publishing serial short stories as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. At the most basic level, this means that these stories will be public and free, forever. In publishingland, there's a practice of going 'permafree,' which means that the...
1881
I was born in 1981, and recently, I started to carry around a coin: a Morgan Silver Dollar, from 1881. It was made 100 years before I was born. It's been held by people I've never met, who are long dead. It's been passed from father to son (possibly), it's been...
An Apology
Over the course of my life, I've apologized for a lot. Some of those apologies were very needed, but some were maybe just expected. A lot of what I apologized for was related to who I was; an erotic artist, or a non-monogamist at heart, or a sensitive poet, or...
Success and Satisfaction
It during the last couple months I've been hustling like crazy. While I usually do take a sort of weekend, I've been putting in upwards of 12 to 16 hours a day during the week and a couple hours each day on the weekend. Thinking about why I'm putting forth so much...