NFT's: a dying fad or an undiscovered frontier?
I know this concept is really annoying for most people, but I would encourage you to learn about how the new economy will restructure itself post-apocalypse.
I cringe whenever people say something along the lines of “Remember NFT’s?” implying that the whole industry has died out or something. I also cringe when i see NFT’s being advertised by VC funded brands and platforms. Both sides of the popular discussion are repulsively ignorant to what is truly happening. Along with that, cringe may as well be the term that comes to mind whenever anyone says “undiscovered frontier”, but when you realize how much has yet to be realized on that front, it starts to make sense, so please bear with me.
If you bought at the top, and are resentful against “crypto” because of how hard you lost, I encourage you to keep reading and learn why the “dollar value” isn’t the important part. The majority of the long term holders knew this would happen, and for this reason, are not worried.
Mainstream NFT ‘communities’ are losing their value at a remarkable rate. I do not need to point out any specific teams to illustrate that point, (LOL) because so many are dramatically affected by this trend (this among many other articles can fill you in if you didn’t know)
I predicted this and neglected to articulate it with a proper article or journal. Numerous times I have found myself in cultural phenomenons and at the beginnings of popular sub-genre’s in art and music. The entirety of the past couple years in particular were spent working exclusively in “Web3” and educating myself on utilizing this new technology in order to plant fully developed creative sprouts in oxygenated, healthy soil, and produce proverbially remarkable fruits of my labor.
CULT-U.R.E. IS CHANGING FAST.
(Cult-you-are-experiencing)
I do not need to remind anyone of the legendary stories they already know about Hip Hop, Punk Rock, Hippies, Beatniks, or any of the well-established cultural bubbles that have become so significant; they can easily be recognized as classical, or antiquated. A few years ago (2017), I painted backgrounds on the cartoon “Tales from the Tourbus” by Mike Judge where I learned for the first time about the lesser known “crazy” stories from behind the scenes of the country music world. Many viewers also seemingly never knew about this side of “Counter Culture” history; the show gained interest from a massive audience and still touts a 91% Audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Underground artists who break through into the mainstream world have always provided very interesting stories to the public, and inspire people to act on their creative impulses
The last Thirty years of genuinely alternative artists has gone almost completely off-the-radar, even when they have made comfortable careers for themselves. Onyx, the LEGENDARY hardcore hip-hop group from the early 90’s, found exponential, continued success touring outside of the US, which seems to be monopolized by the worst mainstream musicians imaginable. It appears as though more recently they did start touring the US, but certainly this is after a decade of going all over the world and refusing to quit in the face of “Soundcloud trap crap” that plagued our landscape for too long. Pop culture mind-control techniques are having less of a hold on the populous and I believe that is for the better in countless ways.
Another example of this in the most modern form possible, is the work of Dylan Louis Monroe. With the massive amount of attention around the whole “Q” Phenomenon, Dylan’s “Q-WEB” map has been shared by MILLIONS of supporters and nay-sayers alike without very much, if any recognition. Yet Dylan has built a considerably successful and profitable business due to his own diligence and perseverance, mailing out “Intel Packs” with print outs of his essential maps, making “conspiracy theory” research topics clear and easy to look up for yourself. Rather than providing a solidified world-view, or emotionally manipulating his audience, Dylan Louis Monroe arms people with research prompts that could potentially aid their awareness, or expand the realm of public debate and conversation. It is for this reason I believe that people with left and right leanings neglected to reference his name, or direct people to his website. For a long time DEEP STATE MAPPING PROJECT’s website URL was banned from being sent or posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter alike. Numerous accounts on all of those platforms managed by Dylan have also been “taken down” or “Demonetized” for “Unknown reasons”. In the meantime, his “Q-WEB” map has been referenced endlessly on all sides, to show how crazy the “Q-anon” culture is, and even copied/bastardized by charlatans into the intentionally misleading “Great Awakening Map”. I cannot portray some sort of Christ-like image upon DLM, but in reference to his work, and in recognition of his continued work/research, I must attribute some form of divine intervention or a clear connection to GOD.
I’ve known miserable souls whom were cursed with “fame or lack-thereof” and wallowed in degeneration, bitter about some traumatic experience mind-lock. It is clear to see that the people whom survived in the long-run ended up bettering themselves one step at a time, and had to do so with a positive disposition. Quality of art and personal morals have almost nothing to do with each other; I cannot judge someone to be a morally righteous person simply based off of their creative expression, but when someone is constantly, relentlessly, tenaciously, uncontrollably creating great art, it is safe to calculate that they are receiving data and articulation abilities from Divinity.
Great artists continually create regardless of whether or not they ‘achieve’ what they are ‘expected to achieve’. We can have a long conversation about what artists expect from themselves versus what the public expects from artists, but my main point remains solid: Great Artists just MAKE ART. Some eventually figure out how to capitalize on these creations, but there are endless examples of masters whom reject popular support, despite hardship. When you are in a genuine creative flow, you are not worried, fearful, confident, or even ambitious, you are simply paying attention to specific frequencies you can see and hear in your mind’s eye that you simply NEED to record and express for everyone else who wants to see it. The egotistical side of greed and ambition is different, the disappointed misery of a ‘starving artist’ is also different; both are not considering those aspects when they are simply sitting down and transcribing divine data.
NFT’s are simply a new upgrade to the digital universe. Corporate entertainment has always been the enemy of the public, but recently in the fall of this most recent degenerated civilization, it has become infinitely more obvious. When Television first came around, so many founders were deeply embedded in the secret societies and financial authoritarian regimes long beforehand. In my research, those whom discovered out-of-this world “use-cases” for these technologies, were excommunicated, compromised, or simply fell off the radar for their own good.
Robert A. Monroe (1915-1995) [no relation to DLM] is a great example of this. He found a lot of corporate success in radio, and developed production workflows for early television, writing thousands of scripts, musical scores, and game shows himself for decades. Robert Monroe ended up accidentally stumbling upon the world of “OOBE’s” or Out of Body Experiences, otherwise known as ‘Astral projection’ in Theosophy. Simply put, he spent decades researching this phenomenon and was quickly copied by the CIA. He did not end up like Milton William Cooper, and not like Tesla either. Robert A. Monroe died very old and wrote three books about his inter-dimensional experiences. He seemed more at peace than any of the artists, musicians, or creative thinkers that are pushed in front of our eyes, but he was more talented, creative, productive, organized, AND successful than probably any of them.
Bob Monroe would himself take a very humble stance at his accomplishments, and this is why nobody’s ever heard of him. He did not ever ‘fight’ for attention, and rejected a cult following because he knew there were more powerful forces at play guiding his efforts. Even in his objectively accomplished stance, he was nothing in the face of the Almighty. There are things we as humans are not capable of understanding, and he understood this so deeply, that he was unafraid of death.
I reject any ‘new-age’ marketing, but there is absolutely a major cultural upgrade coming on a massive scale that has never been seen before. This upgrade is in the form of technology, art, music, and all of our favorite types of traditional MK-Ultra propaganda, but it will be reminding us to go back to Worshipping GOD. The enemy is only capable of manipulating his hordes with techniques copied from the Almighty’s irreducible complexity.
“NFT’s” (I strongly dislike the term but it works for now) are important because the crumbling structure of the old media entertainment is not supported by structural integrity. I’ve been in offices where they can’t decide on the exact file format for stuff because nobody is keeping notes besides the ONE show-runner. Disorganized corporate structures cause overwhelming workplace environments and a low bar for quality of output. Teams are over-spending, under-performing, and complaining that they are not getting enough compensation for their expenses. I sympathize for hard-working industry workers to an extent, but the entire system is not keeping itself afloat; I just wish people were able to see this before they willingly jumped into a deteriorating system. “The Blockchain” is a new, objective way for any team to stay organized and keep track of important standards. People can try to talk about how artists get their fair share with smart contacts and all this game-fi stuff, but beyond that, auditing a production has never been more seamless than it is capable of being with the blockchain.
“NFT’s” are flooded with “scammers” and greedy people with evil intentions, but even the productive, creative, and successful teams are having a hard time ‘scaling’ their businesses because of a misunderstanding of how to go forward. I say we need to go all directions, but we will always find ourselves at the same failed financial or emotional position if we forget to lead with GOD. And by this I mean, referencing an objective truth that we all can agree upon. This goes not only for spiritual matters but specifically for technical matters in all forms of efficient productivity.
“Uberector”, Programmer, Musician, MDOTSTRANGE is an example, to me of a “Great Modern Artist”. He has directed numerous feature animated films and an array of video games. MDOT has continuously been independently productive and never allowed external trends to dictate his creative direction. To this day, he rejects social media networks as forms of advertising because he is so immensely focused on creating his own video-games and films. MDOT is not soaking up the ‘mainstream spotlight’ but has created a generative space for artists, musicians, and game developers. With all of this NFT-craze, MDOTSTRANGE’s films were not remembered immediately by the newfound ‘champions’ of the space, instead his work was likely shadow-banned. For a while it seemed like Silicon Valley was attempting to remove his work from the algorithm. His NFT collection Strangeicons_FAME was not immediately snatched up as it would if the culture on Ethereum paid respects to their creative elders, which says to me that the ‘NFT space’ has a LONG WAY TO GO. If you have ETH to spend, and you see that a seasoned OG has just dropped a series, you buy it. In fact, you overspend to buy it because you know it will exponentially grow in value long-term, and that overspent funding will nurture more fantastical creations.
I’ve collaborated with this genius individual on a handful of projects including the Cinematic Sequencer 2020 video game “Nightmare Puppeteer” (available on Steam) which I got the fortune of doing the Box art for. This game, released under Imagination Rabbit Studios, is intentionally designed to enable creativity rather than mindless consumption and “button pressing” that most other games enable. Nightmare Puppeteer provides a strangely unique tool that urges you to easily create films, music videos and animations. All of the default assets are VERY STRANGE, but completely customizable. Even though you may not be aware at first glance, Nightmare Puppeteer is a remarkably powerful cinematic generator that can be programmed to make entirely new shows from randomized settings. Nothing else is as powerful and extensive on the market, and more people should dig deep into this groundbreaking tool’s abilities.
Here are two examples of films made with Nightmare Puppeteer.
El Títere (Part One) - by One-Card Pony 2023
Nightmare Puppeteer: The documentary film(Watch before its gone) 2022
I got to help film real life landscapes from Los Angeles in that second example, the Official Nightmare Puppeteer the documentary film. MDOT wanted to splice in real depictions of the genuine fall of our so-called-empire with scenes from Nightmare Puppeteer, a sort of visual example of digital dystopia, mocking entertainment by intentionally alienating any potential audience. To me, this is truly what subversive, outsider art is all about: having fun, creating, enabling creativity, and rejecting trends by leading fellow artists deeper down genuine individuality.
I have not worked directly with MDOT or the Imagination Rabbit Studios on any NFT based projects, but we have been talking about doing so since 2017. Slowly but surely that time is coming.
Recently (2022) I found a newer “NFT Platform” called SCATTER.ART that supports Freedom of Speech and decentralized business without implementing KYC; promising to fairly assist new teams in their project development. Once I launched my own smart contract, they sought ME out and asked if I needed help developing my project in order to make sure the release was as smooth as possible. I noticed they appear to be dominating a saturated and ‘dead’ NFT subculture.
Followed by a torrenting storm of baseless accusations, Milady Maker became a remarkably popular NFT series for anyone who grew sick of the pretentious attitude expressed by ‘mainstream’ VC funded collections whom we need not name (everything). Popular NFT platforms constantly banned and hid collections deployed on Scatter supposedly due to ‘glitches’ or ‘malfunctions; but the regular occurrence of these collections being hidden during times of high popularity seems to me like there is some sort of intentional interference by competing leaders in the market, afraid of being overthrown by genuine underdogs. These suggestions are based exclusively off of my observations, and are not intended to be direct accusations. For all I know, I could be experiencing another Mind-Control program influencing me to believe this, so tread carefully and do your own research. In the ocean of people pushing FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) and rumors, allow me to redirect you to a podcast where the interviewee claims to be “Charlotte Fang”, the infamous CEO of Remilia Corporation; the company that has spawned into this new wave of internet contrarians. It’s a great interview in the sense that it seems to address all of people’s questions about their intentions and goals. I say this all ought to be taken with a grain of salt, because due to the manipulative nature of digital media and the constant push of propaganda from all angles, I cannot validate the existence or relevance of an artist (or movement) based on things I listen to and read. I prefer to ‘trust’ my judgement based on in-person encounters or years of observance in close proximity. I cannot personally vouch for the existence of these people because I have never met them, but the work presented publicly along with the private conversations online that I’ve had with these people leads me to believe that Remilia Corporation is a force that I am glad exists. They seem to have a pure-hearted intention to subvert and overthrow the amorphous centralized corporate ‘bad guys’ who do so many horrible things that we know really do happen. It’s almost as if some people are CONSPIRING to fight back against those whom have CONSPIRED to do bad things.
This market is still ‘undiscovered’ despite even the new players having made many millions. Only a very small amount of teams will be able to ‘scale’ with mainstream popularity and provide sustainable entertainment to their audience.
“Sustainable Entertainment” (something I just made up right now, I think it makes sense) isn’t about the environment or global warming, but the energetic frequencies you are resonating. If GOD just decimated the landscape of artists, then you’d better expect his severe judgement on evil while we are transitioning into the Golden Age. I mean GOD is your sustenance. GOD feeds you, GOD brings you to where you need to be, and everyone will be exposed in the long-run if they resonate evil, even secretly.
Are people going to be entertained much longer? When does the joke get old? How dynamic is this world I am attempting to consume or interact with? What are the genuine intentions behind this frequency? Even in the normal day-to-day activities people do, we are constantly saturated with competing mind control methods whether we want to admit it; primarily by those of our own creation taking residence in our emotional attachments. I dislike breaking this news to you, but beyond the multicolored pills in the real, intellectual, and spiritual sense, there’s GOD. I do not wish to make this an evangelical or religiously based conversation, but I cannot stray away from the fact that we need to agree upon SOMETHING tangible in order to get along properly. I do NOT propose we all sign up for the same religion, but I do wish to encourage you to seek advice from GOD on which steps to take on your personal journey. Even if you seek advice from the most benevolent version of yourself in the near future on a scientific quantum level, you will be led to some surprisingly incredible creations or unexpected developments. Morality is enforced by GOD in order to maintain MORALE. The more degenerative soldiers become in an army, the weaker the force is capable of. When Alpha’s maintain their moral compass, the pro-generative energy being created is deep rooted, sustainable, and capable of overcoming poisonous interference or distortion. There will always be crooked or corrupt aspects of the greater body of organisms, but overall, corruption and truly evil deeds get aired out in the open, even if it takes a very long time to become obvious.
With the popularity of Scatter, Remilia Corp., and the Milady NFT series, there have been an overwhelming amount of “derivatives” or new NFT series’ trying to derive from the popularity or sensibilities of NFT’s that came before. In order to identify the difference between scammers attempting to ‘grift’ off of a collection’s fanbase, and a creative derivative that cares about the unique ecosystem and community of independent digital artists, there have been a few different lines drawn. Some websites along with new smart contract standards attempt to address this issue.
I developed a personal rapport with the creator of an ERC-20 token called $MIYA. The token is specifically intended to only be used by wallets holding certain specific approved types of Remilia Derivatives. $MIYA is not offically released by Remilia, but for one reason or another, I got deep into work with these people because “miyagod” was 250% “DOWN WITH WORKING RIGHT NOW”. Whenever someone in the discord had an idea, it was developed, and a list of bounties appeared, incentivizing anyone who could get that task done asap. I know there are many different groups of developers around doing a similar structure, but the updated website is literally an entire Operating system.
There are many NFT projects who also did similar designs for their project’s webpage, but MiyaOS was designed to be a fully functional, open-source Operating system. The bounties that are currently live on the miyamaker discord server are put there to prioritize this website to have many more applications built in order to provide a more robust framework to enable people to launch their own NFT’s and memecoins. I am currently working with this team to launch my own fork of this.
In this constantly changing cultural climate, it is hard for a newcomer to understand what is what, and who sides with who. I myself have not been able to understand these boundaries due to the intentionally imposed convolution. I would not officially endorse anything I don’t know 100% certainly, but this landscape of alternative NFT “psyops” is very fun. I have been “cancelled” for baseless accusations in the past, and I can see the differences in those being ostracized and those ostracizing. I stand on my own without any official affiliation with a group other than my own 2Kool Productions team, and Thrash44 Records. I may have a deep appreciation for these groups mentioned, but even those who truly love you and have your best interest at heart, will encourage you to seek your own sovereign path.
At 2Kool Productions, we have been aggressively committed to developing a new structural framework of business for the coming world of decentralized technology. Specifically for the last few years, we have made Open-source, Decentralized methods our highest priority because of how we perceive the current state of technology to be clunky, destructive, and monopolized by corporations who have an anti-human agenda at their core. Nearly all of the mainstream technology and gaming platforms seek to provide cheap or free software and entertainment for customers who end up getting their intimate personal data sold to the highest bidder on a closed market. You might not be able to remember your password to your email account, but advertising corporations and government bodies can access anything they want, whenever they want.
If you are new to this whole thing, THIS is the most important aspect of our current “Culture War”: CENTRALIZED vs. DECENTRALIZED. Central banks hold all of our fiat currencies and do as they wish with fractional reserves, but similarly, mainstream CENTRAL internet providers like Google and Amazon do as they wish with your personal information, and it’s not always as pervasive as spying on you. In worst case scenarios, yes, you can be totally tracked and followed by the FBI, but let’s get real, nobody has time to track and follow every citizen at the same time; instead the most common thing they do with your data is SELL IT. they profit off of GPS tracking data that informs advertisers where you will be, so that you can be delivered more relevant advertisements in order to milk as much consumption from you as possible. This might seem like not such a big deal, but now we actually have an alternative.
DECENTRALIZED technology is based in the concept that the public has the right to SELF-CUSTODY. This concept of being responsible for your own assets and commodities is new, but so simple, and calls back to what this “Free Nation” (USA) used to be so confidently about. Not all blockchains are truly decentralized, for sure, but overall, this core concept is the most significant point I can hammer in. Bitcoin has already been recognized by US regulators as a Commodity, signifying that BTC could potentially be MORE trustworthy as a value savings device than even GOLD. Read THIS ARTICLE about JP Morgan gold traders manipulating the market, and just imagine all of the fractional reserve manipulation going on ever since the Federal Reserve went OFF of the Gold Standard in the 70’s. CENTRALIZED financial institutions hide their internal business records, but a CRYPTO BLOCKCHAIN is transparent and easily auditable by anyone if they know how to read a Blockchain Explorer.
Along with crooked activities that financial institutions engage in, Gaming companies hosting their own centralized servers also monopolize access to your in-game purchases and your achievements. A great article on the Scatter.art Documentation Blog found HERE explains how Decentralized gaming will provide a never-before experienced level of self-custody to those buying into their digital worlds. I see a decent number of people developing video games and “Meta verses” in this new Blockchain format, but the average consumer is still existing in a separate reality. Most people only have time to play games that are already easily available on previously known marketplaces. Why would anyone desire to reach farther than where they’ve already been for decades? Because of problems dealing with Data CENTRALIZATION.
The ETHEREUM Blockchain started because Vitalik Buterin allegedly was distraught over his World of Warcraft character being altered by BLIZZARD GAMES when they altered character’s “Siphon Life spell”. I do not know the exact details as to wether they removed it, or deleted it altogether, but regardless of specifics, it caused this young man to build an entire Blockchain designed to prevent this from ever happening again.
Debates remain consistent about wether or not Ethereum is “Properly Decentralized”, and countless competitors are attempting at building their own similar alternatives, but Ethereum still remains second in total market value on the Crypto market. Bitcoin, which is a much more well-respected blockchain in terms of immutable transactions and overall decentralization, will always be utilized as a solid, trustworthy store of value; but eventually, the entire market of all business will migrate to some sort of blockchain framework.
EVERY BUSINESS IN EXISTENCE CAN BENEFIT from working with a functional blockchain, or at least forking a popular, open-source in order to build their own in-house blockchain to manage their own balance sheet and monitor transactions. As soon as this financial facade we are all being manipulated by comes to it’s impending doom, nobody will have any choice, but to join this new form of transactional behavior.
CITI BANK GPS (Global Perspectives & Solutions) Research group released a report in March 2023. (Click to read the full document). This report exposes that Central banks are on a direct path to using blockchain technologies to prop up their “back end” productions in a way where the consumers will have NO IDEA what they are interacting with behind the scenes.
The Federal Reserve already launched their “FedNow® Service”. Automatically fording millions of consumers using bank accounts to participate in a new form of Centralized Digital banking technology. Many people already have their traditional finances backed up by this Centralized technology, and do not yet know it.
I don’t want to make this much longer than it needs to be (it probably already is), but in short; We are about to experience some huge changes in the economic landscape, and with that, our cultural landscape as well. Digital art stampeded all over traditional art, AI art trampled digital art, and now, software is able to empower traditional artists to easily utilize digital tools more easily. things are going to have a magnificent overhaul and I am here for it.
make sure to get your Bitcoin/Ethereum wallet set up, learn how to participate in the upcoming decentralized economy, and do your own research on epic new things as much as possible.
CREATION OVER CONSUMPTION
DEUS VULT!!!