IN CONTEMPLATING ALOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SCENE RIGHT NOW I SEE ALOT OF PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT WAS EXPECTED AND THE UNEXPECTED EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THE LAST 3 YEARS REALLY PROVIDED ALOT OF BRUTAL REALITIES WHEN THINGS GROW AND GO BEYOND JUST SMALL FAMILY UNIT.
EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2016 TIMELINE I WAS KIND OF PREPARED FOR THIS MENTALLY. MAINLY FROM LEARNING FROM ALL MY ARTISTIC HEROES THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A 'SCENE' THAT STARTS, THEN PEOPLE IN THAT SCENE GET SALTY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING NOTICED, THEN THE SCENE EXPLODES INTO THE MASSES AND GETS WORSE. I KNEW THIS WAS COMING WHICH I HONESTLY PREPARED FOR AS WELL, WHICH MIGHT ANGER SOME BECAUSE OF MY DGAF REACTIONS TO ALOT OF THE MOST ANNOYING THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS CRYPTOART/NFT SCENE AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOUR RUN RAMPANT.
AS WITH ANYTHING, HYPE IS LIKE THE PERFECT FAST MONEY SITUATION.....IT GOES UP REAL QUICK AND THEN DEFLATES. YOU CAN SEE ALOT OF PFPS JUST CRATERING RIGHT NOW AND IT'LL BE ALOT EASIER FOR YOU IF YOU CAN UNMARRY YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL TIES TO THEM AND REALIZE YOU ACTUALLY MIGHT'VE BOUGHT A SHITCOIN 'WITH A PICTURE ON IT.'
IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST BEAR MARKET AND YOU LITERALLY FELL OFF THE CLIFF FINANCIALLY, DON'T GIVE UP. JUST REALIZE YOU LEARNED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS ANY ARTIST CAN LEARN, AND THAT'S FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. SOME OF MY ADVERSARIES THAT HATE ON ME FOR MY SUCCESS ARE REALLY JUST ANGRY THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT THAT BY BEING AT LEAST SAFE WITH THEIR MONEY, THEY INCREASE THEIR FREEDOMS AS AN ARTIST AND REMOVE THE STRESS OF PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE.....WHICH CAN GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR CREATIVE PROGRESSION SINCE IT DEVIATES TIME AWAY FROM IT.
2 BEAR MARKETS AGO I LIVED WITH THE FACT I GAMBLED SHITCOINS LIKE AN IDIOT AND LOST LIKE 140 BITCOINS (YES, I HAD THAT MUCH). I LIVED WITH IT FOR 4 YEARS BUT WITHIN THAT 4 YEARS I LOOKED WITHIN MYSELF AND REALIZED WHAT MY FAULTS WERE HABITUALLY AND I CORRECTED THEM. IT WASN'T THAT HARD TO CHANGE EITHER BECAUSE I WAS SO PISSED AT MYSELF AFTER THAT MUCH TIME.
BEING A TRUE ARTIST IS EASY IF YOU REALLY ARE THAT AT YOUR CORE. IT'S ALMOST EFFORTLESS BECAUSE OUR NEED TO MAKE THINGS DAILY IS ALWAYS THERE, SOMETIMES OUR 'FIX' IS MAKING GOOD ART AND WE'RE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR THAT AMONGST THE REST OF THE BASIC TIER ART WE MAKE. BEING A TRUE ARTIST.......AND SMART WITH YOUR MONEY/ENERGY COLLECTED HELPS OTHERS. YOU CAN BUY ART FROM OTHERS, DEVELOP MORE PROJECTS AND ALSO INVEST IN VENTURES AS WELL. FORCEFULLY BEING A STARVING ARTIST IS A PROGRAMMED/GROUPTHINK STYLE TRADITION THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM ANGRY ARTISTS GENERATION AFTER GENERATION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THAT, IN FACT IT'S MORE FUN TO REJECT THOSE OLD TYPES OF TRADITIONAL STORIES.
I SAY CREATE NEW WAYS OF PERCEPTION ON HOW ARTISTS CAN MOVE THROUGH EXISTENCE INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE SAME OLD STORY OF ARTISTS PAST. NOSTALGIA'S A BITCH AND IT'S A VERY HARD THING TO BREAK SINCE WE'RE VERY PATTERN ORIENTED.....WITHOUT US EVEN THINKIN' ABOUT IT. GOOD LUCK OUT THERE AND I WILL SAY THAT TOXIC POSITIVITY IS A THING OUT THERE......YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHICH SNAKE OIL SALESMEN ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE USING THAT SAME BULLSHIT TO YANK YOUR MONEY AWAY (DOODLES A PIGGY FOR CHRISTIE'S....).
XOXO - ROBNESS V2