Artist. Entrepreneur. Collector. Investor. Explorer. Shaman. Futurist. Cyborg. You're a creative being. The Visionaries are here to remind you. @VisionariesArt
Marshall McLuhan said that art is a "Distant Early Warning System" that tells the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. He saw artists as the futurists, but also as translators... sort of playing the role of the modern shaman. His work is absolutely brilliant.
The artist is an aesthetic forager, and creative assembler.
In order to develop a unique artistic voice of your own, it's important to go out and experience as much of reality, culture, and art as you can. You will then find the elements that speak to you, and bring them back to combine in a unique way in order to create your own style.
Art is patience, persistence, focus, concentration, failure, failure, failure, success.
*I wrote this a few minutes ago, then wondered how Generative A.I. would visualize it. After a bit of promptcraft, it came up with this image... which seems to really capture the experience of making art, flaws and all.
Digital assets and digital ownership are becoming completely normal for younger generations. I just read that Millennials and Gen Z are more likely to own crypto than STOCKS, and that the same number of them who own a HOUSE own digital assets. Larry Fink, founder and CEO of the largest asset manager in the world (BlackRock), believes that soon all financial assets will be tokenized. In a few years, owning digital currency, digital art, digital collectables, and other digital assets will be completely normal. Most people are not psychologically prepared for this. Get ready. Get a wallet. Feel what it’s like to send value and assets directly, and receive value directly, from peer-to-peer. With no intermediary. You’ll get it. It’s still early, but it won’t be for much longer...
Modern Visionary Art, which is the next step beyond Surrealism, Fantastic Realism, and Fantasy, doesn't yet get the respect that it deserves. Artists like Alex Grey, Android Jones, Amanda Sage, Michael Divine, Luke Brown are painting on another level. This painting by Leonora Carrington just sold for over $28m. She is considered a Surrealist. There are already couple of steps PAST this that have emerged in the evolution of art. They're already here. These artists are painting the most extraordinary art that has ever come from the human mind, imagination, and spirit. Go look them up. They are the next step. It was not long ago that Dali was the only surrealist commanding $30m for a painting. But follow the progression past Surrealism, and it leads to Visionary Art.
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@historyinmemes I posted about this myself. He just launched the royal family portrait series hundreds of years into the future in terms of style. They're now about 150 years behind, but... it's progress!