Thread by @art_pleb

i only want to buy art that lifts me up, even if that means missing certain opportunities

my incentive as a collector, for profit or clout, is to drive attention to the work and to the artist

that attention begins with myself

crypto has taught me that people identify strongly with the choices they've made, especially the profitable ones

if i collect something simply bc im early to a trend, that purchase will draw my attention to it and cause me value it nonetheless

ill want people to see it, ill want to promote it, ill identify more and more with it, it will shape me, and shape the world i I habit through me and through those i share it with

that is, after all, the point of all of this

art should be both beautiful and true, but much of our world lacks beauty these days. at first glance on some of these platforms, a lot of art focuses on calling out the ugly truths, rather than looking for the beauty

so my commitment to you, but mostly to myself, is this:

if i collect a piece, its because i find it beautiful

that's all I'm here to do