Argurius

Sharing some of my favorite art collected on secondary over the last few weeks. Does it matter that they're all editions? Nope! Not at all. Great art is still art, as it should be. Which one is your favorite? (Credits to the artists in the 🧵)

Pieces collected by these wonderful people: Between Realms - @funghibull BREATH - @GuyNorcal SEED - @ArguriusGC The Only Way Out is In - @JacqScripps Eternally grateful for your connection to what I create.

@Habibagreen still the best one out there! ♥️

Splintered 🌸✨

gm! Melody of solitude Created by @goshtasbi_h Collected by @ArguriusGC

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Close to 400 hours of listening while stuck in traffic or exercising! 💪 No time to read and expand your horizons is not an excuse!

Good morning friends! Owned: @ArguriusGC

Turn pain into art

Nolli Manhattan collected by @ArguriusGC

"Net Positive" My first open edition is now live for 48 hours 👩🏾‍🌾🎣 Link + info 👇🏽

this space is a constant swing between toxic positivity and cancellation

@SeungdoHyun my boys already doing this haha I got a ninja turtle at home this morning

Gm ❤️ Mummy by my daughter 😁😁😁 @ArguriusGC you will have this experience soon! 😊😊❤️❤️❤️

Gm! #girldad

Yet It Is I Who Withers

@kimhenrydance @clickcreateio @cathsimard_ @GuyNorcal @Klutch_NFT 👀

Passion Patience Persistence The diptych we're releasing with @clickcreateio tomorrow was created in March 2023, 5 years after trying to achieve it for the first time. Here's part of the story💞 Once again thanks @cathsimard_ @GuyNorcal @Klutch_NFT & the whole team for this!

Edge

saw a tweet the other day saying artists with full time jobs make art to thrive, not survive and that's why they're successful in this space i think this discredits the artists who have been full time before you paid attn to them and its kind of a slap in the face imo, further enforcing the idea that art is a silly little hobby and not a respectable career path if that works for you, fine -- but imo we should be empowering choices, not setting standards

GM! Celebrate your successes! Don't focus on your current problems but remember all the things you went through to get to where you are now! 🙏

At some point, in almost every successful artist’s career, there’s a point where the ego takes over. « I’ve worked so hard to get here and went through so many hardships, surely I deserve to sell? » « My work is so good it deserves to be in a museum and studied. » This mentality, fed by an ego measuring success with sales/recognition and the feeling of being « deserving », is faulty and quite toxic. We have been conditioned into thinking that success is a combination of notoriety and money. Paired with a deep feeling of « being deserving », it is a dangerous cocktail that will inevitably lead to more negative feelings I.e worthlessnesses, sadness, anger, depression. Should your art, your passion, make you feel this way? It is all an illusion, controlled by your thoughts, creating your own reality, influenced by your ego. The ego is an insatiable part of ourself. It is not inherently right or wrong, it is human. The trick is to be self aware enough to know when your ego is influencing your thoughts, and learn to control it. Keep yourself in check. So the next time you find yourself thinking « it should have been me » or « this piece should be sold », ask yourself, is it the love of your craft, your art talking, or is it your ego?

The story of how this shoot from 2016 saved my photography career: I had recently moved to LA and had a job as a production assistant. It required 12 hour days for next to no money and I could see the dead end from a mile away. With a few hundred dollars in my account, I quit. ⤵️

@Timmboslice_ Hoping for a full recovery! Stay strong!

I don’t often share my personal life online as I try to keep it happy & full of art 🌊💙 but here is a life update 👇 7 months ago I suffered severe multiple breaks in my foot requiring surgery which turned out to be a very challenging time in my life. Non weight bearing for 3 months with a further 3 months in a moon-boot took its toll physically & mentally. As someone who was very active it was hard to physically cope with not walking or running. Sadly, today whilst getting back into high intensity exercise I managed to damage a new ligament in the same foot. Disaster. I always try to find something positive from a bad situation and this is no exception. Whilst I’m upset of another setback - you can bet your bags that I will come back better from this. All the more time to create and share more art with you all - LFG 💙🫶🌊