Cypher Orb

If we pursue artistic expression Does it matter what we use to pursue that expression? Or is the expression the ultimate end. And how many have the courage to express themselves without reservation, among us all. Celebrate those that give themselves to the muse. We are few.

"Filament Race"

I don’t have that much experience with audience growth, but over time I did notice that, at least in my case, the algorithms seemed to work differently in different periods. At one point, my audience only really grew through posts with images and very little text. At another, longer posts with wishes, reflections, or personal opinions were the ones that performed better. And posts about my own art, other people’s art, my creative path, or anything specifically art-related were never the most popular. At least not for me. I don’t know how it works for others. That’s also while I participate very little in communities or conversations outside my own page — I just don’t really have the focus or energy for both. It’s either one or the other, so I have to choose. But more and more, I get the impression that X isn’t really built for growing an audience from scratch and becoming popular here out of nowhere. To me, it mirrors real life very clearly: if you’re not naturally social, not someone who thrives in communities or friendships, and you’re used to playing solo, the metrics — and the way the algorithms feel — will reflect that in every possible way. The moment you start meeting communities, commenting on people’s posts, and becoming part of conversations, your circle may still stay relatively small, but it becomes more active — and it’s an audience you have to keep engaging with yourself. All those stories about algorithms magically predicting who would enjoy your posts don’t really work in the creative side of Twitter, because the algorithm doesn’t actually see art. It can’t tell which people will connect with which works. The only thing that really works here is charisma — sharing what genuinely interests you, so that your circle grows around your personality and your interests, not just around your images. As much as we may want it to be otherwise, logically, looking at an image in the feed and deciding “I like it / I don’t” takes ten seconds. Seeing a post, starting to read it, subconsciously processing whether it resonates, then either responding or moving on — that takes a minute, and it creates much more room for a short dialogue. Because in the art world, people usually don’t speak bluntly about someone else’s work if something confuses them or they don’t like it. And comments like “beautiful” or “I love this” have become so overused that they almost feel meaningless now. But discussing something freely, sharing thoughts on an open topic — people agree to that almost unconsciously. That pushes you further in the algorithm. So think about that. Add more of your own thoughts to your content strategy, more of what exists in your world, more of what genuinely interests you. Maybe that will help. At the very least, it gives people a sense of who you are. And it has always been easier to buy work from an artist whose worldview, values, and human qualities you have some feeling for than from a complete stranger. 🙌🏼

A following from thin air. There are those upon the strength of their charisma that can conjure up a social pact. A sheep gathering of the minds. So easily, as if it is magic. And then there are others who speak and eyes glaze over. - My thoughts after creating this piece.

The fallacy of chains. You are here for the art, that's what you say. The technology enables a record of transaction, a borderless currency, provenance, a digitised artist signature, and the sharing of a file. But you are here for the art. You know in time servers may shutter, links may die, you know paper can burn, marble can shatter, a flood will cause paint to run and mould to grow. But you are here for the art. So you buy that oil painting, that statue, those ceramics. You buy work on this chain and that chain, and much like those ceramics and statues you take care of this work. You access the full files and save them to your machine, maybe create a third back up in the cloud. You put the marble on a sturdy table away from the edge, and hang the painting out of direct sunlight whilst double checking your fire alarm works. You know nothing can prevent you're favourite cup from eventually breaking. But you are here for the art. You know currencies will come and go, you know you may have bought a painting with Deutsche Marks from West Germany, just as much as you know that the disappearance of those Nouns has no bearing on that art. So you don't let fear of tomorrow prevent you from taking ownership of today. You don't look at an oil painting, weep for all it awakens in you, then shrug it off as valueless because the canvas will degrade or an errant glass of wine may destroy it. You collect it because allowing the fear of losing to prevent you from 'having' is a self imposed paradox that will prevent you from ever participating in this world. All things are temporary, if you only wish to engage with the most permeant possibilities then throw out your wardrobe and restock it with Kevlar, remake your timber framed home in carved stone, replace that sports car with a mechanical bicycle. But accept it is a fallacy to say you're love of the art means you wont collect one chain or another, for in truth it is only fear and love of finance that motivate such a choice, and after all, you are here for the art. - My thanks to @exchgART and @bonk_inu for being here, for the art.

"Biological Specimen 120"

"Worms"

"Cybernetic Sinew"

Ever present, Ever silent

Experimental piece

Gn fam ✨ Revealing my second piece for #HarmonicEthos Spark ⚡️ Save the date: Feb 25 drop Part of the @harmoniccollab multi-chain movement, launching through @Gensuki_ 🚀 Organized by @Boundless8D Curated by @CinziaGabrielPH, @muriellondon & @Sashachudo

In the quiet we wander, while listening to the lapping of the waves.

That last break of the day....

Powerful thought provoking words causing me to ruminate on the harshness of my last year. Strength can always be forged through fire. Beautiful and fantastic painting.

The Universe's Biggest Twister: A Gigantic Spinning Cosmic Filament! Astronomers have just confirmed the largest rotating structure ever observed—a colossal cosmic filament over 140 million light-years long, slowly twisting like an immense whirlpool through the voids of space.These massive threads of dark matter and gas form the scaffolding of the cosmic web, linking galaxy clusters. Yet detailed Sloan Digital Sky Survey data reveals this one is spinning: hundreds of thousands of embedded galaxies spiral around its axis at hundreds of kilometers per second.This staggering coherent rotation hints at primordial angular momentum baked into the early Universe, challenging models of how gravity and dark matter built the cosmos. What ancient force set such a vast structure spinning?Source: Nature Astronomy / Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

@Angelo47596494 He does look like that only meaner.

@CypherOrb Trigun! Vash

Character Concept for the day

I go out to the outer reaches when the moon hangs heavy and full in the sky, and I feed the birds. "Avian Reprieve"

This path is as much a part of me as I am of it. "One Foot at a Time"