The Blue Lotus or Egyptian Dream Flower symbolizes the sun as it dives down into the depth and darkness at night, and then rises each day with the sun, its yellow center reflecting back the sun's rays like a mirror.  3500 years ago ancient Egyptians discovered the blue lotus had psychedelic properties in the petals, and they added the petals to wine. 

In Egyptian culture the blue lotus represents life, immortality, and resurrection.

In Buddhism, the blue lotus symbolizes the victory of spirit over the senses, and the triumph of wisdom over suffering.

Hindu culture also uses the blue lotus as a symbol for the rising sun out of the dark night. 

Hope Rises in the Dark, and heads toward the light. 

Watercolor & Glitter Paints on Black Canvas 60cm x 40cm  


Hope Rises in the Dark #2/19

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Psyche is often associated with butterflies and the wind, she is known for the God of Love Eros falling madly in love with her, and for being more beautiful than even Aphrodite. Born a human but elevated to Goodhood by Zeus himself when he gave her the mighty drink of the God's, Ambrosia.

She ascended to immortality and became known as the Goddess of Soul. 

Psyche's Platter is hand painted porcelain, trimmed with 14 Karat gold. 

Physical Item INCLUDED

Psyche's Platter

Sometimes when romance shows up, we are not ready for it to evolve to Pragma. We all go at a different pace. Be gentle with yourself.

Super Sighyah

Miracles happen, where the magic resides, but tread carefully for not everything is always as it seems.

Sculpting Reality

Four Words

When your reality shatters, sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself. This can mean some severe trial and error, especially when someone has been sheltered to much for toooooo long. 

At 31, I got my first taste of actual independence, and I went a little berzerk.

Rebounding Reality

Not Today

The Lotus Queen

The Lotus Queen is a self-portrait of the artist and creator of The Rising Lotus NFT collection. The Lotus Queen is done in the style of Sad Pepe. Crypto really adopted Sad Pepe in 2016, the same year I had the worst year of my life. After the last wave of notable Pepes, I dove down the rabbit hole and found a deep connection with the sad frog. The Lotus Queen is a digital finger painting on my phone, and a self-portrait is drawn the day I got my wallet drained by a scammer for the first time, just last week. 


The Lotus Queen #17/19

Hope Rises in the Dark #6/19

The Rising Lotus

It took all of 8 days to get reeled back in to crypto. One of the clients I had refunded reached out and offered me a full time position. I made the transition from agency to project, and I had landed a budding exchange. Things were going to be ok. They even gave me a sign on bonus cuz they felt bad about the rug. I shone bright like the defiant star showing itself before the sky goes dark. (it's probably a planet, shh)

8 Days & Crypto Pulled me Back

Forbidden Sunsets is a series of images I took during the worst of lockdown. The beaches were closed during this time, and this was strictly enforced almost everywhere but the tiny little beach where I chose a house. I walked this beach every day.

So calm, so serene, so red. I see this color very rarely and when I do it always amazes. 

Red Glass Sunset

Forbidden Sunsets

The Green Eyed Monster is the gift for collectors of Seeing Red the Righteous Rage.

Jealousy and anger often go hand in hand and we must work to master them. They are indicators that something is not right, and the best way to combat either is by drilling into the root cause and communicating about why you feel that way until the monster is sated. 

Anger and jealousy can make us lose our heads, the rage may spin us out of control. If and when that happens, step back, dig in, and BREATHE. 

To master your demons is to know them intimately. 

Time to dance. 

Green Eyed Monster

Glitter water paint on watercolor paper combined with photo editing.

Not all anger is created equal. Sometimes anger is present as a reminder that an injustice is in our midst. 

Seeing Red is a mixed media piece born from processing a mental break. 

She's part of the door used in the self-portrait Trifecta. This is a close-up of one panel mirrored together and then digitally remastered with mystical elements infused to show the look of determination, &  fireworks that come into your eyes when you decide NOTHING WILL STOP YOU. 

As the storms rage, you keep the balance of good and evil within you and the knowledge to know when to use each. 

Mint Seeing Red the Righteous Rage & Receive the Green Eyed Monster as a gift. For when you master rage, you definitely have jealousy in check. 


Seeing Red the Righteous Rage

Goddess Eyes Open

Have you harnessed the unicorn magic within? Step through the Unicorn Portal to align yourself with these magical beasts.  Through space and time, your Unicorn is watching over you, ready to amplify your inner light. 

Unicorn Portal

Unconditional love is dedicated to my daughter and my grandchildren who have been an instrumental part of my healing. When you open yourself to receive love. It will find you in the most unexpected ways.

Vincent has never told anyone but his life long dream is to join Scotland Yard. His hero is Sherlock Holmes, and all he's ever wanted to do in life was solve a crime. 

Vincent is Dreaming About Scotland Yard

Unconditional Love

Dance in the flames and let your passions reign free.

Passionate Blaze

Those that bloom at night, tend to have brighter neon light.

Night's Illuminator

Doors of Desitny

Little known fact Van Gogh didn't really care for painting, his true dreams were to solve mysteries. He was often found daydreaming near the sunflowers about far of crimes to be solved. 

VINCENT IS DREAMING ABOUT SCOTLAND YARD

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Eros doesn't always evolve into Pragma, extended time with Eros can also lead to deepening the relationship with oneself, leading to Philautia, passionate self love. 

Philautia #4/9

Adventures with EROS

My entrance into crypto was magical. It was late 2017 and I had just finished losing 90kg naturally. I got fired from my job, and decided I would go independent. This was really when I began to trust the process. I didn't have a pot to piss in, when I began with KuCoin. They offered me a large amount of their native token on top of my salary, because they were only 90 cents a piece I was allotted 200 of them weekly for a year under my contract. This would cover the body reconstruction surgery if I saved every one of them for the entire year. I was ready. 

I didn't know anything about crypto, or bull runs, I didn't know about alt season, but I was gonna learn real fast. I went on a visa run, and came back to the office the first week of January. When I got into the office things were  buzzing, and I opened my computer to see that the token I was earning was now $7 each. 

I literally screamed, IS THIS REAL? And indeed it was. That month I made more money in January than I had made the entire year before. I began visiting doctors, and scheduled my surgery for the week after my 40th birthday. 

Crypto literally granted me a whole new life. For what it has done for me. I will devote the rest of my life to crypto. Til death do us part. 

When did you lose your bull run virginity?

Bullrun Virgin cira. 2018

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Dancing is fuel for your soul. Close your eyes, and head out of the light and fade into the music. Your shadow self will move to the beat of the drums. And you will find that when you leave the light and enter the music, your inner light begins to shine. 

Visual collage & animation by Ri Ri Soundtrack by NFTman76



Out of the Light & Into the Music

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In collaboration with the Wolf Society Foundation, the Earth Pollution Collection is an open edition with 6 pieces in the collection. 

Donation of 0.166 ETH 
70% - Partner conservation projects
20% - Wolf Society Foundation
10% - Artist RiRi_LotusQueen

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