Tezos

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Creator

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Description

100 collectors become the not-so-fictional characters in a surreal dreamscape. Warning: avatar names have not been changed! ᕁ᙮ᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮᙮ᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮ᕁᕁ᙮ᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮᙮ᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮ᕁᕁ᙮ᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮᙮ᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮ᕁᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮᙮ᕁᕽᕽᕁ᙮ That said, I avoided selecting avatar names resembling actual legal names, and curated the selection to include (i) über groovy avatars presenting elements of musicality, (ii) the avatars of some of the fx(hash) marketplace heavy hitters, and (iii) some extra friendly avatars. Even collectors whose avatars didn’t make the cut, may well find this metapoem entertaining: it aims to capture both the zeitgeist and the idiosyncrasies of our generative art subculture on the eve of the mass adoption of AI. In a loose sense, this is the continuation of the earlier, much shorter piece, *simulation: an ode to f(x)hash*, minted almost a year ago now. *simulation* is also a rules driven piece, but its narrative was shaped by project names, rather than collector avatar names. This poem is a humble nod to the American poet John Ashbery, and the title is a reference to his book and eponymous poem: *Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror* published by Viking Press (1975). The opening five lines of this poem are in homage to *A Day in the Life*, the last track on the Beatles album *Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band*. A 10-minute audio recording of an impromptu reading of the poem is available for those who prefer to listen. The link is on the second page of the document. Thank you for reading and/or listening! ༺═────────────═༻

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metapoetry

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nftsubculture