In the past week, absolute mayhem took over.

You may not have had money in SVB, but you panicked.

You may not even be in the US, but you panicked knowing global markets would be affected.

You may have been bankless, but then you realised a portion of stable coins were tied to SVB, so you panicked.

There was a bank run, fiat couldn’t be withdrawn, crypto was crashing and so was stable coins. Fears of 2008 surfaced, some of us went as far back as 1997 when the ASIAN financial crisis happened.

Someone lost a huge amount of money in the panic. Three banks were closed down subsequently. All its investors lost their shares.

So from shock to anger, it's been a roller coaster week. Today most of us have turned into the third character. Dazed and resigned, just watching closely. 

This may not be a fullblown crisis yet but it signals not everything is right in the centralised banking world.

For a bank that was behind the tech industry for 40 over years, I worry howits loss will impact the growth of tech, the people behind tech advancement and everyone in the tech ecosystem. How will this impact crypto and NFTs? Will we see crypto continue to rise or will it be a false sense of rise? How many more will lose jobs? 

But there really is nothing much we can do but watch at this point. 

Visithra


Roller Coaster

So for sometime now I've wanted to create a PFP that included my photo as well as my art. This particular photo is one of the most iconic ones I've constantly used for features on my art. It also best describes me - the ever cheerful and laughing one. Its also a self portrait I took. This will remain in mint till I get the right offer.

Note: First minted Oct 7, 2021. transferring to custom contract

Vis the girl on the moon

Web 2 is coming

Hide your JPEGs - they want all your profits

Web 2 is coming

We are all puppets in the hands of fate

This NFT comes with the physical painting for the first owner. Not inclusive of shipping.

We are all puppets in the hands of fate

Man will go to his grave and still tell women - they need to prove themselves.  

The truth is women can't just be equal, we are expected to be extraordinary to be considered good enough. 

Even then it's never enough.

Actually #5/5

We are watching you

When people talk about surveillance they often think about cctv but the truth is every thing we consume and use today is monitoring and studying us. Advances in AI and pattern analytics have enabled billions of accounts to be watched in real time. 

Your personal texts, your drafts, your verbal conversations are tracked to suggest ads to you and there's really nowhere to hide any where in the world. We lock our accounts in the hope of keeping our lives private but the lock only keeps the public out, not the companies benefitting from our data. 

Unless we log off the internet and start sending paper planes to communicate, we are all being watched. 


We are watching you

In-Visible

We as a society idolise money and fame as symbols of success. We measure a persons worth by the number of followers they have or the things they own to portray what society deems as success.

It creates a culture where people are more concerned with someone's fame rather than the content or the impact they are making. We conflate fame as an ideal way of life. 

We are unable to see a person beyond their job, often looking down on someone society perceives as a failure for not having money.

This often leaves people with talent, those still on their own journeys and those actually making a difference seem invisible. We are unable to see them as multiple factors hinder their growth. 

Being ignored and overlooked can be a deeply frustrating and a demoralising experience. Just because someone hasn't achieved a certain level of recognition doesn't mean that they aren't talented, intelligent, or deserving of attention and respect. 

The thing people don’t realise is those who are invisible today, can one day become visible. 

Visithra

In-visible

Capitalism claims to be helping the people but they have you sitting on a ball they're bouncing up and down. They make money at your expense as you struggle to keep up with rising prices, eventually falling into poverty.

Fuck Capitalism

Fuck Capitalism

Time's running out for Anon. How long will he resist?

Anon, are you ok?

Anon, are you ok?

Ikari V2

The future is decentralised 

Digital revolution

The Future is Decentralised #2/5

Visithra Manikam (Superrare) is a multi displinary visual artist from Malaysia who paints expressionism and pop surrealism paintings. She has two styles, ikari and ikigai. Her art has been exhibited in LA, New York, England, India, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Phillipines and more.

www.visithra.com

https://superrare.com/visithra
Vissyuga https://opensea.io/collection/vissyuga

Vissy https://opensea.io/collection/vissy

Letters from Visithra https://opensea.io/collection/lettersvisithra


*Please note that ownership of this NFT does not denote ownership of the commercial rights to the content

Have you seen the depths of your inner world? 

Where the mind has eyes that wander beyond the conscious and unconscious mind, a spectator of the outer world, the ruler of your unconscious mind.

The minds eyes

Visithra

Thaipusam is the biggest Hindu festival outside of India that takes place every year in Batu Cavas, Malaysia. 

I've been attending the festival since I was a child but started photographing it in 2005. Since then I developed a style that brings life to the festival to show the intensity of the festival, devotion, passion and energy around it. 

This photo was taken in 2015.

In the picture the kavadi bearer is being pierced with the vel that is held by Lord Muruga who the festival celebrates. Eyes closed he is in meditation to the sounds of vel vel being chanted by his friends and family around him. The experience of carrying a kavadi which is often 7-15 KG in weight is a team effort and in a way a journey to god.

This picture is part of a series of photos to receive Honorable Mention in the Culture category of  Prix de la Photographie Paris" (Px3) in 2016. 

The jury selected winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries. 

https://v-eyez.blogspot.com/



Vel Vel

A scene from a market in Kuala Lumpur where a line of stinky beans or Petai is hung. Petai is a local delicacy in Malaysia and many parts of Asia. 

Petai

Photography by Visithra V2

In the garden of my mind, I plant seeds that bloom into thoughts. I swim into the depths of my unconsciousness, curious, unbound by restrictions, seeing with my minds eye.

In the garden of my mind

Ikigai V2

Fomo, Greed and Parasites

The crescent moon and the bird

Async Art

SuperRare

Darurat means state of emergency. It was declared in January 2021 to control the third wave of the pandemic in my country. we had 151,066 cases and 586 deaths. today we have 1,299767 cases, 11,162 deaths. Devastating numbers for a country with only 32 million people. 

This series was started a year ago. i didn't imagine things will get as bad as it is today. 

Kita dan Mereka or Us vs Them is a reflection of how the people are barely surviving in this pandemic. it looks into everyday issues, survival, depression and the trauma faced by the people in Malaysia that is reflective of the lived experience of many globally.

Emergency - Darurat

- the one who says no

expressionism, neoexpressionism 

What is a Rebel

Foundation

pop surrealism painting created by visithra manikam that looks into dreams and the subconcious based on carl jungs dreams

Sweet dreams are made of this 

Rarible

Lotus city is a city I've imagined to exist in the future where the futuristic city coexists with lotus. The lotus is a flower I often use in my paintings. 

The work was created using multiple ai softwares and features music I created. 

As a traditional artist who hand paints art, this is my first ai short film to be minted. I have been working on several ai short films. Several that will be exhibited in the near future. 

Lotus City

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong - Carl Jung

The phrase "alternates between sense and nonsense" highlights the variability of human thought. At times, our thoughts and perceptions may align with reason, logic, and rationality—what Jung refers to as "sense." During these moments, our understanding of the world feels clear, coherent, and grounded in reality.

However, there are also moments when our thoughts veer into the realm of "nonsense." Here, our thinking may become irrational, illogical, or disconnected from reality. These are the times when our minds entertain whimsical ideas, fantastical notions, or unfounded beliefs.

Jung's assertion that the pendulum swings between sense and nonsense, rather than between right and wrong, suggests that the dichotomy of right and wrong is not always the primary driving force behind our thoughts. Instead, our mental fluctuations are more concerned with the balance between coherence and confusion, reason and irrationality, clarity and ambiguity.

This perspective invites us to consider the complexity of human cognition and the nuanced interplay between different modes of thinking. It reminds us that our thoughts are not always neatly categorized as right or wrong but are shaped by a myriad of influences, including our emotions, experiences, and subconscious desires. Ultimately, Jung encourages us to explore the rich tapestry of our own minds, embracing both the rational and the irrational aspects of our thought processes.

The pendulum of the mind

The lifeless skull represents the transcendence of the physical body and the ego, emphasizing the impermanence of material existence. The skull symbolizes the removal of the veil of ignorance. The skull, stripped of its external features, represents the clarity and insight gained through spiritual realization. In order to transcend the mundane and achieve a higher state of consciousness, one must strip of ones ego and embrace their innate, untamed energy. 

Visithra

Ikigai series

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