Decentralized

I like to think
my mind is decentralized
like yours
vast, open, spacious, benign.

(You made the kids
origami flowers
for Valentine’s Day!)

But sometimes, it is
coarsened
by ego’s
venture capitalists

who monopolize
governance tokens
disrupt
nodes of solicitude.

(When we argue
my teeth chatter
before sleep.)

Parachains of
intimacy
bind us.
I will not forget.

Is there a
White Paper
addressed
to Our Souls?

(Either way,
I will find you
in the metaverse
beyond death
my love.)

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Digital Decentralized -"Decentralized" is a love poem I wrote to my wife in the language of Web 3.0. I think Web 3.0 acts as an interesting metaphor for consciousness and love. Is the mind centralized or decentralized? Is our consciousness our own or part of a larger consciousness? Can we call that consciousness "love"?

There are two components of this collection; textual and digital. The textual component is the poem itself. The digital component comprises four "decentralized" works of art based on individual poem verses, two "digital writing" microfilms, one AI-generated graphic art, and a gif.

Within each digital piece, multiple formats have been used; writing and drawing in Procreate, photo art in Photoshop, and video editing in Premiere Pro. As such, the collection is in itself decentralized.

The digital pieces can be embedded into a webpage, a blog with a Vimeo link, or code. I can scale the size of the digital components to fit any publication.

First Verse - Calligraphy, drawing, and animation via Procreate. Music and video editing in Premiere Pro. 816 × 1088. See the collection tab for more details. Music “Moonwalk” Yehezkel Raz courtesy of Artlist.io.

Sixth Verse - AI-generated art via Dalle-2. Textual elements added in Photoshop.

Verse Seven - 1340 × 1690 animated gif. Word doc edited and animated in Procreate. Based on the Ethereum white paper.

Final Verse - The base layer of this video is a wedding photo of my wife and me. The image was enhanced and stylized in Photoshop, and then I added calligraphy, drawing, and animation via Procreate. I did some music and video editing via Premiere Pro. 784 x 1082. Music “Stargazing” by Alchemorph courtesy of Artlist.io.

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