# Welcome to Mack Minutes

> The new hub for updates on Alex's art, mountains & tangents

**Published by:** [Mack Minutes](https://paragraph.com/@alexmack/)
**Published on:** 2024-07-04
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@alexmack/welcome

## Content

I've been talking about creating a newsletter for ages. Of course, in classic Alex fashion, I over-committed to enough jobs and projects for 10 humans, pushing the theoretical newsletter into the chaotic depths of my ADHD brain... But things have changed recently. Big change. Gud change. So it's time to do the damn thang.Welcome to the Mack Minutes Newsletter. ^^^ lil intro video for the audio/visual appreciatoorsWhat's it all about?The main goal of this newsletter is to consolidate all art and life updates into a single publication, notably including:Art drops & listings. Everything from upcoming mints to presales, collector updates, digital and physical art listings / availability, and whatever else that is relevant to the enjoyoooors. Collaborations & commissions. I have some very exciting collabs and announcements coming within the web3 space. You can bet updates and sneak peaks for those types of projects will be shared here firstLife & adventures. Most of my art is powered, and inspired, by the great outdoors. Now that I'm a full-time artist I have the flexibility to seek out more adventures, more often. This newsletter will be filled with BTS, trips and life updates.ADHD tangents. Self-explanatory. Sometimes I have more philosophical (or shitpost-worthy) thoughts on the web3 space, for those who want to dive a little deeper 😉 Format: all-inclusive for the neurodivergent frensWe don't all have time to read a long newsletter and paragraphs of random tangents. So I figured I'd provide a format that covers most bases of time and attention span:Video. Quick recaps (~2-3 mins) at the start of the newsletter. See above for episode 1 😬TLDR. We love a quick summary. This will be at the front end of each newsletter.Extended edition. Got your coffee and 10 minutes of reading time? This is the more in-depth content of the newsletter. Enjoy full paragraphs and more pretty pictures.What's new, Alex Mack?I'll keep this one brief, with more extended storytime in the next newsletter:Officially a ~ full-time artist ~. After over a decade as a cardiac physiologist (i.e. heart / high-altitude researcher) I've officially left full-time academia. As of June 1st 2024, Alex is a full-time artist, photographer, and contracting scientist. This means I get to spend the majority of my time creating and growing as an artist, and will take on the occasional research expedition when it fits. This has been a long time coming (been basically living two lives for the past two years in anticipation of this career changes)... I am joyous, exhausted, relieved and reinvigorated. Big adventures incoming. In just over two weeks I'll be heading to the Canadian Rockies for two weeks' work at a remote mountaineering camp, and another week or so of backcountry adventures... ahead of returning to Vancouver to run a hiking clinic with Arc'teryx and then heading straight for the desert. LFG. Incoming art drops. A few collabs upcoming, including something that is physical, but not a print... points to anyone who can guess what that is 👀“Sounds rad! How do I stay updated?”There's a button for that! Just click "subscribe" below and you’ll get Mack Minutes delivered straight to your email inbox whenever it’s published:SubscribePS. Art BytesIn each newsletter I’ll have a section for currently available art, inclusive of mints on ETH, SOL, Base [and any other chains fine art is sold 😉 ]. Here’s what’s currently on chain:ASCENSION ⛰ Three 1/1 photographs. No list price. Open to offers. https://foundation.app/collection/ascension-alexmack Alex Mack @alexmack__ A S C E N S I O N reflection. illusion. paradox. now listed on @foundation 868 12:00 PM • Jul 11, 2023 FLUTTER 🦋 (6/10 remain)Edition of 10, 0.04 ETH. Mixed media: watercolour, 35mm film & digital animation.https://foundation.appFlutter | Foundation"Flutter", 2024 Media: physical watercolour; 35mm film photography; frame-by-frame sequence animation of watercolour elements. All elements and final piece created by Alex Mackenzie. Artist: Alex Mackenzie Special edition: Floraculture Art Exihibition #1, March 2024 Alex Mack @alexmack__ FLUTTER now LIVE on @foundation x @FloracultureArt watercolour x 35mm x animation edition of 10 59 7:25 AM • Mar 20, 2024 ON SOME HIGH 🎨 1/1 watercolour photograph, in Flannel Collective’s “From Thought to Form” Exhibition. List price 0.69 ETH, minted in March 2023. Open to offers.https://foundation.appOn Some High | FoundationI've had a vision for some time, A chromatic scope for arts, entwined Between lens and pigment, Water and mind. Some paradoxical fission in my imagination... Alex Mack @alexmack__ On Some High ~ watercolour photograph ~ is LIVE in the @FCollective_art "From Thought to Form" exhibition on @foundation 160 7:28 AM • Mar 27, 2023 LONG GONE 🦋🌹 (7/20 remain)Edition of 20, 0.69 SOL. Mixed media: watercolour, 35mm film & digital animation.https://exchange.artLong Gone - alexmack | Exchange Art"Long Gone", 2024Mixed media: frame-by-frame physical watercolour on 35mm film photoPhoto: Coast mountains alpine, British Columbia, Canada on Kodak Portra 400Artist: Alex Mackenzie Alex Mack @alexmack__ "Long Gone" now LIVE on @exchgART edition of 20 0.69 SOL 68 8:02 AM • Apr 2, 2024 WANDERER 🎞35mm film photograph, part of "Based Frames" series on Zora. Free mint! This series involves a new piece every month. This is the second of 12 🙂 Collect NFT SEKOIA 🦋 Physical Video Print Limited edition video print, in collaboration with SHILLR and Infinite Objects:https://infiniteobjects.comSekoia"Sekoia" is a mixed-media piece combining physical watercolour, 35mm film photography and animationButterfly: watercolour painted by hand, frame-by-framePhotograph: Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, on Kodak Gold 200 35mm film Part of SHILLR Media S2 Burn-To-Redeem Collection Edition of 24 Alex Mack @alexmack__ THRILLED to announce… “Sekoia” is now available as a limited edition VIDEO PRINT on @infiniteobjects 101 11:43 AM • Mar 11, 2024 And that's all for now, folks!Thanks for being here. Don't forget to subscribe for updates 🤘 Subscribe

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