It’s only 2 months since I dived into the NFT rabbit hole, but my world is completely upside down.

At first, I couldn’t wrap my head around why an avatar photo can be worth the same price of a luxury mansion? After joining project discords and reading some NFT roadmaps, it became intuitive to me this should be the way it is, because creativity and community is priceless. Note NFT is not just about the art itself. When I’m talking about creativity, it involves everyone in the community. Whether it’s the developer who designed the contract so minting gas fee is optimized, or the discord member that spreads some love through fan art or voluntary community engagement. Just like buying stocks, it takes so many factors for a company to be successful and most importantly stay competitive for the foreseeable future. Thus, in the NFT world with only $22B market cap, it’s hard to not own a blue-chip project at all costs.

I started to criticize myself on who I was, and who I strive to become. I recalled those vague childhood memories when I hand-drew a whole pile of storybook, mimicking stories happening inside my family. Since when did I lose the ability to confidently create a story without fears that it may not be good enough? Or the first time I played Mole Manor, an online game where I adopted virtual pets and met virtual friends, only later learned the inevitable goal of gaming company is monetization. But now with NFT’s ownership attribute things have changed because buyers/players now can also share the fruit of community growth and brand name. This raises the bar of ownership because people mistakenly think as long as you have the money to buy ETH, NFT is in your hand. It’s not enough. You also need to contribute to the community through social media and give back your own creativity to make it stronger. I’ve seen a coffee shop owner offers to make NFT exclusive merchandises, I can feel the vibe when I saw different fan arts on Twitter. As a result, I redownloaded Procreate and decided to pick up digital drawing after a long time. After all, even doodles are better than nothing right? (Doodle owners no offense, you are doing great) Always keep in mind you don’t have to own it now, but you can contribute now.

NFT democratizes the rights to define the new “fine art”, a privilege once reserved only for the elites. While lowering the bar to participate, it’s still a highly competitive market. A holder needs to have strong conviction in order to survive in the bear market when floor price drops way below cost. An artist can no longer quietly sit in her room and only present the final piece. They need to put themselves out there in the digital world, make collaborative partnership with other artists, and reveals the creation process through social media. It is no easy work and needs the artists and the team to grind their way through, but it’s definitely worth it. If Van Gogh lives in a Web 3.0 world, he wouldn’t need to suicide. Whether it’s the artists themselves, or the subject they are portraying, every piece of treasure can find their true owners who fully appreciate. Fun fact, because I bought Glam Beckett’s Sad Cats NFT, I start to like Sphynx cat?! Can you imagine! I also realized how much bias people tend to hold firm before spending even 5 minutes research and learn about it, I bet you never experience this in the crypto world huh? (oh so many times) What’s sad to me is that many crypto natives still hold biases towards NFT, even though they themselves have grinded through all the suspicion and doubts, keep in mind in the Web 3.0 era, the market will reward those who are extremely open-minded.

It’s only 2 months since I dived into the NFT rabbit hole, but my world is completely upside down.

At first, I couldn’t wrap my head around why an avatar photo can be worth the same price of a luxury mansion? After joining project discords and reading some NFT roadmaps, it became intuitive to me this should be the way it is, because creativity and community is priceless. Note NFT is not just about the art itself. When I’m talking about creativity, it involves everyone in the community. Whether it’s the developer who designed the contract so minting gas fee is optimized, or the discord member that spreads some love through fan art or voluntary community engagement. Just like buying stocks, it takes so many factors for a company to be successful and most importantly stay competitive for the foreseeable future. Thus, in the NFT world with only $22B market cap, it’s hard to not own a blue-chip project at all costs.

I started to criticize myself on who I was, and who I strive to become. I recalled those vague childhood memories when I hand-drew a whole pile of storybook, mimicking stories happening inside my family. Since when did I lose the ability to confidently create a story without fears that it may not be good enough? Or the first time I played Mole Manor, an online game where I adopted virtual pets and met virtual friends, only later learned the inevitable goal of gaming company is monetization. But now with NFT’s ownership attribute things have changed because buyers/players now can also share the fruit of community growth and brand name. This raises the bar of ownership because people mistakenly think as long as you have the money to buy ETH, NFT is in your hand. It’s not enough. You also need to contribute to the community through social media and give back your own creativity to make it stronger. I’ve seen a coffee shop owner offers to make NFT exclusive merchandises, I can feel the vibe when I saw different fan arts on Twitter. As a result, I redownloaded Procreate and decided to pick up digital drawing after a long time. After all, even doodles are better than nothing right? (Doodle owners no offense, you are doing great) Always keep in mind you don’t have to own it now, but you can contribute now.

NFT democratizes the rights to define the new “fine art”, a privilege once reserved only for the elites. While lowering the bar to participate, it’s still a highly competitive market. A holder needs to have strong conviction in order to survive in the bear market when floor price drops way below cost. An artist can no longer quietly sit in her room and only present the final piece. They need to put themselves out there in the digital world, make collaborative partnership with other artists, and reveals the creation process through social media. It is no easy work and needs the artists and the team to grind their way through, but it’s definitely worth it. If Van Gogh lives in a Web 3.0 world, he wouldn’t need to suicide. Whether it’s the artists themselves, or the subject they are portraying, every piece of treasure can find their true owners who fully appreciate. Fun fact, because I bought Glam Beckett’s Sad Cats NFT, I start to like Sphynx cat?! Can you imagine! I also realized how much bias people tend to hold firm before spending even 5 minutes research and learn about it, I bet you never experience this in the crypto world huh? (oh so many times) What’s sad to me is that many crypto natives still hold biases towards NFT, even though they themselves have grinded through all the suspicion and doubts, keep in mind in the Web 3.0 era, the market will reward those who are extremely open-minded.