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It was a Sunday afternoon in March and I wanted a glass of red wine more, I was sure, than I had ever wanted anything in my entire life. I was two months sober, the weather was shit and my nerves were shot. I had spent most of the weekend thinking that the trip to Munich was a mistake, that travel would never be the same again, that life was hardly worth living without a drink in my hand. Our last stop before boarding the train back to Frankfurt was a visit to Museum Brandhorst, a modern art ...
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Neuroscientists don’t know exactly where dreams originate inside the human brain. They can’t extract or study a dream itself, only descriptions of a dream, filtered through the memory of the dreamer. And the prevailing scientific explanation of dreams—defragmentation of the memory drives of the mind—somehow fails to satisfy. Recently, I’ve wondered if virtual reality is an attempt to create a kind of waking dream, a world on the boundary line, a way to tap into those hidden corners of the psy...
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MS Bourland"Lepanto"
It was a Sunday afternoon in March and I wanted a glass of red wine more, I was sure, than I had ever wanted anything in my entire life. I was two months sober, the weather was shit and my nerves were shot. I had spent most of the weekend thinking that the trip to Munich was a mistake, that travel would never be the same again, that life was hardly worth living without a drink in my hand. Our last stop before boarding the train back to Frankfurt was a visit to Museum Brandhorst, a modern art ...
MS BourlandAstro Dream With Me
Neuroscientists don’t know exactly where dreams originate inside the human brain. They can’t extract or study a dream itself, only descriptions of a dream, filtered through the memory of the dreamer. And the prevailing scientific explanation of dreams—defragmentation of the memory drives of the mind—somehow fails to satisfy. Recently, I’ve wondered if virtual reality is an attempt to create a kind of waking dream, a world on the boundary line, a way to tap into those hidden corners of the psy...
MS BourlandCandy-Colored Metamodern Fairy Tales: Browntopink Has a Story to Tell
Full disclosure—I adore the way that Browntopink portrays women. You don’t have to scroll through NFT art sites for long to find images of women doing explicit—or simply bizarre—things with/to their bodies. (In some cases, one can only assume that certain creators are DIY-ing their own soft-core porn and then trying to pass it off as art to the rest of us.) In contrast, Browntopink’s work presents the female form as the subject, not an object; the women in her pieces are the actors, not acted...
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Bronze - 0.02 ETH | Digital Only - NFT + eBook + Audiobook*
Gold - Auctions | 1/1 Art + 1/1 Books
All 1/1 artworks in the Shadows of the Gods collection are minted within my custom smart contract (including royalties). OpenSea is simply the interface we are using to manage the auction mechanics for the collection:
https://opensea.io/de-DE/collection/death-bringer-book
All Shadows of the Gods auctions are set to begin at 15h CET | 2pm GMT on Thursday, December 15; they will end at 15h CET | 2pm GMT on Tuesday, December 20.
Connect your Ethereum wallet via the Connect button in the top right corner of the site.
Click the MINT button & then approve the mint fee + gas in your wallet when prompted. You can mint 1 Silver NFT per transaction & up to 10 Bronze NFTs per transaction.
Stay on the Mint page until the transaction is complete—you’ll see a green link to Etherscan appear after you’ve minted successfully.
If you minted a Silver NFT, the code to claim your physical copy of Death-Bringer will also be assigned at this step!
Now, go to the Library page: shadowsbook.xyz/library.
This section is token-gated; it is where you can securely download your eBook & audiobook episodes. The full audiobook will be available in January; you can download Chapter 1 now.
Detailed instructions for adding the eBook to your Kindle & other devices are included at the bottom of the Library page. In the meantime, here are a few helpful hints :)
The AZW3 file format is specifically for Kindle devices.
The EPUB file is formatted for all Apple & Android devices
If you read on the Kindle App via your phone or iPad, download the EPUB :)
You can also read the EPUB on your computer - I recommend Adobe Digital Editions, which is free for both PC & Mac.
If you need a MOBI file, use the Contact form on the site to let me know!
If your NFT tier includes a physical book, the Library will also show you:
Your personal claim code
A free shipping code
A link to order your copy of Death-Bringer for free on my Shopify site. Step-by-step ordering instructions are below!
Go to shadowsbook.xyz & connect your Metamask wallet.
Go to the Library page - you'll see the Death-Bringer book at the top of the page.
Click the "Get Your Code" button.
Copy your code and then click the "Claim Now" button - you'll be directed to my Shopify site to order. Note: We've learned that Shopify & Brave are not friends, so if you're using Brave, you need to copy the Shopify link to a different browser.
In Shopify, click the "Buy Now" button to add the book to your cart.
On the ordering page, fill in the address you'd like the book shipped to.
Enter your personal discount code (from the Library) & click Apply. Then enter your shipping code for free worldwide shipping in the same box & click Apply again.
Click the "Continue to shipping" button & select your shipping method, then click "Continue to payment."
Review and complete your order - you’ll receive a confirmation email if you include an email address with your order.
Congratulations - your copy of Death-Bringer is on its way to your door!
Go to shadowsbook.xyz/mint & choose your NFT tier:
Silver - 0.05 ETH | NFT + Physical Book + Digital Access
Bronze - 0.02 ETH | Digital Only - NFT + eBook + Audiobook*
Gold - Auctions | 1/1 Art + 1/1 Books
All 1/1 artworks in the Shadows of the Gods collection are minted within my custom smart contract (including royalties). OpenSea is simply the interface we are using to manage the auction mechanics for the collection:
https://opensea.io/de-DE/collection/death-bringer-book
All Shadows of the Gods auctions are set to begin at 15h CET | 2pm GMT on Thursday, December 15; they will end at 15h CET | 2pm GMT on Tuesday, December 20.
Connect your Ethereum wallet via the Connect button in the top right corner of the site.
Click the MINT button & then approve the mint fee + gas in your wallet when prompted. You can mint 1 Silver NFT per transaction & up to 10 Bronze NFTs per transaction.
Stay on the Mint page until the transaction is complete—you’ll see a green link to Etherscan appear after you’ve minted successfully.
If you minted a Silver NFT, the code to claim your physical copy of Death-Bringer will also be assigned at this step!
Now, go to the Library page: shadowsbook.xyz/library.
This section is token-gated; it is where you can securely download your eBook & audiobook episodes. The full audiobook will be available in January; you can download Chapter 1 now.
Detailed instructions for adding the eBook to your Kindle & other devices are included at the bottom of the Library page. In the meantime, here are a few helpful hints :)
The AZW3 file format is specifically for Kindle devices.
The EPUB file is formatted for all Apple & Android devices
If you read on the Kindle App via your phone or iPad, download the EPUB :)
You can also read the EPUB on your computer - I recommend Adobe Digital Editions, which is free for both PC & Mac.
If you need a MOBI file, use the Contact form on the site to let me know!
If your NFT tier includes a physical book, the Library will also show you:
Your personal claim code
A free shipping code
A link to order your copy of Death-Bringer for free on my Shopify site. Step-by-step ordering instructions are below!
Go to shadowsbook.xyz & connect your Metamask wallet.
Go to the Library page - you'll see the Death-Bringer book at the top of the page.
Click the "Get Your Code" button.
Copy your code and then click the "Claim Now" button - you'll be directed to my Shopify site to order. Note: We've learned that Shopify & Brave are not friends, so if you're using Brave, you need to copy the Shopify link to a different browser.
In Shopify, click the "Buy Now" button to add the book to your cart.
On the ordering page, fill in the address you'd like the book shipped to.
Enter your personal discount code (from the Library) & click Apply. Then enter your shipping code for free worldwide shipping in the same box & click Apply again.
Click the "Continue to shipping" button & select your shipping method, then click "Continue to payment."
Review and complete your order - you’ll receive a confirmation email if you include an email address with your order.
Congratulations - your copy of Death-Bringer is on its way to your door!
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