# Meme Maxis week 15 By [pandelic](https://paragraph.com/@pandelic) · 2022-10-31 --- _Highlights and sidecuts of the Meme Maxis, week of Oct 24 – cover art “_[_Sternennacht_](https://twitter.com/gmmoneyETH/status/1574742643221069825)_“ by_ **_gmmoneyETH_**. A very warm welcome to all our new members: **rakesh\_pulapa** + **spuddhism** + **web3\_50** + **milestones\_nft** + **HugoFaz** + **AzOgZz** + **blocknoob\_** _+_ **Giopetto14** + and now the hazing begins 🎃 **Burnasso** weaves his love of puzzles with the Open Metaverse, co-organizing (with DarrenSRS) a long-awaited [scavenger hunt](https://twitter.com/burnasso/status/1583183531496583170) that went [live this week](https://twitter.com/burnasso/status/1584484790207926272). With three intrepid winners, of course one of them had to be a Maxi of our very own – congratulations to **G9ralt** for the [speedy sleuthing](https://twitter.com/Burnasso/status/1584674190346846208)! 🎁 ![I was today years-old when I learned the phrase “proof of roof”](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/91f004540f839c7c257359e44ef418cbb52511c66bf19d60eedd0e79bd1a1082.jpg) I was today years-old when I learned the phrase “proof of roof” **Dinocelotti** gifts two (2) “Shredded Institutions” to each holder of his [Spread the Memes collection](https://opensea.io/collection/spread-the-memes) via airdrop. It’s an instant classic ([announcement](https://twitter.com/dinocelotti/status/1584473521438265345)): ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/97ca685a9f1a7839c6ec69f6a7ca4a77e53365eb4324dc52fcfb9e101cafaab0.jpg) As we collectively figure out what it means to liberate art and culture from our web2 corporate overlords, UNIC and punk6529 continue to illuminate the vanguard: [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCq56AyXGeQ) Punk6529’s conversation with Punk4156 (co-founder of Nouns, a slow-release NFT collection and, some might argue, way of life) is foundational and thought-provoking. You can hear the interview and read [class notes](https://medium.com/@6000.regular/interview-of-punk4156-by-punk6529-257f8468688e) also: [![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRrSQ0BPdwo) Meme Card 28 – !UGH ------------------- There is a phenomenon called a visually evoked auditory response (vEAR) where, when given a silent video clip, some people’s brains fill in a matching sound all by themselves. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/78f44cc6e87388065e28956b0e36057a4e31bda5937f38bb51f27ad34cc35815.gif) My award for the loudest new vEAR gif goes to JakNFT’s darlin’ new meme card ([artist announcement](https://twitter.com/JakNFT/status/1584548647621955584)) – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6acfc6728a22731a7e541dcf0e3ac02e2bd26e61eb63c9cbac91f324ca265a31.gif) …and hot on its heels fins, **G9ralt**’s [charming derivative meme](https://twitter.com/G9ralt/status/1584579940803956739): ![Highly recommended that you click through to view the animation, to see what happens if you don't use a hardware wallet.](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ca1791c58575094cc48e294b39438a92267928cfcaddc8b4e4edbc65e7a86696.png) Highly recommended that you click through to view the animation, to see what happens if you don't use a hardware wallet. **IntrepidPhotos.eth** acquires a coveted NakamotoFreedom (meme card 4) from **MeltedMindz**, [bartering](https://twitter.com/intrepid_p/status/1584713230559375361) his own honest-to-god stunner of a photographic composition, “Rock and Ice” (entire [“Northern Exposure” series on SuperRare](https://superrare.com/series/0x9644b240e560b733c8ac5e5c977276039d1a2e58)) – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c2c03c60d3bdea8640344802c6a85fe1bd4e3fe924fa5cb312ffcf8512eb9371.jpg) Meme Card 29 – Seize the Bees of Production ------------------------------------------- _Pandemonium among the Maxis!_ Punk6529 [offers the latest card by 6529er](https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1585305194107400193) as a completely public mint from the get-go, bypassing the usual allowlist process. To celebrate the openness of cc0 and the entry of Pooh into the public domain, Winnie-the-Punk debuts with a pop: ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d518440c9208bd8e601735e59357f7e8b4b4abbb2ba3068c49633a8b6232d4d7.png) Mouths grumbling and stomachs tumbling, the maxis bumble through the public mint and, in the end, emerge intact … even moving gradually to embrace the work. How could we not, accompanied by this epitome of wisdom and cuteness? \[ed: I mean Dorian, obviously.\] ![pinkapewife's potent distillation](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8d1ec21e606e2bdc8838c34e882219d0b164ef359cfbe670321c9c5d761b454b.gif) pinkapewife's potent distillation > Life is a journey when searching for hunny 🐝 **M0niqueSullivan** And **aRegularDad** composes an opus celebrating the NFT realm as an Uncarved Block, just like Pooh and the eternal ocean he represents, in this [thread on The Tao of Pooh](https://twitter.com/aRegularDad/status/1585766661424320512) – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2dfc968a657188ee0d9f0acceb609737f9a5b54b4fe410bb49e209411e5bdb1e.png) Happy Birthday to **Deconstruct\_eth**! 🎂 They [present the 4th piece](https://twitter.com/deconstruct_eth/status/1585911710313254912) of their collection entitled “Upward” and I do hope some parts of it will be edible – ![An epic animation + sound pairing, available to mint Nov 1st (initially allowlisted for Maxis)](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/63cd8079de282f1e1c367689caf27d7fbd9e540a06e981f35b54e8464661d31b.png) An epic animation + sound pairing, available to mint Nov 1st (initially allowlisted for Maxis) Meme Card 30: OM, Human-Intelligence Generated ---------------------------------------------- The big three-oh meme card is a 100-second performance extravaganza, spanning multiple acts. Here’s an intro from the artist himself: > Making this art video took 30 days and directly involved 60+ people, who were all onboarded to Web3, NFTs and our mission towards the open metaverse! ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8f7303c277517e58c24ad7a24d848c43654d6f2679e8fd80c83dc450a56a068a.png) In true performance art fashion, **HugoFaz** has taken the ultimate goal of expanding and strengthening our broader web3 community, and made that goal integral to the piece itself. Be sure to read [his entire announcement thread](https://twitter.com/HugoFaz/status/1586024919636140032), beginning with inspirations for the work, to its grand purpose, exemplified by CasaNUA, **HugoFaz**’s local-artist incubation and support efforts. What we witness as dazzling creativity and proficiency becomes engraved with layers of deeper meaning. OM:HIG is a work of art unique to the medium of NFTs, yet universal in its celebration of humankind and our infinite power of expression. Inevitably, by simplistic metrics the immediate audience reaction is…well, I’ll pass the mic to **ReadyPereOne**: ![Indeed, the piece sits among some illustrious peers 🖼](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7444cfbe13f4b0aafe9239055373d240c85d38b6e1399e2ca9862f9ea50f3b7e.png) Indeed, the piece sits among some illustrious peers 🖼 It takes but a single passionate cry to strike down the silence of the infinite. **G9ralt**’s [derivative video-meme-card](https://twitter.com/G9ralt/status/1586049959941398528) is thus the ideal all-caps assertion: ![History records this among the first drone footage from within the Open Metaverse.](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3f471bc0d4e39885455ece5496e670d8bdeb388ba6c67555f35ec7c0ec0ce614.png) History records this among the first drone footage from within the Open Metaverse. Later, **HugoFaz** shares [footage of the dancers’ at a nude Halloween party](https://twitter.com/HugoFaz/status/1586186676283772930) watching the piece they created together. May we never lose sight of the fact that, in the end, it’s always about the people. Tour d’Art ---------- As we shimmy out of our costumes and into November, let’s take a spirited stroll through some colorful output from the collective this past week, original art and hallo-memes™ alike (coinage credit: **mememaxis**). The good doctor is everywhere, even on [sides of buildings](https://twitter.com/G9ralt/status/1585595856576815104): ![https://twitter.com/G9ralt/status/1585595856576815104](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/19f781fd2fd70cadc6baf6d317eb790b0f176d687c960259f28ce331c6663bc4.png) https://twitter.com/G9ralt/status/1585595856576815104 “[Cyber Cinema](https://foundation.app/@Zigmarillion/zg01/4)” by **Zigmarillion** ([announcement](https://twitter.com/zigmarillion/status/1586059685957804032)) – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f40532f15ae7c2868b5573c8b5a57f4f97f03b813a718ee5c256c1924538e22a.jpg) [Gorgeous, lush orchestration](https://twitter.com/RacBrasti/status/1586390179517865985) by **RacBrasti** on OMSeized – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3c8f1bfa9cfa184666f2903aba0d34cb894f1b1d7d85590d7abe827015bb4147.png) Even in the Twilight Zone I’d still want to float with Pooh. Here’s a [Halloween mashup](https://twitter.com/Alex8rite/status/1586466061536239616) from **Alex8rite** – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d394eadbd346b94b5310e8fc9cb7f1975076edb94aa91f2562fa212ef96629d1.gif) “[Punklet](https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/)” by **Spuddhism** ([announcement](https://twitter.com/spuddhism/status/1586521723607781376)) – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/542dc335c0eeccb3579a1fff092d3de0c91f9c7397b36e1349a4fa99ebfcfad4.jpg) “[Shadow Reflection](https://app.manifold.xyz/c/shadow-reflection)” – or is it possibly the perfect illusion – by **Burnasso** ([announcement](https://twitter.com/Burnasso/status/1587062604232642562)) – ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8651d8c5af6dd2889a147fea9d22011085e62e19534f4096bb49c41369215c07.jpg) And so all things envelop, encircle, and return to their origin. **gmmoneyETH** carries us back to [where life begins anew](https://gallery.manifold.xyz/fountain) ([announcement](https://twitter.com/gmmoneyETH/status/1586858248245719042)). ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a6c9b1fdb6ee761f34394c5845b6adbc60c78111ef78a5bdace7bf7e4c42a000.jpg) 🐳 Happy meme-seizing and life-seizing to all ~ --- *Originally published on [pandelic](https://paragraph.com/@pandelic/meme-maxis-week-15)*