*Highlights and mid-journeys of the Meme Maxis, week of November 28 – cover image courtesy MeltedMindz, excerpted from “Open Roads, Open Metaverse” by MattScobel.*

A hearty, mead-filled welcome to new member MLeeJr! As grows the Meme Maxis community, so too does our coverage merrily expand, to include traveling companions who have hopped aboard the discord group.

Happy birthday to rakesh_pulapa 🎊 – better yet, let’s call forth the venerable tradition of the personal tribute:

Intriguing details skitter underfoot in this cornucopia of a meme-sterpiece, masterminded by KristyGlas. Could a conspiring clowder of cats be the best choice to inaugurate a week brimming with art, wit, and mystery?

Kristy had issued a cat-call for community cameos the week prior––emerging mere days later with a beautiful, flawlessly directed urban scrawl, landed gracefully on all fours. Our new feline overlords recommend perusing this alleyscape with a magnifying glass, and wish you success in deciphering its messages. (If you get stuck, amtwo_eth has helpfully penned an illustrated guide.)

Rumors of riotous celebrations are confirmed immediately when meme-detective g9ralt exposes the afterparty, revealed in an exclusive scoop before the card drop:

And spuddhism mints “My Memes!”, a mashup of Kristy’s menagerie with “The Institutions are Coming” by 6529er (announcement) –

May the meows be ever in your favor.

Under the sure guidance of group organizers amtwo_eth and apeinacoupe, and through collaborative discussions between maxis over the past weeks, the DAO of Seizer officially launches––replete with morphing tesseract logo 🤯, mission manifesto, and DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) token:

What will the DAO do? At the outset, its primary aims are two-fold: to host a collection of pieces from the 6529 ecosystem (for instance, meme cards and gradients), and to champion the values of decentralization, privacy, and self-sovereignty. Community-led initiatives such as seizerDAO embody tremendous potential to boost efforts by punk6529 and the Open Metaverse team, by introducing more people to these concepts and perhaps other fundamental ones along the way, such as inclusivity, empathy, and the helpful perspective that NFTs are people.

On a personal note: originally, I joined the maxis group on a lark, with the vague idea that it might be a fun thing, to shoot the sarsaparilla with fellow fans of colorful collectibles. How little vision I possessed! Within a few weeks, it was clear that I’d stumbled into a gang of some of the sweetest and sharpest humans around. The uniter of clans, Zig-“Godfather of the Maxis”-marillion, who convened the tidy twitter group in the first place, deserves immense gratitude for his initiative and foresight.

Spotted: a captivating coterie of monuments in equal parts ancient and sparkling new. The eagle-eyed Burnasso wonders “what’s all this” about an undisclosed, roped-off section of the Open Metaverse:

Tantalizing is the possibility that amid these crypts, ziggurats, and grand rotundas, there might very well be undiscovered troves of treasure, lores of antiquity, and the echoes of tales only spoken in the hushed company of Pharaoh Pepe II.

Hidden jewels abound in the Original Metaverse as well. This week, hordes of art enthusiasts descend upon Art Basel in Miami, but only one piece by JakNFT waits to be claimed, stowed in a beach tower –

A second shout-out (previously…) to art_icu_late’s curation of “A Better Tomorrow”, a series of temporary exhibitions at fmiasp’s “Popup Gallery”––simply because the experience of cavorting atop Summer Glasses is sumptuously evocative. As of this writing, there’s still one more showing coming up, with reward tokens available for those who attend and sign the gallery guestbook.

Metaverse Life is full of curious features, one of them the ascendance of new challenges and new firsts. Master-cavorter MLeeJr nails the physics of leaping directly onto the rooftop of “Human-Intelligence Generated OM”, a live version of our 30th meme card by HugoFaz –

Speaking of daredevil maneuvers: Zigmarillion makes a compelling case that the very act of seizing meme cards – the anticipation, the mad dash, the scrambling of fingers – is the province of professional athletes.

It’s a rare opportunity to be able to peek behind the scenes of meme-card art, so we’re fortuitously granted a bit of studio access this week upon DolcePaganne’s sharing of her completed “Morning’s Eve”, fresh off the easel –

Fans of Dolce’s luxuriantly detailed universe are encouraged to delve into the original, as well as other pieces in her oeuvre.

In the same way that “gm” is appropriate for any time of day, so too are glowing summer specs the new ubiquitous laser eyes, evidenced by g9ralt’s instant meme-transformery –

And here’s aRegularDad with the assist, in a mic-drop of a twitter explainer on further contrasts between bitcoin maxis vs. meme maxis –

Our headlong sprint towards the SZN1 finish-line accompanies an accelerated pace of meme derivatives. Here’s !MUGH by spuddhism, possibly out-vEAR-ing even the original 28th Meme Card by NeuralBricolage –

Pixel gemstones meet Punkception in mememaxis’s trippy creation –

Available only for those who burn his “Not Nakamoto” card, fmiasp creates a Pepemoto poster –

What happens when a mint is closed but you’d still like to seize the art? Right-click-save-as club is always welcoming new members.

TheMeansCreator is also out here, connecting the memes with their meaning. Pieces in their collection begin to go on sale quite soon. Here’s Seizing –

And mintfaced opens the doors of “Seize and Share'“, an extraordinary space exhibiting his prodigious assortment of meme-card inspirations –

An Earth’s half-spin from “So long, and thanks for all the fish” (the message left behind by the dolphins cats of meme card 39, above), “Cereal GMer” by Daria Klepikova (klepikovadaria) greets us anew, heralding the bright-n-cheeriness of daybreak.

No stranger to explosions of color, Daria’s wide-ranging photography offers environments and emotions across the visual spectrum.

I’ll take the decentralized flavor of OM Flakes, thank you g9ralt!

And if you’re feeling loopy, try on fmiasp’s cereal-tinted glasses, which generously offer a most direct answer to the question, “But what is the utility?” (announcement) –

Gareeb_Aadmi__’s “Dystopian World” is a powerhouse of an animation series––here’s Chattel, recently collected by ReadyPereOne:

“Northern Exposure”, a series by intrepid_p, expands to its 8th 1/1 piece, entitled “Endurance” (announcement) –

Earlier, we witnessed the osmosis of digital metaverse worlds into our own; art_icu_late is spearheading a two-way augmented-reality exchange with his “Memes Outside”, a collection of expertly composed memes mixed with photography (announcement, with a terrific thread on origins and inspiration) –

1 W(agmi) = 1 S(ummer Glasses) in this high-resolution avatar by fmiasp –

blocknoob_’s “Noob x DALL-E” series continues to grow; here’s “Merge” (announcement) –

Congratulations to aaronrferguson, whose submission, selected by Obscura for inclusion in their “Uncanny Valley” collection, truly epitomizes the letter as well as spirit of –

Punk6529’s RAW #3 gets channeled through a screen, darkly, by mememaxis (announcement) –

And paulwilsonimage whisks us away on yet another tour of the universe, where we may commune with photons ourselves.

🧊🧨

Happy meme-seizing and life-seizing to all !

*Highlights and mid-journeys of the Meme Maxis, week of November 28 – cover image courtesy MeltedMindz, excerpted from “Open Roads, Open Metaverse” by MattScobel.*

A hearty, mead-filled welcome to new member MLeeJr! As grows the Meme Maxis community, so too does our coverage merrily expand, to include traveling companions who have hopped aboard the discord group.

Happy birthday to rakesh_pulapa 🎊 – better yet, let’s call forth the venerable tradition of the personal tribute:

Intriguing details skitter underfoot in this cornucopia of a meme-sterpiece, masterminded by KristyGlas. Could a conspiring clowder of cats be the best choice to inaugurate a week brimming with art, wit, and mystery?

Kristy had issued a cat-call for community cameos the week prior––emerging mere days later with a beautiful, flawlessly directed urban scrawl, landed gracefully on all fours. Our new feline overlords recommend perusing this alleyscape with a magnifying glass, and wish you success in deciphering its messages. (If you get stuck, amtwo_eth has helpfully penned an illustrated guide.)

Rumors of riotous celebrations are confirmed immediately when meme-detective g9ralt exposes the afterparty, revealed in an exclusive scoop before the card drop:

And spuddhism mints “My Memes!”, a mashup of Kristy’s menagerie with “The Institutions are Coming” by 6529er (announcement) –

May the meows be ever in your favor.

Under the sure guidance of group organizers amtwo_eth and apeinacoupe, and through collaborative discussions between maxis over the past weeks, the DAO of Seizer officially launches––replete with morphing tesseract logo 🤯, mission manifesto, and DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) token:

What will the DAO do? At the outset, its primary aims are two-fold: to host a collection of pieces from the 6529 ecosystem (for instance, meme cards and gradients), and to champion the values of decentralization, privacy, and self-sovereignty. Community-led initiatives such as seizerDAO embody tremendous potential to boost efforts by punk6529 and the Open Metaverse team, by introducing more people to these concepts and perhaps other fundamental ones along the way, such as inclusivity, empathy, and the helpful perspective that NFTs are people.

On a personal note: originally, I joined the maxis group on a lark, with the vague idea that it might be a fun thing, to shoot the sarsaparilla with fellow fans of colorful collectibles. How little vision I possessed! Within a few weeks, it was clear that I’d stumbled into a gang of some of the sweetest and sharpest humans around. The uniter of clans, Zig-“Godfather of the Maxis”-marillion, who convened the tidy twitter group in the first place, deserves immense gratitude for his initiative and foresight.

Spotted: a captivating coterie of monuments in equal parts ancient and sparkling new. The eagle-eyed Burnasso wonders “what’s all this” about an undisclosed, roped-off section of the Open Metaverse:

Tantalizing is the possibility that amid these crypts, ziggurats, and grand rotundas, there might very well be undiscovered troves of treasure, lores of antiquity, and the echoes of tales only spoken in the hushed company of Pharaoh Pepe II.

Hidden jewels abound in the Original Metaverse as well. This week, hordes of art enthusiasts descend upon Art Basel in Miami, but only one piece by JakNFT waits to be claimed, stowed in a beach tower –

A second shout-out (previously…) to art_icu_late’s curation of “A Better Tomorrow”, a series of temporary exhibitions at fmiasp’s “Popup Gallery”––simply because the experience of cavorting atop Summer Glasses is sumptuously evocative. As of this writing, there’s still one more showing coming up, with reward tokens available for those who attend and sign the gallery guestbook.

Metaverse Life is full of curious features, one of them the ascendance of new challenges and new firsts. Master-cavorter MLeeJr nails the physics of leaping directly onto the rooftop of “Human-Intelligence Generated OM”, a live version of our 30th meme card by HugoFaz –

Speaking of daredevil maneuvers: Zigmarillion makes a compelling case that the very act of seizing meme cards – the anticipation, the mad dash, the scrambling of fingers – is the province of professional athletes.

It’s a rare opportunity to be able to peek behind the scenes of meme-card art, so we’re fortuitously granted a bit of studio access this week upon DolcePaganne’s sharing of her completed “Morning’s Eve”, fresh off the easel –

Fans of Dolce’s luxuriantly detailed universe are encouraged to delve into the original, as well as other pieces in her oeuvre.

In the same way that “gm” is appropriate for any time of day, so too are glowing summer specs the new ubiquitous laser eyes, evidenced by g9ralt’s instant meme-transformery –

And here’s aRegularDad with the assist, in a mic-drop of a twitter explainer on further contrasts between bitcoin maxis vs. meme maxis –

Our headlong sprint towards the SZN1 finish-line accompanies an accelerated pace of meme derivatives. Here’s !MUGH by spuddhism, possibly out-vEAR-ing even the original 28th Meme Card by NeuralBricolage –

Pixel gemstones meet Punkception in mememaxis’s trippy creation –

Available only for those who burn his “Not Nakamoto” card, fmiasp creates a Pepemoto poster –

What happens when a mint is closed but you’d still like to seize the art? Right-click-save-as club is always welcoming new members.

TheMeansCreator is also out here, connecting the memes with their meaning. Pieces in their collection begin to go on sale quite soon. Here’s Seizing –

And mintfaced opens the doors of “Seize and Share'“, an extraordinary space exhibiting his prodigious assortment of meme-card inspirations –

An Earth’s half-spin from “So long, and thanks for all the fish” (the message left behind by the dolphins cats of meme card 39, above), “Cereal GMer” by Daria Klepikova (klepikovadaria) greets us anew, heralding the bright-n-cheeriness of daybreak.

No stranger to explosions of color, Daria’s wide-ranging photography offers environments and emotions across the visual spectrum.

I’ll take the decentralized flavor of OM Flakes, thank you g9ralt!

And if you’re feeling loopy, try on fmiasp’s cereal-tinted glasses, which generously offer a most direct answer to the question, “But what is the utility?” (announcement) –

Gareeb_Aadmi__’s “Dystopian World” is a powerhouse of an animation series––here’s Chattel, recently collected by ReadyPereOne:

“Northern Exposure”, a series by intrepid_p, expands to its 8th 1/1 piece, entitled “Endurance” (announcement) –

Earlier, we witnessed the osmosis of digital metaverse worlds into our own; art_icu_late is spearheading a two-way augmented-reality exchange with his “Memes Outside”, a collection of expertly composed memes mixed with photography (announcement, with a terrific thread on origins and inspiration) –

1 W(agmi) = 1 S(ummer Glasses) in this high-resolution avatar by fmiasp –

blocknoob_’s “Noob x DALL-E” series continues to grow; here’s “Merge” (announcement) –

Congratulations to aaronrferguson, whose submission, selected by Obscura for inclusion in their “Uncanny Valley” collection, truly epitomizes the letter as well as spirit of –

Punk6529’s RAW #3 gets channeled through a screen, darkly, by mememaxis (announcement) –

And paulwilsonimage whisks us away on yet another tour of the universe, where we may commune with photons ourselves.

🧊🧨

Happy meme-seizing and life-seizing to all !