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My dear friends,

Some time ago I asked you whether you wanted to hear why I believe NFTs have no place in the art world. Many artists have strong feelings about this topic, but few take the time to explain them clearly.

So allow me to do exactly that.

Before I became an artist, I was briefly exposed to the NFT ecosystem myself. I saw how it worked, how it was promoted, and how many creators were drawn into it by promises of fast success.

At first glance, it seems attractive. You mint your artwork, attach a token to it, and suddenly it becomes a "unique digital asset". In theory, collectors can buy and trade it, and artists receive royalties from every resale.

It sounds like a revolution for digital art.

But the reality is very different.

1. NFTs Do Not Protect Art

The most common misconception is that NFTs somehow protect ownership of an artwork.

They do not.

An NFT does not contain the artwork itself. In most cases, it only contains a link to a file stored somewhere else on the internet. If that file disappears, the token simply points to nothing.

More importantly, minting an NFT does not prevent anyone from copying the image itself. Digital art can still be downloaded, shared, reposted, or printed just as easily as before.

The token proves that someone bought a token.

It does not prove ownership of the artwork in any meaningful artistic sense.

2. The System Rewards Speculation, Not Art

Art should be valued for meaning, expression, and resonance.

NFT markets, however, are built around speculation.

Prices rise not because a piece speaks to the viewer, but because someone believes they can sell the token later for more money. In this environment, artworks become chips in a casino rather than expressions of creativity.

When speculation becomes the primary motivation, art itself becomes secondary.

3. The Ecosystem Attracted Scammers

During the peak of the NFT boom, thousands of artists discovered that their works had been minted as NFTs without their permission.

Scammers would simply scrape images from the internet and list them as tokens, hoping to profit before the original artist even noticed.

For many creators, the NFT boom was not an opportunity.

It was a battlefield.

4. Art Does Not Need Artificial Scarcity

Digital art has a unique property: it can be shared infinitely.

Instead of embracing this strength, the NFT model tries to force digital art into the same scarcity model as physical objects. It attempts to manufacture rarity where none naturally exists.

But art is not valuable because it is rare.

It is valuable because it resonates.

A painting, a fractal, a photograph, a melody – their meaning does not depend on whether only one person can "own" them.

5. Artists Deserve Better Systems

Artists absolutely deserve better ways to support themselves. Digital creators have struggled for decades to build sustainable careers online.

But replacing one broken system with another is not the answer.

There are better paths:

direct support from audiences

transparent marketplaces

patronage systems

and communities built around appreciation rather than speculation

These systems reward the relationship between artist and audience, not the flipping of tokens.

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My Personal Choice

Because of all this, I made a conscious decision:

My art will never be sold as NFTs.

Fractal art, especially, is about exploring infinity, about discovering patterns that resonate with the mind. Turning that exploration into a speculative asset feels fundamentally wrong to me.

Instead, I choose a different path.

A path where art is shared, appreciated, and collected for what it truly is.

An experience.

A vision.

A glimpse into the halls of the mind.

«Beyond Imagination. Beyond Infinity.» ©

IF YOU USE AI OR NFTS OR CONTACT ME FOR EITHER OR A CRYPTO THING YOU WILL BE BLOCKED ON SIGHT