So after a few more days of wrestling with wanting to make vast sums of money from the current hype with NFT art, and finding no settled ground to rest upon, I think it's kinda silly. I even went so far as to download GIFS from artists I respect and admire. I then made a slideshow of them on my phone. It was one of the most easiest DIY projects I've ever done, and even if I love making art, I'm not a DIY type of person for home improvement projects. All that is to say, with each passing day, I think it's kinda bullshit. It seems like if you're an artist trying to get in on the money faucet from crypto whales, you tacitly or explicitly choose to rub shoulders with the crypto riche, make art that appeals to their vanity and ego, and hype yourself up and other fellow artists and NFT buyers, to hope they do the same when it's your turn up at bat. It turned my social media feeds into an unbearable and overwhelming hype machine frenzy and I had to get away from those spaces altogether. I think the whole thing is kinda corny, but some of my buddies are making serious money from playing into all of it. I wonder what it will look like if and when the money faucet shuts off.