Burning Heart — NFT
I have been working on a poetry book for a while and it is a slow process as I tend to write poems on a whim with little regard for timelines or deadlines. One such poem is titled Burning Heart and is paired with a painting by the same name. I decided to mint a photograph of that painting to be sold as a NFT on Rarible platform.
The original painting was spoken for by a relative of mine but still in m possession. We haven’t hammered out the details of that sell. I will be asking them to sign a contract agreeing to never create a NFT based on that artwork and if the painting is ever bought or sold future buyers must also agree to those conditions. I want people to treat digital work with the same care and reverence as work in our homes. If we mass produce them it reduces the value. While there is nothing wrong with mass produced posters of art I think a single unique item is much more interesting.
The painting follows the head space I was in at that time. I was struggling with feelings of isolation and chronic pain that I have. Part of me just wanted to crawl up into fetal position and cry. I remember jumping into the icy waters of the pacific ocean in Washington State. When I had done it one year it was extremely cold that time of year and took my breath away. The cold was sharp and burned and my bodies pain burned away. There is a lake in Washington fed by glacial waters and when I went camping there I did something similar each morning jumping into the crystal clear water and letting my physical pain just melt away as my body became numb and overwhelmed by the frigid waters.
I wanted that again. I wanted the pain in my soul and body to just burn away. I long for a day where I can wake up without pain. There are many archetypes of compassion that seem to resonate with me. I’ve talked about them before things like Kannon/Guan Yin, Jesus Christ and mothers. These ideas of universal compassion made me wonder and imagine what it would be like if something like them really existed. That I could physically crawl up inside their burning compassion and have my mental and physical pain taken from me. To be replaced with love. That is what this painting means to me.
I hope you can look at it and feel something too. I know some people feel pain when they look at it and others comfort. I can’t direct you what is the appropriate thing to feel as art is subjective. I hope you have an experience. Thanks for reading guys. I will be minting more NFTs soon.
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