#44: Rest & Recalibration 🧭 🧠 ✨

Reflections On Sustainable Creation Systems

It’s been a hectic few weeks (months?) After returning from Portugal & Spain, I was off to NYC for a week, before returning home to shoot the eclipse (the most complicated photography experience I’ve ever had).

Now, I’m off to Mexico for a wedding 😌

It will be nice to relax for a few days, read on the beach, catch up with friends.

Rather than trying to put out a full newsletter this weekend, I’ve been taking time to reflect on my creation system.

In particular, I’ve been reflecting on what it means to build a sustainable creation system. This idea is one I’ve been working on since Entry #7: Building A Sustainable Creation System.

In line with this ethos (philosophy), I’m going to continue taking this week to rest and recalibrate as I build out my creation plan 👀

If you’d like to learn more about this plan ahead of everyone else, I’ve been writing and sharing information in my /cal channel and group chat for Hypersub members.

For now, I shared a bit more of my editing experience of the Solar Eclipse.

Recap From Last Week

Last week, I journaled about my experience witnessing and photographing the total solar eclipse.

Since then, I’ve animated another piece based on the raw images of totality, and partnered with a friend (@petercloudmusic) who produced music to go along with the animation (including actual sound of the sun and a breath of his own 😌).

If you haven’t already, I recommend reading the journal entry below, and then watching the breathing guide animations in full resolution on Zora ✨

I would love to hear if you find them relaxing 🫡

Eclipse Breathing Guide Animations

Each of the below animations is timed to be a breathing guide 😌

6s inhale

6s exhale

5 breaths per minute

Repeat until relaxed 😌

I recommend trying at least 10 breaths in a row, you may be surprised as how large of an impact 2 minutes of intentional breathing has on the rest of your day 👀

2024 Total Solar Eclipse

This animation is available to collect on Zora as a free mint.

Prominenced Totality ☀️ 🌑 🌎

I partnered with Peter Cloud Music to produce the sound/music for this animation. The track includes actual sound from the sun, and a breath of Peter’s 😌

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This animation is available to collect on Zora as a free mint. For context, Zora has a protocol fee (transaction fee) that charges ~$2 for each collection, of which I receive the majority.

Any collections of these animations directly supports me as a creator ✨

Next Week

Next week, I plan to have a full newsletter again, after taking a few weeks to focus on travel and the eclipse.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to sustainably create in the modern world, while taking into account monetization and future-proofing against AI.

If you have any thoughts on these topics, please feel free to comment below, and I’ll try to address them in the next entry ✨

Have a great week 😊