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GM. I’ve been waiting to share this one.

The Cost of Love is a 1/1 that changes with every bid.

It lives in eleven states. The first bid leaves her untouched. From the second bid on, each new bid moves the painting one step further as shared in the video. Nothing can be undone. When the auction ends, the work freezes in whatever state the bidding left it.

It’s about how we love. When you want something enough, you fight for it, and the fighting leaves marks on the very thing you were trying to keep.

The more it is fought for, the less of it remains.

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Lately,

I've been feeling like there's a wound I've been trying to stitch together for years.

You give your life to something you love, something you believe in with everything you have, and somehow, the wound never really heals.

You just get used to the pain. So used to it that you stop reacting, even though it's still there.

And every time you think you're finally healing, something reminds you that you were only holding yourself together.

I don't think I have the right words to explain this feeling.

But somehow, this artwork says everything I've been unable to.

Held By Pressure

- in the collection of Cryptobscure

The drop has closed!

She never let go. 🎈

48 balloons. 32 names. Every one of them a person who chose to stop and reach out.

She feels held. Each string in her hand carries a name, and none of them will ever be let go.

Some of you came back for a second balloon, then a third, and watched your colour deepen: red to scarlet, crimson, wine, gold. That changed the piece in a way I couldn’t have painted alone. The artwork grew because you returned.

To everyone who minted, shared, replied, or simply looked for a while: thank you. You turned an idea about holding on into something real, a small sky of people who stayed.

Every name is in the video below. She’s still holding it.

And this isn’t quite the end. I'm working on more amazing projects that reflect on the stories that I'm sharing.

With love, always. ❤️

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