A Moment in Time for Space by Yashira

Hi. I'm Sean, the artist behind the collection. I go by Yashira.

I want to use this space to talk a little about what you're looking at. For starters, the pieces were made between September and December of 2024. That was one entire moment for me, ultimately one experience. And not one I want to experience ever again.

It was one of the most painful periods of my life. Before September, the idea of making art never penetrated deep into me. 'That' act of creation seemed very distant from my true nature. Which is what originally prompted me to nudge at it.

I choose to operate independent of pre-existing constructs. I attempt to, quite literally, disregard absolutes, or common practice.

Once I did the very thing I thought to never do, I kind of understood why I do it. My art is a representation of an internal battle with my existence. I think most critics would disagree with my understanding of what 'existentialism' means...

The process of making these pieces is a 2 way dialogue. That's not something I chose. Think of "ya", as a state inside me - and "Shira" as the as the other being telling the story... If you're familiar with Michael Talbot - it will make more sense. Else you'll think I'm referring to my primitive (emotions) vs my PMFC (logic).

If you look at the second piece, that 2-way interaction is in of itself what it wanted to show me. I didn't know what I was drawing until the last moment. That's kind of how my process works.

Now that I mention it, I realize that's also what the first piece wanted to tell me. "I did it so I could see it".

P.S - defining "it" is practically impossible in this context with my current level of comprehension. All I know is that when I stop = accept story / I accept my current understanding of what "it" means.

Dw, you're not meant to look at my art and want to have sex with it.

Unfortunately for those whom expect from me - I can't really make art for the sake of making it. My use case is essentially remaining true to myself and allowing for communication to flow through me.

I've internalised what I needed to, and a little more - and until society starts to experience what I've been internalising - until I feel people need answers; I will not be nudged to create anything.

To give you a glimpse of what I'm getting @ + what my art represents, my favourite piece I've made is on an Amazon cardboard box. It's called "You can take humanity out of art, but you can't take art out of humanity."

It's important to note that I'm using the word 'art' as a placeholder for an experience exclusive to humans, an experience that serves as a proposal between us and our counterparty. Although that is what a 'state' is, I am referring to something else.

As in, I propose to you that there will only be 1 significant difference between us & them, and we might not be able to distinguish it - but it will be there. So we have hope, to a certain degree.

I'm asking for help by crowdfunding my smart contract to help me bridge this moment into history.

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— Yashira