COMPUTER PAINTINGS: THE BIG GRIND Grinding isn’t a side... effect — it’s the foundation. I grind to create. To push through doubt. To give everything I have. If you’re getting a work of mine, you’re getting all of me. That’s the vision. That’s the standard. Here’s how I moved through the doubt and into the work: 👇 1. Quietly introduced the works 2.5 years ago in a Mirror article. A seed planted with intention. 2. Waited patiently. 2.5 years — no hype, no rush. Right moment > fast moment. 3. Announced this drop a month out. Gave it space. Let it breathe. 4. Custom-fit to my ecosystem — 3x scarcer than the signature collection. Humble pricing. Precision > volume. 5. Featured in the Medici Minutes — the real ones saw it coming. 6. Supported early by Cozomo de’ Medici, GVG.eth, Raoul Pal, SuzanneNFTs. Signals matter. 7. Ran a 1/1 auction during the campaign — won by Bharat Krymo. Not just a sale — a signal of weight. 8. Showed up daily. Stayed present. Stayed sharp. Still grinding. 9. Had secondary sales of above 15E within the last weeks 10. Curated the allowlist with care. 90% minting just one piece. Distribution with intention. 11. Onboarded full-set collectors via OTC. Guaranteed outcome, no luck needed. 12. Secured major podcast spots post-mint to share the vision and future. Thank you RD, Sergito ❚ ❚, justinaversano. Still grinding. Still building. Still showing up. LOVE the grind. LOVE the commitment. LOVE the provenance. LOVE the culture. LOVE the art. LOVE the respect. SHARE THE LOVE. LFG 🚀show more

Q. If the word ‘I love you’ disappeared from... this world, what words would you want to replace it with? 🐻: Wouldn’t it be nice if the feeling were still in there? The quiet promise of your heart that says… 🐻: “I love you with all my heart, with a love that’s pure, sincere, unshaken and unwavering in devotion and a heart that’s yours and will always belong to you”show more

I feel in love with this tower the first... moment I saw it in 2007! 🌅 The Oriental Pear TV Tower has constructed in Shanghai in the early 90s as a symbol that Shanghai would become a key economic hub of the new Chinese economy 🇨🇳 Nearly 35 years later it’s still one of the most iconic buildings in the world and it’s always amazing to be back in Shanghai, a city I was blessed to call home for 7 years 😃show more

Diamond Johnson getting up set threes and moving threes... with Lindsay Whalen post practice. One of the last three still getting in work in the gym today. Love the Dedication from the Lynx training camp invites #lynxrevengetourshow more

sorry mom, a love letter to the growth of... mother and daughter to woman and woman, is OUT in the world and i couldn’t be more proud to share this song with you. it was one of the first songs i wrote for this album, alongside my 4 dear brilliant magical friends and collaborators (who i had the honor of making all of patterns with), and we hope you love it.show more

pulled up on Darius class & had a fuckin... BLAST! i love yall. i love yall love for me. i love the excitement. nothing matters more than connecting w yall. in a real way 🫀🫂 4 the love of music, 4 the love of joy, 4 the love of community yuuUupshow more

this is from 2023 and it never saw the... light of day but i wanted to share it cuz i still love it a lot.. 🎪⭐️show more

UPDATE: I’M ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN!! I been talking... since Tuesday. For those that aren’t familiar with tracheotomies, because of the open hole in my throat, it prevents me from speaking because air goes out the trach rather than up through your voice box. So in order for me to speak, I have a cap called a speaking valve (the purple cap). What it does is cover the trach to allow the air I breathe to go through my nose and mouth again while stopping air from coming out my throat, allowing my voice to come out. It’s a really big adjustment and what should feel like breathing normal doesn’t feel natural at all. I can only wear it for a short time before getting tired for now. A week ago I didn’t even know how to breathe with it on, but last night I had it on for the longest I’ve had so far and it felt comfortable. So there’s hope to getting back to normalcy. I Still have to adjust to my daily life with this thing in my throat. Still not comfortable gaming or sitting for long period of time because of the position I need to be in. It’s getting better though. Hopefully it’s still just part of the healing process. Also. Thank you to the community for giving me the confidence to post videos and pictures of myself in the most unflattering situations.show more

when asked if they would still love the other... if they were a worm: #dream: of /course/. i would love george still if he was a worm. it’s still him, he’s just in the body of a worm 🥰 #george: probably notshow more

I love love but as a husband why would... you allow your wife to go through such all in the name of “culture”…. Which culture is this by the way?show more

I lied. I love the game. I love the... hustle. I love being doubted. I love the uncertainty. I love the feeling of knowing it's just a matter of time.show more

"I died quite early in the final scene and... just spent the last 5 or 10 minutes of the play trying not to breathe... it was just kind of a challenge I set for myself, no one else cared."show more

When I started with IMAX in 2004, it was... just a dream — a few screens, a vision, and a passion for the magic of cinema. Today, seeing IMAX lighting up cities all across India fills me with pride, gratitude, and a touch of awe. From Ahmedabad to Thiruvananthapuram, every theatre is a promise kept — to bring audiences closer to the stories they love. Here’s to the journey, the people, and the magic that made it all possible.show more

The past year has seen me have a renaissance,... in the truest sense… I won’t go into details now but will at some point before long. What has brought so much happiness to my life and those around me this past year has been my falling back in love with sport. Cycling has, and always will be, my number one. Yet I’d forgotten that I simply love sport, not for results but for the sheer joy of doing it, I’d completely forgotten that the health of my mind is intrinsically connected to the health of my body. I’ve rediscovered the love I had for sport that existed before the world of professional cycling took over in the way it did. I’ve been pushing myself and trying new things this past year, indifferent to the results, just out having fun and at times going deeper than I thought I was capable of anymore. Last week I got on a TT bike for the first time in a decade, Factor Bikes built me a bike, I’ve been looking at it for two years and decided it was time to get fitted, getting back on it felt like going home. Anyway, the long and the short of this is that it’s inspired me to create a club to inspire and be inspired. A community for us to share our love for getting out there and doing it, because I’ve realized that although I spend most of my sporting life on my own I derive the most pleasure when feeling part of something. It’s in its early days, I’ve called it Sporting Club CHPT3 aka SCC3, I’d love you to check it out and join. It’s still in its infancy, but I hope it’s going to grow into something that will inspire you as much as me.show more

Big shoutout to MetaMask.eth 🦊 for pushing the space... forward in a major way. You don’t have to love it or hate it, but you have to respect it. I made a few purchases, and the process was smooth and straightforward , just like it should be. That’s the key. Even though I usually don’t like spending my crypto, I had to do it for the culture and to be part of history real quick. . The MetaMask Card is a GAME CHANGER , and having instant access anywhere is a huge win. I tried at the club , at Waffle House and at VERSACE and had ZERO issues. MichaelK.eth thank you for the assist and continue to have the passion you have for the space.show more

their commentary on track 1 friend: though the night... is still short, this is for you, who has stayed with us for over 10 years 🥹 hao’s chinese lyrics here 🥹 “holding a yellow rose (eternal friendship) in my hand, no matter how difficult it gets, i’ll keep running to you. i love you as endlessly as the colors of the sky. until the last glow of daylight sheds its tears.”show more

GM - There are very few things I am... still chasing as a collector in this space but last night I secured one of them. A future a.c.k. 1/1 via servant of the Muse #26 with the help of Rob | Rdtothemoon brokering it from a place of deep lore. This has been a long time coming and started with notxcopy and one of my favorite pieces by ACK called a moment of self reflection. I thought I had that piece secured until Curated came in to kick my ass on in the end in a bidding war. If Karma does in fact exist, I believe the Muse is going to reward me with something epic in due time. Cheers to kicking off 2026 with a bang. 🥂show more

An ode to the 7 Wood… I ignored the... hype for a long time. My male ego just didn’t let me give the 7 wood a try. With my hybrid struggling, I finally took the plunge a couple months ago. I can say with no hyperbole: It’s the best club ever. This is a tough stance and have to get the ball up fast. 195 yards out. Basically zero chance for me with an iron or hybrid. Just put it in the middle of that stance and swing. Boom. Rough, bunkers, fairway…just doesn’t matter. Somehow it always seems to go in the right direction. If you have fought the urge to ditch the 4 iron or hybrid, it’s time you try it. You won’t ever go back. 7 wood for lifeshow more

watched a guy stream yesterday. 1000 games this season.... same rank. but here's what he did: posted a highlight clip. "consistency is key" talked about his "grind mindset" made a tier list video about matchups. created content about his journey. everyone in chat: "grind god, keep pushing" but nobody asked: why are you still here? 1000 games. still master tier. that's not a grind. that's an addiction. here's the brutal truth: grinding FEELS productive. you're playing. you're improving. you're getting better. except you're not. you're just busy. the highlights you post? that's 1 out of 50 games. the other 49? you're making the same mistakes. the same positioning. the same macro decisions. but the GRIND itself feels good. because grind = progress in your mind. virgin grinder: plays 100 games, reviews nothing, posts highlights, calls it a grind chad improver: plays 10 games, reviews every one, makes changes, climbs but the virgin FEELS like he's doing more. feels like he's working harder. feels like he DESERVES to climb. here's what actually happens: you play 1000 games without CHANGING anything. your brain gets addicted to the effort. to the routine. to the FEELING of grinding. "i played 8 hours today" → dopamine hit im up 50 lp! so. you're still not good at the game the disconnect breaks your brain so you post another highlight and tell yourself "consistency" consistency at WHAT? being hardstuck? watched another guy play 200 games. changed his mindset. climbed 2 divisions. why? because he didn't grind. he ADAPTED. the grind is EASY. you just queue. you just play. you just show up. but actually IMPROVING? that's hard. that's thinking. that's admitting you were wrong. that's changing habits. most of you will never do that because the grind is COMFORTABLE. it FEELS like you're working. it FEELS like progress. it FEELS like you deserve the climb. but more games does not equal results. your friends see you playing 8 hours a day and think you're dedicated. but you're not dedicated. you're ADDICTED. addicted to the feeling of "grinding". addicted to the routine. here's the uncomfortable truth: if you've played 500+ games and haven't ranked up significantly, you're not hardstuck. you're COMFORTABLE. you like grinding more than you like climbing. because climbing requires CHANGE and change is terrifying. grinding is safe. grinding has no accountability. grinding lets you post highlights and say "progress" but climbing? climbing forces you to admit: i was wrong. my playstyle is bad. i need to change fundamentally. that's painful. so you grind instead. you grind and you grind and you grind and you tell yourself the climb will come. but it won't. not until you stop grinding and start CHANGING. the saddest part? you have the time. you have the will. you have the mechanics. you just don't have the HONESTY. the honesty to admit 1000 games with zero progress isn't a grind. it's a cry for help disguised as improvement. study the saskio wayshow more

Since so many of you keep asking me to... make a statement about Russia… I love Russia. With all my heart. That will never change. And I love the Netherlands too, this country that opened its arms to me, a Russian single mum with bipolar disorder, and let me build a peaceful life here. I don’t need to erase one identity to honour the other. I carry both with love and gratitude. That’s my statement. Still. In 2026.show more

“Not focusing on the results but continuing to love... the grind, love going out there and practicing, love trying to get better. The results will come with that,” Josh Allen Winning is done daily when you fall in love with doing what it takes to learn and grow.show more