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Are you sure your house is your home? Wuchao Feng contended with this uncertainty in one word: Saltiness Sculptor & photographer, this week's spotlighted Copus #creator discusses the lie of "hometown" in an exclusive interview around Water and SaltšŸ”— https://www.copus.io/work/2642300591204771820477d060181e27
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Did you know the first AAA Chinese Video Game was based on a book from 1592? Inspired by Chinese folklore, Wu Cheng'en wrote it anonymously as satire on bureaucracy Read Journey to the West and be inspired like #BlackMythWukong wasā€”create your spin now: https://www.copus.io/work/b988835320be45988fe419db263f577a
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Or, check out Pedal Legs and discover how three sources culminate in Zheā€™s painting https://www.copus.io/work/11c389c330714a9c9adb834eb918733f END OF THREAD https://frames.neynar.com/f/fcff808a/89b94ad7
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Eccentric Bystanders by Zhe Zhang https://www.copus.io/work/312ade2a8e85421e9434224a077a92b0 5/6
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There are ā€œthings that arenā€™t fully expressed, and I want to keep saying them and say them better.ā€ Browse Zheā€™s art; discover his constant re-expression with pieces that build off self-inspiration Some suggestions: High Lifting and Low Drooping https://www.copus.io/work/877250737b0046f692a2f7502c13a2b3 4/6
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ā€œ[Art] is related to inertia. Sometimes it feels hard to say whether Iā€™m making art, or if art is shaping me.ā€ When asked about who most inspired Zhe, he lists: Tuymans Richter Manet Singer Can you feel the influence? 3/6 https://frames.neynar.com/f/65fae010/0c2bf9b9
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Look at the layers of waves But I can't swim at all Who can be blamed? The waves are flat and hard They don't have feet either But with time My shadow On the dry sea Moves quietly How does the meaning change when we see this painting which inspired Little Duck? 2/6
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Why is The Little Duck a meditation on patience? Zhe Zhangā€™s poem reveals how he perceives his own work For this weekā€™s Copus.io Creator Spotlight, we sat down with Zheā€”learn more about how inspiration is crucial to his work. Read our short interview below 1/6
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Enter Copus, the inspiration network END OF THREAD, but not the end of our storyā€¦ We are still discovering that, with your helpā€”browse Copus and read the full story of how our team got here via the Digital Long Spoon Parable ā¬‡ļø ā¬‡ļø https://www.copus.io/work/01acce79be524f389655b9658fd3568b 9/9
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Since when has creativity become a privilege? If the existing system makes things so difficult, why don't we create a better one? So, we did Copus has redefined the modern creator, outside the copyright paradigm And now, our solution is here 8/9
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They thought they could see the finish line But the studio still needed to green-light the project with platforms. Itā€™s been 1.5 yearsā€”the project is out of Handuo and teamā€™s hands They sat back and asked, with this system: How many other creative minds are being buried? 7/9
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Copus.io is built on a simple principle Let inspiration lead creativity Babel was inspired by Genesis 11:5. @BabelUniverse was inspired by Babel. The 15k members joined to create, to be inspired Then, late 2022, the production studio approached 6/9
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ā€œTreat a dead horse as if itā€™s alive and maybe a miracle will happen" ę­»é©¬å½“ę“»é©¬åŒ» helped Handuo believe Even when, as a hail-mary, he rewrote his thesis as a short story Even when the writers room was shot down by every studio And even when they took a new approach: Web3 5/9
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Rick Rubin put it best ā€œThe time for commercial consideration comes after the work is doneā€ To Handuo and the Babel writers room, no one person thought about owning the idea (copyright) They just let ideas flow from each otherā€™s ideas April 2021, their story was finished 4/9
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You can guess how pandemic-era job hunting turned out As Handuo fought to make a living, he rewrote his masterā€™s thesis as Babel (a short story) to kickstart his art career This caught the attention of a group of writers Because of them, he found a new way of creating 3/9
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Emerging content creators get the short end of the stick -Platforms trap creators in toxic relationships -Algorithms blind consumers -Copyright is business driven, not creator-oriented When Handuo graduated film school, he met a now familiar foe Covid-19 2/9
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"History buries more creative minds than it recognizes" Yet the proverb ę­»é©¬å½“ę“»é©¬åŒ» helped @HanduoZ draw 15k users to a collaborative fictionā€”in a few weeks, a movie studio came knocking The story of Copus (1/9) (From https://www.copus.io/work/01acce79be524f389655b9658fd3568b)
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