New essay in my Forms of Incubation series (10 min read). 

Thanks @trishd for the Zorb art!

TL;DR: 
- When art is "free," who pays?
- The arts generate abundant value
- Imagine a restorative onchain creative commons

More in comments. 👇

Artsy-fartsy dog mom. Owner of /acrafterscove and I collab with /blxstonesnctuary. trishd.bsky.social

New essay in my Forms of Incubation series (10 min read). 

Thanks @trishd for the Zorb art!

TL;DR: 
- When art is "free," who pays?
- The arts generate abundant value
- Imagine a restorative onchain creative commons

More in comments. 👇 

https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/free-and-valuable-zora-protocol-rewards

This is an open edition with two collection options: 

1) FREE: As a Paragraph lazymint using the collect button or by highlighting a fav quote. 

2) SMALL FEE: As a Zora Mint. Author + Zorb artist receive Protocol Rewards via a split contract.

Writer, senior editor, music nerd, GenX eldergoth, monastery-bootstrapper. https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson https://tinyurl.com/Black-Stone-Wordsmith

This is an open edition with two collection options: 

1) FREE: As a Paragraph lazymint using the collect button or by highlighting a fav quote. 

2) SMALL FEE: As a Zora Mint. Author + Zorb artist receive Protocol Rewards via a split contract. 

https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x478a3057934583d7b4c9d3a4c1e19bd8899fc8dc/1

My fondest hope for this essay is that it might help inspire further work on positive-sum funding possibilities centered on reciprocity for creative labor, especially for creators with small audiences.

I wrote the big-picture piece on Zora that I wanted to read.

My fondest hope for this essay is that it might help inspire further work on positive-sum funding possibilities centered on reciprocity for creative labor, especially for creators with small audiences.

I wrote the big-picture piece on Zora that I wanted to read. 
 
https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/0x4966a8

For the curious:

The appreciation for Zora is genuine and unsolicited. This is not a sponsored essay; it’s a gift to the community.

I subsidize all my intrinsically motivated projects through my paid client work as a freelance copy editor.

The links in the essay also tell a story.