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the following thoughts are based on what have observed since i started minting works in the fall of 2018 .

ideally an artist should not have to use social media at all unless they were intrinsically motivated to do so .

have seen some artists do almost no social media and sell well just by minting their work on the platform . my best  guess is that many collectors are not interested in social media and will simply scan through the platforms feeds .

i think the platforms could do just a bit more on their end . have seen this work . a platform could easily cue up 4 or 5 casts a day of completely random selections of art from their platform and do a world of good with that .

i do realise that the platforms already have their plates full in terms of what needs to be managed so my suggestion might not be realistic . although my proposal seems like something that could be an experiment . since all of this is experimental there's no reason it's not a route that could be tested .

a very though-provoking comment by @ilannnnnnnnkatin for this week's Cryptoart Question of the Week. one comment that caught my attention was:

"ideally an artists should not have to use social media at all unless they were intrinsically motivated"

admittedly, i had a visceral reaction to this that swung wildly from "that's crazy" to "hmmm that makes sense." i guess i can see both sides to this.

what do you think? 

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thank you for the quote . what made you think it was crazy and then what brought you around to thinking otherwise ?

i was coming from the perspective of social media as part of the marketing for artists. where marketing is necessary if you want to sell you art. but just because someone doesn't usual social media, doesn't mean they aren't using other channels to market. which was the realization i had. social media isn't the only way to market. there's word-of-mouth, network/connections, agents, platforms, etc. that can all help an artist sell. social is just another one of those channels.

i was coming from the perspective of social media as part of the marketing for artists. where marketing is necessary if you want to sell you art. but just because someone doesn't usual social media, doesn't mean they aren't using other channels to market. which was the realization i had. social media isn't the only way to market. there's word-of-mouth, network/connections, agents, platforms, etc. that can all help an artist sell. social is just another one of those channels.

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What if you don't want to sell your art? I find useful to look at the motivations for selling. Do you want your art to be shared, to be seen, to be part of the collective well of human culture and inspiration? Do you want to be acknowledged, supported? 

If you had already all the money you wanted, what would be your main motivations?

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all good questions to ask yourself as an artist, i think. it's important to be self-aware. motivations are interesting. i'm driven by intrinsic motivation to create things, learn new things, and share what I learn. i like helping people. i like when something i make or do has an impact on someone's life. social media gives me an opportunity to amplify that to a broader audience. and if, by some miracle, i can also make a living from it all, that's cool too. but that's my story. we all have different stories. 