@arjantupan

Interesting topic, and there is much to say about this. Much to discuss. But I will focus on your "the "artists passing a crumpled $5 bill back and forth amongst ourselves" problem." This has been a thorn in my sight for a while. It is what I saw on every platform I have published my poetry on that also promised 'earnings'. From Medium, to Substack and also on Twitter shilling links. But it was always artists passing that same $5 bill around. Everywhere. And a small group of people taking the large part of the pot, because they were very focused and intent on creating for the sake of getting the biggest share of the pot. It is why I created the @trpplffct poetry fund. A private initiative, collecting tips and gifts from supporters and distributing them to onchain poets via micro grants, collecting work, creating a zine, creative challenges and now tipping-through-liking as well. It's a small drop and it certainly is not enough for my poet friends to earn a living wage, but it helps a tiny bit and at least gives the feeling things being possible. The basic idea is to get money from the outside into the system. My biggest challenge: I still find it hard to ask for funding. Both in terms of finding where to ask as in terms of being too shy to ask. Too modest to speak about it. Too demure to shout it from every single rooftop. And that is the second big challenge we have as artists/creators: we look down on the marketing part. We believe our creations deserve to be as handsomely rewarded and appreciated as Monet's work. But we don't want to do the work. I like @bertwurst.eth as a great example to study. A lot of people think that account is popular just because it's a cute dog. But if you follow it and read between the lines, you see how amazingly professional the team behind is is working to make it so successful. Just sharing dog pics, or just creating art is not enough.

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