My 30 day mint challenge is technically over, but since I had already started off on our annual '9 Nights' community art mint to celebrate the Indian festival of 'Navratri', (which translates to 'Nine Nights'), I'm still going strong with day 32 of my 30 day challenge.

Each day of '9 Nights' has a unique colour and theme.

9 Nights Day 8:
Theme: Charm
Colour: Pink

Wrote some poetry to explore the first 'pink' visual cue that came to my mind when I thougth of the word 'charm'.. a pair of pink lips.

'Words sound different when they leave your lips.
Like Poetry.
A melody so otherworldly that I lack the vocabulary to describe.
Enchant me some more.
I am a slave to your charm.'

Gurmukhi/Punjabi script reads 'Mithiyan galan... Tere mithe bol.' which translate to 'Sweet words... Your sweet voice'

Day 32 of my 30 Day Daily Mint Challenge.

Series: Free Expression

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

My 30 day mint challenge has merged with the annual '9 Nights' community art mint we have been conducting over the last 3 years to celebrate the India festival of 'Navratri', which translates to 'Nine Nights'.

Each day has a unique colour and theme.

9 Nights Day 6:
Theme: Love
Colour: Red

What is love? An exploration of some of the many adjectives that try to define the idea of love.

Day 30 of my 30 Day Daily Mint Challenge.

Series: Free Expression

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

My 30 day mint challenge has merged with the annual '9 Nights' community art mint we have been conducting over the last 3 years to celebrate the India festival of 'Navratri', which translates to 'Nine Nights'.

Each day has a unique colour and theme.

9 Nights Day 4:
Theme: Exuberance
Colour: Orange

The most common useage of
exuberance I've come across in a sentence is "the exuberance of youth"... So here I explore exuberance as an energy.. a vitality that emanates from the core of a youthful being and infects everyone it comes in contact with.

Day 28 of my 30 Day Daily Mint Challenge.

Series: Free Expression

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

The Degentleman.
Old crypto money.
First generation token farmer.
Bull herder.
Hates Bears.

An exploration of the term 'Degentleman' (Degen + Gentleman), which I was introduced to by a certain degentleman called Jonathan Colton on Farcaster last night. It gave me the perfect subject to muse over for day 24.

Day 24 of my 30 Day Daily Mint Challenge.

Series: Free Expression

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Was listening to some music while painting when this song came on... And that served as enough inspiration for this piece on Day 18.

Gurmukhi script reads 'Rani' & 'Raja' which translate to 'Queen' & 'King'.

Series: Free Expression

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Hope
Love
Joy
Peace

We dream of these things because sometimes dreams do come true.

So we never stop dreaming…

Our dreams keep hope alive and hope drives us to find love, joy and peace.

I think this is why the world needs dreamers.

Artwork: ‘Dreamers’

Series: Free Expression


Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

ZOOM IN TO SEE ALL THE LITTLE STORIES AND DETAILS.

Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Today's exploration is titled 'Feels Like A Tangled Web'. This finds its roots in an exploration of patterns that we tend to find ourselves in over and over again.
I was talking to my friend and fellow artist Arjan Tupan about how I tend to find my thoughts and emotional explorations get darker and darker as I go deeper into any publicly facing art/poetry challenges I put to myself on social media. Day 10's artwork is an exploration of that pattern and how I can break free from it.

Series 'Free Expression'.

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

A further exploration of doomscrolling and how it is an insatiable, bottomless pit devouring our attention one scroll at a time. You just cannot stop doomscrolling on social media for every little dopamine hit you can get.

Day 9 of my 30 day daily art mint.

Series 'Free Expression'.

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.


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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Ever have those nights when you can't get any sleep and you just cannot stop doomscrolling on social media for any little dopamine hit you can get?

Day 8 of my 30 day daily art mint is an exploration of that feeling.

Series 'Free Expression'.

Express yourself. It is therapeutic.

Punjabi/Gurmukhi text on canvas read 'So Jaa' which translates to: 'Go to sleep'.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Made something that looks pretty. It is something that is simply aesthetically "appeasing".

Day 5 of my 30 day daily art mint from my series 'Free Expression'.

Will be exploring a new idea or thought through abstractions on digital canvas every day.

Day 5's exploration is titled 'Aesthetically Appeasing'.

Unlike the rest of the series so far, this one is far more minimal in its detail. But do ponder on the message here...

Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Kaun? Who is this? Someone. No one. Anyone. You.
What is this? Something. Nothing. Anything. Angst.

It's only Day 4, but finding inspiration was a bit elusive today. So I just started doodling. And it made me wonder who or what was it I had made? Once again, art means what you want it to mean. What does this mean to you?

Day 4 of my 30 day daily art mint from my series 'Free Expression'.

Will be exploring a new idea or thought through abstractions on digital canvas every day.

Day 4's exploration is titled 'Kaun (Who)?'.

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Punjabi/Gurmukhi & Hindi/Devanagri text on canvas read 'Kaun' which translates to: 'Who?'.

Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Met someone. Hit it off. Never saw them again... Lost Frequencies. Fleeting moments. Stories that could have been. A musing.

Day 3 of my 30 day daily art mint from my series 'Free Expression'.

Will be exploring a new idea or thought through abstractions on digital canvas every day.

Day 3's exploration is titled 'Lost Frequencies'.

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Punjabi/Gurmukhi & Hindi/Devanagri text on canvas read 'Ishq' which translates to: 'Love/Romance'.

Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Day 2 of my 30 day daily art mint from my series 'Free Expression'.

Will be exploring a new idea or thought through abstractions on digital canvas every day.

Day 1's exploration is titled 'What If (I made something that means nothing?)'.

An exploration of meaning in abstract art.

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Punjabi/Gurmukhi & Hindi/Devanagri text on canvas read 'Kucch Nahi' which translates to: 'Nothing'.

Do you spot references to Rodin & Basquiat?

Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

Day 1 of my 30 day daily art mint from my series 'Free Expression'.

Will be exploring a new idea or thought through abstractions on digital canvas every day.

Day 1's exploration is titled 'Smile'.

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Punjabi/Gurmukhi text on canvas reads 'Sukhan' which translates to: Glad/Happy/Peaceful.

Binary code on the canvas reads: Smile.


Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry) titled Free Expression. The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

I came across this community called 'Yellow Collective' on Farcaster recently. And they embody that 'Supporting Living Artists' vibe that made me fall in love with web3 in the first place. So, I found myself going deeper down the Yellow rabbithole, and fell into the Nouns community, who just celebrated their 3rd birthday a couple of days ago. And this piece of art is inspired by the Yellow Collective and a celebration of Nouns on their 3rd anniversary.

#SupportLivingArtists

Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script (top left) reads 'Peela' which translates to yellow.
Binary code on left middle reads yellow.

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Free Expression is a series of abstract paintings (occasionally layered with poetry). The series aims to bring out the inner child in anyone interacting with the art during its creation or after.
Embedded in each work are a few common elements from the artist's culture:
The colours palette for each piece is inspired by the vibrant colours from the traditional handicraft of phulkari, which is a practice of hand woven tapestries worn by women from the state of Punjab in India.
The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works.
And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).
And lastly, the 'Free Expression' motif, which shows expression locked up in a box...
Are we truly free to express ourselves? Do we speak and create from an authentic place?
Do we have room for our inner child to play?
Does our society, our culture, our politics, our training and even our conscious mind allow us to express freely?

There's a glitch in the fabric of the matrix.
All my art starts off with a word or verse describing an emotion that I write on my blank canvas.This one started with the thought that 'there's a glitch in the fabric of the matrix'.
From here, I start to explore the imagery born of the raw emotion through free expression, flowing stokes, scratches, heavy textures and even further words and verses that may come up during the journey of my exploration.
Chaos. Random musings. A visual diarrhoea of emotions expressed in colours, textures and poetic/philosophical text.

The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work from this Free Expression series are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works. And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).

Punjabi/Gurmukhi text on the canvas reads 'Gadhbar' which translates to: 'Glitch/Problem'.

Binary code on the canvas reads: "Glitch"

Poetry on abstract digital art.

A musing about musing. An exploration on a digital canvas.
All my art starts off with a word or verse describing an emotion that I write on my blank canvas.This one started with a curiosity about the thought of a thought. The phrase 'A Musing'.
From here, I start to explore that raw emotion through free expression, flowing stokes, scratches, heavy textures and even further words and verses that may come up during the journey of my exploration.
Chaos. Random musings. A visual diarrhoea of emotions expressed in colours, textures and poetic/philosophical text.

The emotions/thoughts expressed in each work from this Free Expression series are summed up in an inscription written in Gurmukhi (Punjabi) script and also in binary code, as a tribute to the digital nature of these works. And as a play on the idea that the algorithm/AI cannot read emotion or truly understand art (so to read the emotion underlying each piece in binary may help).

Punjabi/Gurmukhi text on the canvas reads 'Ik Soch' which translates to: 'A musing'.

Binary code on the canvas reads: "Musing"

Poetry on abstract digital art.