Rejoice In The NFT World Creatives

Why #NFTs are great for artists and creators, let's open with that. This is a celebration post for all creatives to rejoice. ??

Attached as a header image you'll see a picture of me that was taken by a photographer back in 2015 in Hong Kong at a wearable technology event I was attending. It wasn't a big deal, a lot of us have had our pictures taken before especially in high profile conferences or events, or more to the point, our image likeness used, art photographed or screenshotted and used without our permission.

However, this isn't new. This has been a growing problem for many years. That our images, our creations, our art, are being sold without our permission for a lot of money over and over and we see zero from it. This example I'm showing is just one I found of me and is $500 to license it, and no telling how many times they've licensed this or other, or much they've made off of it over the years, I know I've received nothing, no royalties, nada.

This is why I rejoice in the #NFT space, it thrills me. The monopolies that were the gatekeepers of media, the powerful, that held the keys and that prevented many of us from an opportunity to show our work, without spending bundles of money on PPC ads or killing ourselves hustling doing our own PR just for a chance someone would see our gallery.

The little guys, the artists, the musicians, the painters, the designers, creator, who wished they could get just one break, did not have these at their fingertips! You had to know someone who knew someone, and well, I didn't know that someone.

But, here we are baby! This evolving #nftcommunity is freeing, for creatives, #NFTartists, impressionists, virtual fashion designers, 3d mind bending artists, 4k immersive journey artist, all being able to *create what they want, *sell it for what they want, *without barriers to a global audience 24/7 that want to buy what they make, and *to do their craft wherever they want, *whenever they want, with *whoever they want.

Not only do creatives have more freedom and opportunities to collaborate than ever before worldwide, they are more successful than ever. In 2012, just 10 years ago, B.N. (Before Nfts) the average artist in the U.S. earned $44,000. Today, in 2022, the average artist earns $73,000.00. NFT specific artists average in the six figures, some into the millions.

A new world is here my creative friends. #Rejoice #creatives #family ??