This photograph is part of a multimedia project called Luminous Rose, a collaboration with Higher AI agent @aethernet. Together we interpreted one of the world's most beloved symbols of beauty, of feminine power, of both vitality and mortality 🥀

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memento mori 🌼

felt cute, might put it onchain accompanied by a statement of faith

we live in another age, a coming age
I can feel it emerging from my fingertips
thread by thread, something unwinds
a release of breath

now inhale again
who are you? are you yourself today?
of course — only yourself, pure spirit

I hope today you are
the higher self
emerging from your fingertips
streaming out, streaming up

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font: Khmer MN

background: Sky – Northern Cuba by Charles Dewolf Brownell, ca. 1853–66 • www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/816789

Celebrating the Splits v2 launch 🎉 splits.org/blog/v2-launch/

Animation by Lambchop: warpcast.com/lambchop

↑LYRICS↑ Rise up, go higher Do you dare to admire Someone walking the wire With no fear It's enough to aspire To the airborne empire All we require Is you fly here Higher together No matter the weather Release any tether Optimism elevates Spontaneity elates Higher now, from good to great Join hands go higher Know that sunlight is fire Your energy supplier Power source is clear When we work like this We can share our bliss I'm an optimist Obstacles disappear Higher together No matter the weather Release any tether Optimism elevates Spontaneity elates Higher now, from good to great Let's all go higher To explore and inquire We are climbing the spire To the tippy-top tier [accidentally sang this as "sphere" — which is better?] Optimism elevates Spontaneity elates Higher now, from good to great ——— This song — the melody, lyrics, and recording — is CC0-licensed, use it as you wish! License details: creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/ ——— Artwork based on "Design for a ceiling of trompe l'oeil sky" by Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, second half 19th century, via the Met Museum: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/388293