Mission Statement:

Our mission is to create an art-centric NFT & WEB3 community focused on propelling other artists FROM WITHIN, NOT HOPING FOR A CALL FROM SOME GREEDY DICK WITH A LEATHER BRIEFCASE TRYING TO TAKE 50% OF YOUR WORK JUST TO GET YOU GOING, OR WORST OF ALL HAVING TO PAY INFLUENCERS UNDER THE TABLE TO SHILL YOUR PROJECT. We believe that with the proper organization and authentic motivations everyone can get elevated. THINK SHARK TANK, WITHOUT THE SHARKS AS ONE OF THE utilities. We do not believe that the current NFT trajectory of behavioral norms deemed necessary to make a project succeed is unsustainable, so we will do this differently and win together while staying true to our core principles that will differentiate us from the pack.

This is a LOUD rebellion against the requirements that we feel take the beauty out of the creative process and are currently setting artists up to be burnt out on social media and prioritizing being salesman more than who they are at heart, creatives with a vision who just need the proper spotlight and supportive community of like minded individuals to turn dreams to reality. We don’t believe the web3 space should be treated like a stock exchange, but rather a mechanism to continuously pump out great art which will of course have value.

THIS SOUNDS PRETTY COOL IN THEORY BUT HOW WE DO IT EXACTLY?

1. WHEN YOU PURCHASE A TRADITIONAL NFT, YOU ARE OFTEN PROMISED A LOT OF MURKY BENEFITS THAT ARE SPECULALTORY IN NATURE AT BEST. WHETHER OR NOT THEY COME TO FRUITION IS YET TO BE SEEN BUT MOST WILL NOT, SO IN THE END YOU ultimately DID JUST BUY A .JPEG AND THOSE PROJECTS WILL FIZZLE OUT AS THEY WERE OFTEN TIMES NEVER DESIGNED TO BE ANYTHING BUT A SHORT TERM CASH GRAB. THIS DOESN’T SIT WELL WITH ME AND THIS WILL NOT BE THAT. A LARGE MAJORITY OF SALES REVENUE FROM THIS PROJECT WILL GO INTO A RESERVE POOL THAT’S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED BACK TO CREATIVE PROJECTS FROM CURRENT HOLDERS OF OUR NFT. THIS LOOP WILL GO ON FOREVER.

2. THERE WILL BE “STARVING ARTIST AWARDS” AND “STARVING ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS” HAPPENING REPEATEDLY AS WE HIT OUR MILESTONES OF SELLING THROUGH THE DERIVATIVE. YOU GET TO VOTE ON HOW THE POOL OF FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED, NOT SOME WEINERS IN A LEATHER CHAIR ON A STAGE, AND NOT BY ME EITHER! THE WINNERS WILL GET THE FUNDING TO HELP PROPEL THEIR PROJECTS. THE AWARDS SHOWS WILL EXIST BOTH IRL YEARLY AND IN A METAVERSE THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL HOLDERS.

3. BECAUSE I AM A SUPER COMPUTER NERD, I AM ABLE TO CREATE THE GENERATIVE ART, WEB DESIGN, DO MAJORITY OF THE DEV WORK, MARKETING MATERIALS, AND LONG TERM BUSINESS PLAN MYSELF. THIS ISN’T A FLEX, IT’S A NECESSITY. I DID IT THIS WAY BY DESIGN UNDER CLOSE LOCK AND KEY SO THAT OVERHEAD WOULD BE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, ALLOWING FOR THE LAUNCH TO PUT AS MUCH OF THE MONEY AS POSSIBLE BACK INTO THE PROJECT SO THE ARTISTS COULD BENEFIT THE MOST. PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT MANY PROJECTS PAY SO MUCH TO GET GOING, THAT THERE ISN’T MUCH TO GO BACK INTO THE PROJECT ITSELF WHICH CREATES AN INEVITABLE DRY UP. THEY AREN’T BUILT TO SUSTAIN, WHILE THAT’S THE CORE FOCUS HERE. JOINING THE STARVING ARTISTS COMMUNITY OF CREATIVES WILL AIM TO BE THE ROUTE PEOPLE TAKE THEIR IDEAS AND TURN THEM INTO REALITIES DUE TO THE RICH COMMUNITY OF RESOURCE SHARING.

4. I’M DEDICATING MY LIFE TO MAKE THIS WORK AND MY GOAL ISN’T TO GET RICH IN THE WAY MANY THINK OF THE WORD, RICH TO ME IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE OTHER PROJECTS POP UP FROM THESE EFFORTS AND KNOW MY ORIGINAL ART HELPED CREATE THE SPARK THAT ALLOWED FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO STAND UP. I’M NOT A MYSTERY PERSON BEHIND THE SCENES TRYING TO DO A 1 OFF, I’M NATE ZEPP, FULLY DOXXED BY DESIGN AND I AM HERE FOR THE LONG TERM SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT. I WILL BE AN ACTIVE FOUNDER. I WALKED AWAY FROM 20 YEARS OF SENIOR LEVEL GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERIENCE TO PURSUE THIS DREAM. MY LIFES CREATIVE WORK IS VISIBLE AND VERIFIABLE ON LOVEANDNATE.COM WHICH IS WHERE I HAVE ALWAYS POSITIONED MY MANY PROJECTS FROM FASHION TO WEB DESIGN, TO 4D ANIMATIONS, TO AN AWARD WINNING PHOTOGRAPHY APP, TO THE SELF PUBLISHING OF AN ANTI-BULLYING CHILDREN’S BOOK AND MUCH MORE. I EVEN SPIT OUT ABOUT 6 ALBUMS FROM MY HOME OFFICE. YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS, AS I LIVE FOR CREATING AND WANT OTHERS TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND COLLABORATION THAT I NEVER DID.