Shi Shi Collection [SOLD OUT]
Chasing Butterflies
[1/1 SOLD for 2222ADA]
It feels like chasing butterflies at sunset.
Writing that makes me remember a time when when a butterfly flew frantically over my head while I was swimming a half mile off the coast of Hawaii. It went by so fast, carried by an off shore wind. I remember watching it go feeling at once astonished and then, like a crumbling tower of sand, the feeling gave way to remorse. Had I thrust my hand up immediately I could have caught her, maybe, and swam her back to shore. I didn't, she was out of reach. I wondered if she would, at some point, realize that she would never reach the shore and if, at that point, she would give up and let the ocean have her. Then I imaged that she did realize there was no hope for land. in place of giving up, she turned with the wind and, with an overwhelming sense of adventure, grasped the most finite of conclusions: that the wind had selected her for a journey and the rest of her life would be a grand adventure.
....And one day Pixar will make a movie out of it.
pronounced “shy shy”, Shi Shi beach is the northwestern-most point in the contiguous United States. Its a place I like to retreat to each summer on a weekend backpacking trip. Each piece is a photograph captured using a technique called Intentional Camera Motion, or ICM.
Creating a scene full of color like this is quite tricky, and the conditions need to be right. Peak light only lasts a few minutes. The purple is the ocean, and the orange is the sky. It was a stunning sunset, and I need to sacrifice capturing a typical and stellar sunset to experiment with ICM captures.
Each Shi Shi is an edition of 5 for 500 ADA and early collectors will have the opportunity to collect The Gambit token which earns the collector special drops and bonuses. More in my discord.
Shi Shi 1
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Shi Shi 3
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Shi Shi 2
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Shi Shi 4
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edition 4/5 | edition 5/5
Jason Matias is an artist, photographer, author speaker, and USAF veteran. His work has been seen in numerous pubs and art shows around the nation. He currently lives in Seattle and is an active member of the arts community.
For more info and artist CV, see the Artist Page
