Gareth Eckley

"Great art provokes an emotional reaction in the person that sees it. With great art, your heart responds to it. We need people to have that kind of attachment to the bitcoin philosophy." — Gareth Eckley<br /><br />In this episode, I tumble in conversation with Gareth Eckley, a jewelry designer, gemstone carver, metalsmith, and an inspired bitcoin artist whose precious art objects can be found at artofsatoshi.com. Gareth and I mine a range of topics from eliciting emotional responses to art and the molecular structure of opals, to the stark dichotomies of modernity and potential new forms of charity. All of it set amidst his ongoing understanding of bitcoin and polished by his breadth of experience.<br /><br />Be sure to follow @gareth_eckley as you listen to our chat and to share, rate and subscribe to The Bitcoin Muse. Any support you can show me brightens my day. Please share this podcast with your artist friends since that's who I'm trying to reach and corral. Any reposting of my Twitter or NOSTR feeds is key in additional to using a podcasting 2.0 app like Fountain or Breeze. Even though not many of you are listening on those platforms, perhaps I can entice you knowing that 10% of all those streams and boosts split to help @OpenSats fund bitcoin and other free and open-source projects. <br /><br />Guest LinksWebsite: https://artofsatoshi.com/Twitter Feed: @gareth_eckleyInstagram: @portraitcameosYouTube: @artofsatoshiNOSTR: npub1ta2v0rhkql3tjkenjs52k07dge2yn99fkpu30retq0c3qafnm9wqqsrl5jWebsite: https://portraitcameos.com/<br /><br />Mentioned in the EpisodeWhat is Money: The Saylor SeriesWhat Bitcoin Did PodcastThe Rational Root Bitcoin Spiral TweetRené LaliqueElectron-microscope Photograph of Precious OpalMark Rothko's Seagram Murals: Great Art ExplainedAubrey Strobel's Lekker Feeling | A Bitcoin Ekasi Story Ray Youssef<br />Music by Brandt Enos<br />V4V on Fountain: