"I couldn’t tell you the time, but my wonderful captain came to our cabin and woke us up. Usually a grumpy avatar of myself would blearily lambast the scoundrel who’d do such a thing after an entire day’s hike, but this was for a sight that could bring near tears to the eyes. A shining Island! A red sand ring surrounds this rocky outcrop covered in what must be a bioluminescent algae of some description. What we see here is a short exposure as we reached the tip of a spit that pushed its way out towards us. I’m told they shine for a few weeks of the year and usually only at night, the red sand is often covering the whole place. Isn’t it wonderful?

We glided slowly past and when the light was drifting off to the horizon the three of us sat in what would I guess be called the bridge, though it’s resemblance to a tin shed with a big wheel and a window is uncanny, drinking coffee and a few hands of cards, though my mind was far away from our poker barrel. Very far, I don’t know when I’ll be home again, I don’t know if I truly care. What I’ve seen already has filled my eyes to the brim with wonder and they stared through the barrel into the future.

The dirt at the bottom of my cup woke me from my reverie and I excused myself to head to the prow, throw away those bitter grains and lift my head towards the peaking sun on the horizon." - RL

With the NFT comes a 1K GIF, 2K square hovering postcard video, 4K square still image (from both sides) and full res artwork image (3840 x 1800).

The rl_wrld is a project by artist Robin Leverton to craft a story from digital landscape artworks, and to share each chapter as postcards minted as NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) on the Ethereum blockchain. Go to rlwrld.net to find out more.