A first of many, never complete One step taken, destiny we meet.

Allure, Explore, Penumbra, then Faith.
Frameworks of destined paths we make.

Standing strong before being born,
The Faithful cannot ever be scorned.

A sign of all things yet to come, What is now, and where we’re from.

O’ please, please, please believe, Our path together, shall succeed.

HANDS OF THE FAITHFUL: COLLECTORS' ARTIFACT

ONLY 8 MINTED // 09.06.2023

This "Artifact" has been minted on a contract designated for all "Syncretica Artifacts" from this moment on, and is the very first mint on this contract.

"In The Beginning"
Syncretica Artifact: #001

This was the very first image ever produced from my custom setup with Deforum, and Stable Diffusion, on 08.25.2022. It was the very first output ever rendered, in an original batch of 111, of the prompt structure that would lead to the creation of my first series in this space titled, “The Allure of Darkness”.

This image represents the true beginning of all things Syncretica.

This image is raw, and has not been edited with the exception of being upscaled for the best resolution. This image has never been minted or even shared publicly.

This is a rare Artifact on the path of developing Syncretica, and I offer it to you, The Faithful, to hold.

Reflection:
When we begin on a path, most of the time we are unaware of what the first step actually was. A year after this image was created, and the hundreds of thousands that have followed it, the path is so much clearer to me now.

The journey in retrospect is always crisp, but the way forward is when we squint, and look, and try to decipher a reality that we have yet to manifest. We plan, and adjust, and try to make the best move, but sometimes being faithful for the best outcome is the only real choice.

When I began on this journey, I didn’t have “Syncretica” as a plan. But I did have a belief in creating genuine Art. Here I am, seeing it from this present perspective, and now I see it as the only path I could have ever walked. It embodies all that I am, my beliefs, my perspective, my expressions, and my desire to share and empower others.

I welcome you, The Faithful, to join me for the rest of this journey. We may not know where we will end up, the journey there together is all that matters.

Belief is sacred for that which you do not know, and with that I say– let’s step, hands together, into the unknown.

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Process & Medium:
AI, Stable Diffusion, Upscaling, Faith.

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hɪr jʊ ɑːr, wɪð miː təˈdeɪ, ðɪs bɒnd wɪl fəˈrɛvər steɪ.