Charles

“Welcome to the @InvsbleFriends community,” @AdamWeitsman ... a sentence I would have bet my life I wouldn’t be saying three years and numerous nightmares later 😂 Adam and I have been long overdue for a proper chat and, by some miracle, finally managed to make it happen this evening. We covered a lot of territory, from PFP communities to the Council of Luci and so much in between. We share a common origin story into web3 via PFPs, and both would say some of our closest friends are people we met by being a part of those communities. My first interaction with Adam was a bit ago after @RealPapii had messaged me because Adam was looking to join @quirkiesnft and I held a 1/1 that was perfect for him. After some arm twisting from Papii (kidding), I was honored to play a small role in that story. Reminiscing about that time led to a discussion about my first NFT community, Invisible Friends, and how thrilled I was that @coinbilly had finally succeeded in taking ownership of the project. I explained how he was responsible for many of the epic things the collection had accomplished, including the Kith collab, which IMO is still one of the best web3 collabs to date. During this discussion I told Adam I wanted to send him one of my “Friends” I had held onto during some of the project’s darkest days. Ultimately I felt the Kith Friend 1/1 Miami Edition was the perfect fit, a hidden gem with a great backstory. I share all of this because tonight I was reminded of one of my favorite things about this crazy space: how a shared love for these JPEGs brings together people from different backgrounds and life experiences. I came away from the conversation with a renewed passion for protecting our artists, our collectors, our space, and the joy that comes from collecting art and the friends we make along the way. 🖤