Mediums of Exchange
a ritual experiment in gift circulation
We've taught art to behave like money. Now it's time to let money try to breathe like art.
What we need is a place to remember that other worlds are possible. And a space to practice what it feels like to live in one. The way in is simple.
Bring what you're holding∴ Make your offering∴ And cast your wish∴
What you release may reach someone who needs it∴ What you need may arrive from someone else's letting go∴
Circulation is the principle. How you choose to practice is always up to you.
If there's something inside of you that is restless, descend into the depths and see for yourself what might be waiting.
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The Descent
∵what are you holding∵
Sit with that question∴ Let it become yours∴
Because once it's yours, you can't unsee it∴ The way money moves and the way value moves—they're not the same thing∴ they never were∴
You've been living in the gap between them your whole life∴
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Slowly, the questions underneath will begin to surface:
What do you keep trying to earn∵
What identity have you built around struggle∵
Who are you doing this for∵
What happens if no one sees it∵
What would collapse if you stopped proving your worth∵
Write them down∴ Even if they don't make sense yet∴ Especially if they hurt∴
There's something you can't see yet∴
Let me show you where to look∴
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Wealth was never about what you kept∴ It was about what flowed through you∴
◌ A well is where what's underground becomes available∴ Where the hidden source surfaces∴ Where you can finally drink∴ ◌
Every culture that ever found water underground discovered the same thing: if you want something from the depths—from the source beneath the source—you have to send something down first∴
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⚱ The Norse told of Odin tearing out his eye and dropping it into the well∴ The price of seeing everything was losing the way you used to see∴
⚱ The Maya stood at the edge of cenotes—those blue mouths in the earth—and sent jade and gold spinning down, calling the rain by proving they trusted the fall∴
⚱ The Japanese tied prayers to branches above sacred springs∴ When the wind came, the words would drop into the current and be carried to where they needed to go∴
These weren't superstitions∴ These were instructions∴
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Depth requires letting go∴ Flow requires trust∴ True wealth only exists when it can move∴
Look at what you wrote down∴ Read it back to yourself∴ Say it aloud if you can∴
This is what you're holding∴ Not just an idea∴ A version of yourself that's been surviving instead of living∴
Feel its weight∴
Do you want to keep living in a world where you carry this∵
Or are you ready to see what happens when you let it go?
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A new way to experience wealth
