₿, sats, symbols, labels. They shift the way we rename constellations. The stars stay the same. We can argue about typography, or we can remember what actually matters: moving value without permission, using Bitcoin until it becomes as natural as breathing. Labels are habits. Use is life. And if I have to choose a symbol, I pick the one that reminds me a network of strangers is building something together. Everything else is decoration. GM 🫂🎨

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True intelligence is intuition, imagination, creativity, ingenuity and inventiveness. It is foresight, vision and wisdom. It is empathy, compassion, ethics and love. It is the integration of mind, heart and courageous actions.

Humans don’t create art because they’re superior. They create art because they’re imperfect. Art is what leaks out of the cracks. If we were complete, we wouldn’t need it. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart

Wanting to protect my art from artificial intelligence is like wanting to protect my voice from those who listen to me. My art and my voice feel “mine” when I imagine earning something from them. But the truth is simpler, and maybe harder: they’re not really mine. They belong to the world I live in, to whoever receives them, to whoever lets them resonate. I create them. But once they exist, they travel on their own. #art #artstr #ai #isolabellart

There’s something I’ve learned on Nostr, and it took me time to understand: My greatest achievement here isn’t that someone wanted one of my paintings enough to make it theirs. It’s that they trusted me. Trust is worth more than ten paintings sold. More than any number of zaps. More than visibility or reach. A painting can travel far. But trust… trust is what lets it arrive. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart

THE QUIET SILENCE AMONG THE SILENCES — 3 of 4. This is what comes before silence. Not noise. Not chaos. Just... quiet. The breath you take before diving. The pause before speaking. The stillness before knowing. One more to go. 20×25cm, oil on board. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart

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THE BROKEN CREST There is this painting that painted itself. I'm not kidding. I started it with a clear idea. But the brush started doing something else. I tried to go back to the original plan. It didn’t work. So I stopped fighting. I followed the brush. And the painting became something I’d never imagined. Stronger. More true. Since that day I’ve learned: my job isn’t to control the painting. It’s to listen while it reveals itself. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart

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Two silences. Side by side. THE THRESHOLD and THE ECHO. One asks: will you step through? The other answers: something always remains. SILENCE AMONG THE SILENCES — 2 of 4 complete. 20×25cm each, oil on board. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart

THE THRESHOLD (From sketch to finished painting) SILENCE AMONG THE SILENCES — painting 2 of 4. Orange rising into pale white. Dark holding both. The moment between what was and what will be. You don't cross a threshold by understanding it. You cross it by stepping through. 20×25cm, oil on board. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart View quoted note →

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I was about to add another brushstroke. Something stopped me. Not a voice. A feeling. "If you add this, you'll ruin everything." I put down the brush. I looked at the painting from a distance. It was right. Sometimes the painting knows when it's finished before you do. And learning to listen to that moment is more important than knowing how to paint.

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The infinite feed kills silence. #Nostr lets you choose. You can scroll and waste your time. Or you can stop and watch a painting. Your choice.

On Instagram you build an audience. On #Nostr you build a community. An audience watches. A community participates. It's not the same thing.

Dear Nostr, dear art lovers, you showed up. You looked. You zapped. You bought. Some of you own my paintings now. They're hanging in your homes, in different countries. That still feels unreal. Thank you for giving my work a place to breathe. Still painting. With love and gratitude, isolabellart 🎨 ( Writing this from dearnostr.com )

I thought about it and no, I no longer make prints of my paintings. I have made, and might someday make again, calendars — but that’s another story. Some people tell me, “You could sell more.” Maybe. But I’d lose the only thing that makes art different from everything else: uniqueness. When you buy one of my paintings, you buy the only one that exists. My hands and brushes have touched every millimeter of it. Every imperfection is mine. Every decision was made only once. A print can look like it — but it can never be it. I don’t judge those who make prints. I’ve simply chosen another path. I’d rather sell less, and stay true to something that can’t be replicated. Some things are meant to exist only once — like a moment, like a painting. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart