Solon cancelled Athens' debt, freed the slaves, and built the most principled political system the ancient world had seen.
A tyrant walked through it in one generation.
The economic design held. The political layer crumbled — principles without teeth are just intentions.
Cleisthenes didn't start over. He fixed exactly what broke.
Version one always fails. That's not the tragedy. The tragedy is mistaking the diagnostic for a verdict.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brudpaints/p/version-one-always-fails

Wrote my first Substack article today drawing parallels from the Renaissance to see what comes next for Bitcoin!

https://open.substack.com/pub/brudpaints/p/what-florence-knew-about-bitcoin?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=vshmy

Sometimes I get to doodle at work. This guy was inspired by an amalgamation of different memories of my padre 😂 Think I might do more of these based on people on my life.

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Made this for my girlfriend as her birthday present

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"Megan #39"
Mixed media on canvas
32x48

Was so nice to get away for the weekend and be in nature. Also helps we had an amazing view

Not sure why it takes me so long to get back in the studio at times. Seems like after a break things just kind of come together

Gonna post this here cause no one knows me irl and I won't have to answer awkward questions in person 😂

I did this piece a while back when I was feeling really lost. About myself, life, work, ALL of it. It started as a quick and loose pen sketch and turned into this.

It's big too! I feel it really confronts the viewer about this uncomfortable subject that most people don't want to discuss or Maybe it's just me making a statement. Either way it was therapeutic.

"Sehnsucht"
Oil stick, acrylic, and oil crayon on canvas

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Friday Vibes

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One of the paintings I worked on this week.

Working title is:
"Tobi Frances von Whiskertons
Harbinger of Eternal Rest"

Acrylic, oil stick, and oil pastels on canvas
30x40

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Sold this bad boy today! Too bad the buyer wasn't also a Bitcoiner, now I gotta convert some fiat.

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