I recently had the joy of catching up with my cousin Clint in Australia. He is your typically understated ,chilled Aussie bloke. However, like a lot of understated blokes , he has a good head on his shoulders. I asked him casually if he had ever heard of NFTS… not really expecting him to know much about them. His drawled “yessss” gave me enough encouragement to start telling him about the number of times I had been approached by random strangers asking to buy my art as an NFT. My response has always been to say “no” as I don’t understand NFTS and frankly anything that combines technology and money is scary. So saying NO has become my safety mantra.

Clints response was to say “Well Catherine you are saying NO to money”. That gave me pause and so I said “then you better tell me all about them”. The next day he did and I was introduced to a strange new world which speaks a foreign language. I noticed that along with my fear was a sense of excitement and I could see new possibilities especially for my monoprints which I don’t do a lot of due to the upfront costs. I have since returned to NZ and am excited to enter this strange new world and see where it leads me. I am determined not to let my fear of the unknown stop me.