Proposal for a White Paper on Support for Artistic Creation (EN, ES)
Introit
Art is the noblest of human creations, as it is out of it that our understanding and enjoyment of the life that has been granted to us comes from. Without art, our existence would be arid and all scientific and technological achievements would only serve to prolong an existence devoid of meaning.
In this era in which the development of artificial intelligence calls into question our ability, as human beings, to continue to contribute positively to technological development and the number of possible human work occupations appears to be going to get greatly reduced, artistic creation and its enjoyment appear as important ways of affirming human identity.
Some of the most beautiful artistic creation arises from the human need to free oneself, mentally, from everyday social and economic difficulties and from extreme states of mind arising from the deepest recesses of human suffering, such as misery, hunger, disease and survival from war.
Objective
Create a support fund for authors in disadvantaged situations, whether for economic, social, political or geographical reasons, to help them, as much as possible, to overcome the difficulties that prevent them from creating their art, thus promoting greater autonomy for them to free up the time and means necessary to dedicate themselves to their creations, which, ultimately, will benefit all of us.
Compile a White Paper with all the ideas on this topic that will be used as a reference for the creation of the respective community, NGO, or whatever institutional and collaborative form is concluded, in the end, to be the best to lead this process. Here, I point to the Art & Artists community as a possible base for this project.
Invitation
I invite my friends @weisser-rabe, @ty-ty, @afrog, @soulfuldreamer, @jeff-kubitz and @kiwiscanfly to present their ideas, under the tag #whitebookforartcreation, considering the following questions:
- Proposals for ways to collect financing for this project;
- How to select, evaluate and to what extent support these creators;
- What are the basic rules that a project of this nature must comply with;
- What more ideas and considerations do you have on the topic.
I would also like to thank you for nominating at least two additional people to post and comment about this topic, and to give it as much publicity as possible. Thank you all.
@ hefestus 01.03.25
P.S.: I am deeply grateful to @wakeupkitty for advancing this idea in a conversation we had. It's an excellent concept and deserves to be fully explored and implemented. I also apologize to everybody I haven't invited, but there is a limit to how many mentions we can make here. I expect you all to show up anyway. Thank you for understanding.

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Propuesta de Libro Blanco sobre el apoyo a la creación artística
Introito
El Arte es la más noble de las creaciones humanas, pues de ella proviene nuestra comprensión y disfrute de la vida que nos ha sido concedida. Sin arte, nuestra existencia sería árida y todos los logros científicos y tecnológicos sólo servirían para prolongar una existencia carente de sentido.
En esta era en la que el desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial pone en duda nuestra capacidad, como seres humanos, de seguir contribuyendo positivamente para el desarrollo tecnológico y el número de posibles ocupaciones laborales humanas parece venir a reducirse considerablemente, la creación artística y su disfrute aparecen como formas importantes de afirmar la identidad humana.
Algunas de las creaciones artísticas más bellas surgen de la necesidad humana de liberarse, mentalmente, de las dificultades sociales y económicas cotidianas y de los estados mentales extremos que surgen de los rincones más profundos del sufrimiento humano, como la miseria, el hambre, las enfermedades y la supervivencia de la guerra.
Objetivo
Crear un fondo de apoyo a autores en situación desfavorecida, ya sea por motivos económicos, sociales, políticos o geográficos, para ayudarlos, en la medida de lo posible, a superar las dificultades que les impiden realizar sus creaciones artísticas, promoviendo así una mayor autonomía para que liberen el tiempo y los recursos necesarios para dedicarse a su arte.
Elaborar un Libro Blanco con todas las ideas sobre este tema que servirá de referencia para la creación de la respectiva comunidad, ONG o cualquier forma institucional y colaborativa que al final se concluya ser la mejor para liderar este proceso. Aqui, apunto la comunidad de Art & Artists cómo una posible base para este proyecto.
Invitación
Invito a mis amigos @ weisser-rabe, @ ty-ty, @ afrog, @ soulfuldreamer, @ jeff-kubitz @ kiwiscanfly a presentar sus ideas, bajo la etiqueta #whitebookforartcreation, considerando las siguientes preguntas:
- Propuestas sobre formas de recaudar financiamiento para este proyecto;
- Cómo seleccionar, evaluar y en qué medida apoyar a estos creadores;
- Cuáles son las reglas básicas que debe cumplir un proyecto de esta naturaleza;
- ¿Qué más ideas y consideraciones tienes sobre el tema?
También me gustaría agradecervos por nominar al menos a dos personas adicionales para publicar sobre este tema y darle la mayor publicidad posible. Gracias.
@ hefestus 03.01.25
P.D.: Estoy profundamente agradecido con @wakeupkitty por promover esta idea en una conversación que tuvimos. És una idea excelente y merece ser totalmente explorada y implementada. También pido perdón a todos aquellos que no he invitado, pero existe un limite de llamadas qué se puede hacer aqui. Espero leer todos los vuestros posts y comentarios también. Gracias por entender.

Thanks @hefestus, @hive-121219 for mentioning me and asking what I think. I will give this topic serious thought.
I would first say that perhaps freedom of thought and expression is a requirement for creativity. Yet on the same coin is the other side: repression can be self imposed.
A good question, set of questions and I am honored my friend.
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Your thoughts on this matter will be welcomed.
Cheers.
Hi Hefestus,
I saw your mention a couple of days ago and read your proposal—quite interesting! I also followed the comments to gain a deeper understanding.
To be honest, I’m not sure if I’m qualified to offer any advice. It’s truly admirable of you to think this way, but I’m really just a simple blogger—maybe not even that. I’m not downplaying myself, but I genuinely don’t know what I can contribute.
That said, if I were to add something, I’d suggest considering Selection Criteria:
How to identify artists who truly need support.
Ensuring the funds go to genuine artists rather than opportunists.
Art has a way of bringing people together, but funding it fairly is always a challenge. Maybe a transparent system—where artists share their work, struggles, and aspirations—could help filter out those who truly deserve the support. A balance between merit and need might be a good approach.
Wishing you success with this initiative! I’ll be following along to see how it unfolds.
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Thank you for your input. It's highly appreciated.
It's an equal opportunity community. Everybody qualifies. ;)
Cheers,
Pedro
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Hi,
This is a really good and timely initiative! Creating a support fund for artists in need can be of a huge help and support for creatives worldwide. I support this project and believe it will have a great impact on artists' lives and on the communities progress.
My answers to the questions will be;
Consider funding, grants, and sponsorships for funding, I think one of the best ways one can go about achieving this is to establish a selection committee to review applications, and offer various levels of support to ensure transparency, accountability, and fairness, and also help to comply with relevant laws based on the industry standards you’re looking to work with.
Also I believe partnering with one or two already established individuals in relative industries can help gather more insights on how to go about providing such funds and help to creatives,
Provision of resources, mentorship and tutoring programs can also enhance the project's impact.
Thank you @wakeupkitty for tagging me on this.
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Welcome into the discussion and thank you for your ideas. I will include them in the next post, where I will approach all the proposed Ideas.
Cheers.
Looking forward to it.
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Oeps a bit painful you do not mention the artists and Art & Artist community. What to think about that 🤔
For now I ignore our meeting of yesterday
@almaguer @ronthroop @joslud @tezzmax @krucekoncept
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Well... It's just a framework. I didn't mention it, but the idea was to get input. I will adjust it accordingly.
I am not ignoring anyone. I'm just making a proposal to come up with a proposal, and am in no hurry to come up with an end to it. I can invite people into the debate at any time.
You failed. You first have had to ask this hive number-account if you are allowed to speak so loudly in the number accounts community. And you should give your next list of invitations first to the leader of this numbers community.
I don't give a flying fuck about hierarchies. As I get older, I tend to be ever more picky about my friends, and they are usually the ones that are honest in their opinions towards me and have the decency to contradict me. Also, I don't care what anyone says about me. I have a life outside of steemit. I speak as loudly as the environmet allows.
Cheers, Froggy.
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I know. You are a brave Portugese sailor. A man after my own heart. Not afraid of sea monsters and devils. Welcome in the pond of all the amphibians.
Sorry, we don't have numbers, clubs or communities, but we look unique like you.
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I know there are whales out there and I've swam among sharks before. Numbers are a relative concept, as this is not a bottle cap collecting contest.
Cheers.
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Hello.
As a project, I see it as interesting and very broad in scope.
I think I understand that it would be to project Steemit artists outside the platform and somehow subsidize their work. (You can correct me if this is not the case).
BUT...
I think the most important thing would be to start or continue or restart, with the promotion within Steemit itself, since the blockchain allows that with the votes in favor, you can generate some income.
One objective would be how to achieve greater and better rewards for the artist.
My fear.
That this conversation will get lost, like many others, in the sea of comments.
I invite you to comment
@cruzamilcar63
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Thank you for your contribution, @joslud. I am here to ensure that the conversation does not get lost in the sea of comments, as I will compile them when I figure that the moment arrives to debate some concepts. This project wiil go on to it's conclusion.
What you understood it totally correct and I appreciate this input of your as well as any that you think of adding in the future. They will be taken into account and discussed further.
Thank you for your time,
Pedro
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Hola,
Estaré pendiente de leer y contribuir con mis opiniones.
Qué bueno.
Fuerte abrazo.
@cotina, @solperez, @the-gorilla, @moeki and @mikitaly, I call your attention to this article.
And why is it you ask for them and not for us?
You already asked the others in.
BTW: Don't confuse my fiddling around, testing out stuff as a power down, It's 100 SP and a test, not a plan.
The reasons for the white paper are the ones stated.
I like to start things when I see they don't exist. I also work hard at them.
I could only mention 7 users in the post, I selected them based on variety of opinions and geographical reach. Your divisive posture does not help to win other people over to supporting your projects. It's a white paper. It's supposed to provide guidelines. No project is in motion.
You are making several mistakes in judgement, including the idea that anyone wishes to stray away from the support to Art & Artists and the like. The idea is to make for a stronger structure of support, and that, needs to take into account all kinds of opinions. especially those you don't like.
I brought @afrog and @ty-ty in specifically for the brutal honesty in their opinions, which can be quite challenging to accept, as I have experienced before.
We can not and should not rely only on those who agree with us and definitely have to hear those who have not been involved, so we can understand their reasons.
This is a moment for calm and reflection, not for egotisms and accusations.
I expect you think about all of this process as a way forward and not as an intrusion into your space, because I'm really looking at you as a partner, not as an opponent.
Enjoy your Sunday,
Pedro
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Don't let yourself be unsettled, dear Pedro. That's just how people are. Not just on Steem. Especially those who have elevated themselves to lead others tend to behave this way. When someone else from the group comes along and proposes something new, they start defending a position that exists only in their imagination.
Don't make the mistake of believing that Steem is a joyful bunch of peace, joy, and cake! Everything seems friendly here because being unfriendly doesn't yield many rewards.
However, you do need a whitepaper if you want to form a group!
If you want to act in a legally secure manner, you must clearly define the key points of your project; otherwise, you will encounter problems when collecting donations. Everyone needs to know what you intend to do with the money. No empty promises or flattery will suffice; a hard-hitting whitepaper is required.
If machine wreckers believe that Perplexity is an enemy they must fight and exclude, they are welcome to forgo the help of AI. This doesn't make them worse than humans, but in the long run, it makes them less productive than those who approach AI with an open mind and let it assist them. If you have a whitepaper created by an AI, for example, you don't need to study what should be included in a whitepaper.
Don't be deterred by the numbers in Perplexity's example. As mentioned, it's just a rough example. The whitepaper will naturally become more precise and tailored when you adapt the question to your reality and formulate as many aspects as possible in your query to the AI.
As you can see, you quickly face headwinds when you stand out from the crowd. Every little thing becomes a devastating argument. Even the size of example amounts starts to play a significant role, although they were actually chosen arbitrarily.
Good luck my friend. By the way its true what this number-commentor No. 121219 said. I never was a member of any political or social group. Sorry, that's not part of my behavior environment. I never will act as a member of a group. Im always selfempowered.
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I really appreciate you input and thank you for your time. Maybe it doesn't look so, but I do understand the complexities of dealing with people in all kinds of environments. In my life, I had the chance to manage groups of up to fifteen hundred with all the good and bad that comes with it. I also try to always do the right thing, as there is really no point in doing it in any other fashion.
If the others choose to misunderstand or fight my positions it's usually their loss, not mine, because I finish what I start, and I don't care for empires of the mind and am absoletely impervious to negativity. Since my days as an Officer in our Marine Corps, I have learned and practiced the way to go through very fast OODA loops, so, I'm usually one step ahead in eveything I do. If, at any point I feel it to be a loosing proposition, I just drop it, as I don't invest time in low probability outcomes. For now, I think that this is worth the effort and I still think that criteria must be set for this, as it doesn't make sense that everybody depends on the charity of a single individual or even a couple of them. Organization, clear rules and transparency are needed for such a project to get wider support.
Also, I didn't start anything yet and just made a proposal to develop a framework, and that, needs to be community based, even though some, may or may not use AI to help them consider what to contribute, I don't feel it to be my part to limit that, as long as the input is valid and helps this move forward.
In the end, there will be a project and I'm not planning to be leading it, as I expect that during this process of the white book procedures, someone to show up that demonstrates to the others that they have the characteristics, time and state of mind to lead this, and, still, won't be taking any lonely decisions because I don't like dictatorships. In a global and free enviroment like this, no one is entitled to act alone.
Also, the number commentator 12129 is me.
Happy carnaval monday,
Pedro
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Thank you.
Maybe I took the wrong number. I don't like these number accounts when they are speaking. Speak as Hefestus but not in the name of a whole community. I don't like community fences at all. Group formation is always a manifestation of demarcation and typically human petty-mindedness. But it is a good move to make more money. So I will think about a group for all the selfempowered amphibians on blockchain. Then I will earn more rewards.
Don't worry! It's just carnival here in Hanau. In carnival you can tell the truth.
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You can always tell the truth, froggy... You may or may not like the consequences, but that is just what life is.
Carnaval here too, so, anything is possible because we're wearing masks that reveal ourselves.
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Hi friend. I'm wearing a frog mask!
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Pardon,
first I asked Perplexity but it didn't know.
What are very fast OOPA cycles?
Es steht auf Wikipedia. Sehen:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA-Loop
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Ach du liebes Lottchen. Das sag ich dem armen Bot!!!
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Thanks for calling this to my attention.
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I will write a full article on it, but basically it's a model for combat decision first developed by an airman called John Boyd, and it means Observar, Orientar, Processar, Agir. That's portuguese, in English, I believe it is known as an OODA loop, Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. and these are the four steps towards combat decision, once you finish the Act phase, you go back to the first step. Usually, especially in air combat, where the model was first developed, the one further ahead in the cycle and with the fastest cycling through the phases will win the combat. It is a model that you can apply to decisions in any kind of dynamic situations and it's a very effective way to go around business decisions or decisions in any kind of project you are developing.
Actually, I believe I will change the text for the English designation, as it may be easier to search online.
Thank you for the explanation.
Very interesting: Perlexity doesn't know anything about OODA. But it want to know, what it means. Do you want to give him (the robot) your excellent answer or should I do it. Maybe you want to keep this AI as stupid as possible.
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I also would like to call into this conversation, @acostacazorla, @pensiff, @gertu and @sesladen.
Thank you for raising this up @hefestus, thank you for inviting me into the debate @wakeupkitty. 🙏
Personally, I have come to the realization and agreement that just as it is in the physical space that only those who are actually buoyant financially and without any financial worries get to appreciate art well even with their hard earned money and so it is on platforms such as these, people tend to see the pieces and say to themselves and the artists that the pieces are beautiful but they really can't put their money on it. I can't count how many time I personally I've been attacked for withdrawing steem or powering down.......
I buy art materials every now and then, there are so much reoccurring cost that goes into play and this is one of the reasons why some friends I've invited in the past find it really difficult to cope around here. Like @joslud said in his comment, if we are looking at another platform for artists outside steemit maybe that could work and if it would be on steemit, then there is so much to be done!
@hefestus in your proposal in creating this support funds for artists, what would be or what are going to be the principal expectations from the artists?
You forgot to mention you do receive help. May I remind you I did buy a painting of yours and there was no need to send it? Would you have had this option without Steemit?
Next to that I also wonder how ronthroop manages to create art on a low budget without buying all the expensive stuff. I might be good to stay in touch with other artists and hear and learn from them wat's possbile.
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I'm sorry Kitty, 🤗
You've been such a darling angel and one of the reason I am still very much active around here because of all you do and I am genuinely grateful for t hat. Thank you so much. Talking about cost of materials for Artists, I would love to let you know that region is a great factor affecting that, I am based in Africa and we do not produce any of these things but only import them all which is a great disadvantage if you ask me............................
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The same counts for many artists
I also notice that art is more demanding if it comes to what is used. I wonder if there are still artists working with creativity if it coes to tools and techniques
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Dear @tezzmax, I don't yet have a proposal. The purpose of the white book is to build that proposal considering eveyone's input. About artists, the only expectation is for them to do what they do: to create art.
The outcome of the white book should be a balanced way of supporting those that are in specially challenging life conditions to be able to do so.
Cheers and thank you for your time and any further comments or objections you can raise during the process.
I expect this discussion to take at least a few weeks, so, drop in evey once in a while and you may find reasons to participate a bit further.
Cheers,
Pedro
Okay... Thank you very much
I shall stick around perhaps to poke my nose in some other people's insights.. 😎
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You should. That's important too. :)