Welcome to the start of STIMY’s mini NFT sub-series. 

Our first NFT guest is Mumu the Stan, aka MOON HMZ. She’s a young Muslim mother from Malaysia who’s an artist, poet, and published author and illustrator, while also being an advocate for diversity, inclusion, mental health and environmental awareness in the NFT space. She is the founder of MalaysiaNFT and a member of the local art collective, NFXT.io, and her work has been exhibited at Art Basel Miami 2021!

Moon shares how she first got into the world of NFTs - because the lead singer for Linkin Park, Mike Shinoda, encouraged her to do so and promised to buy her first NFT!! Her thoughts on why it’s exciting for artists, the reality of being a female in the crypto space, how the Malaysian NFT space is evolving, how to spot scams in the NFT space and how you can get involved/learn more about NFTs (if you aren’t already down the rabbit hole!).

P/S: This interview starts off with Moon battle with depression so please take note if that is of concern!

Highlights:

• 4:34 Battling depression
• 7:10 Spending 7 years feeling lost & how Moon got out of it
• 9:01 Creating a stan account
• 9:57 Mike Shinoda takes notice of Moon’s art
• 11:40 What are NFTs?
• 13:09 How to create an NFT
• 16:08 Environmental impact is linked to minority representation
• 18:28 Finding her NFT community
• 18:55 What the Malaysian NFT space is like
• 22:53 Getting Malaysian artists onto the international NFT scene
• 25:14 Being blacklisted
• 25:55 NFTs v traditional digital art collection
• 28:07 Has NFTs enhanced Moon’s art?
• 28:52 Do artists need to know the tech to get into NFTs?
• 29:23 Identifying the scams in the NFT space (aka the rug pulls)
• 31:52 Identifying when an artwork has been copied

📍Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/75 

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