Exoteric

  • What’s Up with Jack?

    And where is Moonshadow?

    I know a lot of you out there have been waiting for me to finish a full-scale project(of like, any kind) for a long time.

    The original Exoteric project didn’t get much past concept and was about super advanced Virtual Reality.

    I ditched it for a game world that marinated in it. “Only Shadow” was born. Now, Only Shadow had a fair share of readers and NFT collectors. I’ve been hoping to throw all the material from Only Shadow into an ebook, and offer it by NFT, but also in one or more ebook store formats. I am still planning to do this, but as most of you know, my health has been a real issue for almost a year now.

    My health slows me down to a crawl. I rarely have the energy to keep up with social media, let alone create new material of the caliber I’m aiming for.

    In December 2024, I announced the end of ‘Only Shadow,’ and my intention to do something that could be truly unique. Moonshadow was the code name I put on this new material. It’s still the name I use, but it’s become very large scale, and will be even more so before launch.

    Until this project is completed, I’m offering art for the creation process(but not anything that’d be accurate in the full release) in the form of NFTs on a number of platforms. Links will be posted here when they happen.

    I began working on this in December 2024, and I’ve done some of my best work here. I think the full scale setting is going to be unlike anything else out there. It is certainly unlike anything I’ve ever attempted. I cut out anything that feels like it’s derivative of stereotypical as soon as I see it.

    Moonshadow is a world of fantasy, with SciFi elements. I’ve spent hours and hours checking my descriptions with realistically plausible scientific elements. The world has a place in its solar system that’s not like any we’ve had a good look at here. So, I’ve developed the look and feel of the setting to include pure science, with far less speculation. However, the further we get from earth, the more speculative everything gets.

    This project is going to be something that people are drawn to. It is on the level of something that calls to readers. In designing this setting, I’ve left a large area of openness, which will allow others to write within this setting, create art from it, any kind of media, really.

    So, for now, just keep an eye on my words, and I’ll continue releasing material, airdropping free material to people who’ve joined the whitelist, and more.

    • Jack Lhasa
    • exoteric

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  • Today’s NFT Releases!

    NFTs dropped today on Zora and Avalanche’s ZeroOne community !! Later this week we’ll see drops on The Uncut Network(Polygon), The Atomic Market Place(WAX & EOS), and some of the first textual NFTs from my blog, right here, Exoteric.live!

    Coming this summer:

    Crazy cool multi-mixed media NFTs starting on my blogs, and on the Lens chains, with DeSo, BlueSky, Farcaster, Fountain.ink, Paragraph.com, and anywhere else I can sling them!!

    While these go out all over the cryptosphere, Exoteric.live, and several other text based communities will be seeing the release of the deep and fascinating world of Moon’s Shadow.

    That’s it for now, but believe me when I tell you that there has never been a setting like this in fiction, nonfiction, or speculation. I’m proud to be so very close to letting this absolutely awesome ConWorld open up so that guest writers can join in, as well as artists of all forms.

    They’re gonna love you.
    – Jack

    I’ll be as fast as you.

    originally published on May 11, 2025. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Positive Strangers

    I could probably dress this up a bit, making it more entertaining, but I won’t.

    This is a simple story about a simple transaction.

    I was at the gas station, ready to buy a drink, when they told me their card machine was down and they could only take cash. I started to put my stuff back, when the person behind me offered to pay for my drink.

    I thanked him, and on the way out he said, “One love, man. Pay it forward.”

    A genuinely decent person in a world that has only been getting darker recently. An inspiration where there is usually none.

    • Jack Lhasa
    • jlhasa.eth

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  • Brief Post on Archiving

    exoterc.live and paragraph.com/@jlhasa

    I back up all posts from here to here because Paragraph is the perfect backup for writing.

    It’s immutable because of its blockchain logging, and kept nearly forever when Paragraph sinks the post into ARweave.

    so, that’s why that happens.

    – Jack Lhasa

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  • Free NFT on Farcaster

    I’ve posted the first of many free NFTs available far.quest or warpcaster.

    I’ll be posting quite a few NFTs for free minting on Farcaster. They all have a limit of 250 copies, and will only be available this way. The WhoAmI channel is a great place to build up an audience, so there will be a lot posted here from me. These NFTs will be on the DEGEN Layer 3 chain.

    Nothing in the Moonshadow setting, but other pieces I really like. I plan to keep these NFTs on a regular calender and they’ll all be available to anyone who follows me, with a FartcasterID. Look for them in the group /whoami.

    • Jack Lhasa
    • exoteric.live

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