HOW TO KILL A WILDFLOWER || An NFT collection addressing the importance of mental health during the Web3 hype

Los Angeles-based digital artist Nathaniel Parrott debuts his latest digital collection, ‘How to Kill a Wildflower,’ which explores our inner battle of identity as we navigate the growing digital landscape.

Parrott was an early adopter of NFTs and found immediate success in the initial wave with projects such as Fabricated Fairy Tales with fellow artist FEWOCIOUS. ‘How to Kill a Wildflower’ was created as an exploration of his creative energy as he processed the newfound success and pressures that came with it. The collection is a surreal expression of his battles with creativity and paradoxical exploration of creativity, freedom, and success as his success began to stifle his creativity.

“I began to question what success really meant to me as an artist,” said Parrott. “I became paralyzed; like a flower picked from the wild and placed into a vase. I felt stagnant, stared at and unable to escape. This collection is an introspective journey through that process and the sparks created from that friction, the diamond after the pressure. To kill the wildflower is to become the unspontaneous, the programmed, the formed. To kill the wildflower is to kill the inner child.”

The digital collection, which consists of 6 NFTs, taps into old myths, archetypes, and stories to reframe our experience as we fight for our inner creativity. The fight, according to Parrott, is for keeping what makes us human as we continue to dive deeper into a digital world.

“Every day, we strive to empower digital artists in the NFT space,” said Voice Director of Partnerships and Creator Relations, Eliza Fish. “Nathaniel’s story is inspiring, and most importantly it’s relatable. With Mental Health Awareness Month upon us, we thought it was the perfect time to share this collection with the world.”

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to “Art of Elysium,” an artist organization that supports underprivileged youth in Los Angeles through creative, tailor-made art, music, and education programs. Just as art and music has saved Parrott’s life, he hopes to pay it forward to those in need.

‘How to Kill a Wildflower’ will be available for collection on Voice beginning May 19 at 2:00 p.m. PST.

The collection will be exclusively available on Voice, the NFT platform for creators.