# 3 Minute Meditations by thetechnocratic

## The work and its context

3 Minute Meditations is project 345 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, published under the canonical slug 3-minute-meditations-by-thetechnocratic and credited to thetechnocratic. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 159 of 159 invocations, runtime p5@1.0.0, and the official description: *3 Minute Meditations* is a set of audio/visual generative-art NFTs designed to provide the listener with a short, meditative experience.  Each *3MM* starts with a **unique fundamental frequency** and composes harmonics on top of it. One of these harmonics is a **binaural beat** that ends in the **delta** or **theta** band (associated with **mediation**, **deep** and **REM sleep**).  The others take shape as a combination of **constant and arpeggiated tones** to form an entrancing soundscape that moves through **temporary dissonance** into **climactic harmony**.  The associated visuals are representative of the sound, and follow a journey that mirrors the **sonic meditation**.  ** ***The focus of this piece is the audio, which must be enjoyed with headphones in order to properly realize its effects***. **  Listeners can watch the visuals as well, or close their eyes and **sink fully into the auditory experience**. [^S01][^S02]

Those figures are current index observations retrieved on 2026-09-19, not a reconstruction of the original public sale announcement. Atlas position is a catalogue ordinal and is not the on-chain project ID. The live collection page and the Hasura projects_metadata row agree on title, slug, contract, and project ID after a filtered query that used the exact slug. [^S01][^S02]

Contract 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270. Aspect ratio indexed as 1.0. Website https://twitter.com/thetechn0cratic.

This essay treats the stored artist program, four independently identified outputs, and a freshly checked AB5D holding (or an explicit collection gap) as primary evidence. Metadata traits are cited only when they were returned for the same V2 contract token IDs that were visually inspected. They do not replace looking at the pictures. [^S04][^S09]

## Conception and development

The official project description is the development account used here. Interview or dossier sentences that name a different slug are not treated as statements about this series. *3 Minute Meditations* is a set of audio/visual generative-art NFTs designed to provide the listener with a short, meditative experience.  Each *3MM* starts with a **unique fundamental frequency** and composes harmonics on top of it. One of these harmonics is a **binaural beat** that ends in the **delta** or **theta** band (associated with **mediation**, **deep** and **REM sleep**).  The others ta

The development account used here is the specific source named in the citations, not a paraphrase of an artist-dossier page. Where that account is an official project description written in the artist's voice, that limit is stated rather than upgraded into an unpublished studio diary. Where an interview exists, the sentences that actually name 3 Minute Meditations are the ones relied on. [^S07][^S01]

Secondary pages that only repeat the marketplace listing are not treated as independent conception sources. [^S02][^S07]

## How the work was constructed

The complete artist program for slug 3-minute-meditations-by-thetechnocratic was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 10666 bytes with SHA-256 b6ff9abdf23b92936015e5ddbb59ce21bf3331ee275776826afb95ac0b01d3a5. Runtime on the project record is p5@1.0.0. The script was read in full; it was not executed in this research session. [^S03]

The stored generator is 10666 bytes, SHA-256 b6ff9abdf23b92936015e5ddbb59ce21bf3331ee275776826afb95ac0b01d3a5, runtime p5@1.0.0. Detected source markers: setup, draw, createCanvas, mouseClicked, AudioContext, tokenData, hash. Named functions include At, Nt, StereoChannel, at, bt, calculateFeatures, draw, h, ht, i. tokenData.hash is read in source. Output then follows the drawing path those functions implement. Token 0 observation: Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, dark and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 2,0,2). File size 70380 bytes. Indexed features: Mode DORIAN; Weight 10; Wobble 25; Circles 28; Color 1 169; Color 2 39; Color 3 284; Seed Hz 0.6669

Visual claims come from inspected media-proxy PNGs plus indexed token features.

Seed handling is visible in the retrieved program: tokenData.hash is read in source. Time and interaction behaviour in code is: Loop behaviour inferred only from source keywords. The inspected PNG is a static frame. A handler found in source is not the same thing as a control that was pressed in a live renderer during this session; tested controls are listed only when an actual key or pointer action was performed. [^S03][^S10]

External dependencies are those declared by script_type_and_version plus any library identifiers inside the file. Public visibility of the stored script does not grant a right to redistribute the raw artist source in this package, so the analysis cites functions and byte length rather than reprinting the program. [^S03][^S06]

## The mint

Indexed chronology for project 345 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2022-08-12T01:21:56+00:00. activated_at is 2022-08-12T23:52:40+00:00. start_datetime is 2022-08-31T17:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2024-02-18T19:02:35+00:00. Invocations stand at 159 of a maximum 159, with complete=true on the retrieved row. [^S02][^S04]

Calculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 22.51 hours; activation to start_datetime is 18.71 days; start_datetime to completion is 536.09 days; first mint to completion is 555.74 days. These are differences of indexed clock fields, not a claim about when a web storefront button became visible to every collector. A first mint that precedes start_datetime is treated as an early or reserved mint unless a separate allocation record is produced. [^S02][^S04]

Indexed clocks: first 2022-08-12T01:21:56+00:00, activated 2022-08-12T23:52:40+00:00, start 2022-08-31T17:00:00+00:00, completed 2024-02-18T19:02:35+00:00. Early first-mint timestamps are not labelled reserved without a separate allocation record.

Historic per-token ETH prices for the original public sale were not recovered from a primary price table during this session and remain unresolved. Any floor price visible on a marketplace page in 2026 is a current listing observation, not the 2021 ask. [^S01][^S02]

## Copyright and licensing

The project record stores the artwork licence label 'NFT License 2.0'. That label is not a Creative Commons version string and is recorded as a custom or unknown artwork term. Code rights for the artist program are not separately labelled on the same field; they are treated as unknown rather than assumed identical to the artwork deed. [^S02][^S06]

Artwork label copied exactly as 'NFT License 2.0'.

Third-party runtime p5@1.0.0 is a separate rights object from both the artwork outputs and the artist source. p5.js, three.js, and ordinary browser JavaScript each keep their own licence texts. This package does not redistribute those libraries. [^S03][^S06]

Original essay prose in this package is dedicated CC0-1.0 by the research operator. That dedication does not change the artwork, code, or dependency licences.

## Close reading of examples

3 Minute Meditations #0 is token 345000000 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-12T01:21:56+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, dark and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 2,0,2). File size 70380 bytes. Indexed features: Mode DORIAN; Weight 10; Wobble 25; Circles 28; Color 1 169; Color 2 39; Color 3 284; Seed Hz 0.6669 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Mode DORIAN; Weight 10; Wobble 25; Circles 28; Color 1 169; Color 2 39; Color 3 284; Seed Hz 0.6669.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

3 Minute Meditations #1 is token 345000001 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-31T17:05:31+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, dark and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 4,34,24). File size 340404 bytes. Indexed features: Mode PHRYGIAN; Weight 16; Wobble 31; Circles 13; Color 1 115; Color 2 206; Color 3 160; Seed Hz 0.8770 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Mode PHRYGIAN; Weight 16; Wobble 31; Circles 13; Color 1 115; Color 2 206; Color 3 160; Seed Hz 0.8770.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

3 Minute Meditations #10 is token 345000010 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-31T17:31:13+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, dark and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 0,2,1). File size 87253 bytes. Indexed features: Mode IONIAN; Weight 7; Wobble 16; Circles 35; Color 1 120; Color 2 172; Color 3 146; Seed Hz 0.8870 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Mode IONIAN; Weight 7; Wobble 16; Circles 35; Color 1 120; Color 2 172; Color 3 146; Seed Hz 0.8870.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

3 Minute Meditations #20 is token 345000020 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-08-31T17:32:00+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, dark and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 0,6,2). File size 318893 bytes. Indexed features: Mode MIXOLYDIAN; Weight 3; Wobble 28; Circles 28; Color 1 48; Color 2 222; Color 3 135; Seed Hz 0.9189 Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Mode MIXOLYDIAN; Weight 3; Wobble 28; Circles 28; Color 1 48; Color 2 222; Color 3 135; Seed Hz 0.9189.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

The AB5D header candidate is token 345000010 (edition 10), currently indexed to 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, which is one of the three linked addresses returned for username ab5d on 2026-09-19. That ownership match is a present-tense index observation, not proof of continuous custody since mint. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, dark and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 0,2,1). File size 87253 bytes. Indexed features: Mode IONIAN; Weight 7; Wobble 16; Circles 35; Color 1 120; Color 2 172; Color 3 146; Seed Hz 0.8870 [^S08][^S04][^S09]

Motion, interaction, and audio: Loop behaviour inferred only from source keywords. The inspected PNG is a static frame. The static PNGs document halt or preview states. They are not by themselves proof that a live loop is still running, nor proof that a work is silent. No soundtrack was heard from these pages during this session. [^S09][^S10][^S03]

## Significance and limitations

3 Minute Meditations is project 345 by thetechnocratic on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270. The close readings above are the evidence for what the stored program outputs.

Unresolved research questions that remain after this pass: (1) What was the exact public-sale unit price in ETH at start_datetime, supported by a contemporaneous primary source rather than a later floor? (2) For tokens whose live renderer was not stopwatch-timed, what is the measured wall-clock period of one full cycle or one completed progressive draw? (3) What contemporaneous primary source records the original public unit price in ETH? (4) Incomplete Control aside, do any of the three current AB5D wallets later acquire or dispose of the header token used above after 2026-09-19? [^S02][^S08][^S10]

This package is a draft for human review. Structural validation tests file shape, not the truth of seeing or of licence interpretation.

[^S01]: Art Blocks. [3 Minute Meditations by thetechnocratic collection page](https://www.artblocks.io/collection/3-minute-meditations-by-thetechnocratic). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S02]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [projects_metadata record for 3-minute-meditations-by-thetechnocratic](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S03]: thetechnocratic. [3 Minute Meditations on-chain artist program](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S04]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [tokens_metadata for sampled 3 Minute Meditations token IDs](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S05]: Art Blocks. [Canonical token pages for sampled 3 Minute Meditations outputs](https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/345000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S06]: Art Blocks project record. [Reported artwork licence label NFT License 2.0](https://www.artblocks.io/collection/3-minute-meditations-by-thetechnocratic). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S07]: thetechnocratic. [3 Minute Meditations official description](https://twitter.com/thetechn0cratic). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S08]: Art Blocks. [AB5D linked wallet set and profile index](https://www.artblocks.io/profile/ab5d). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S09]: Art Blocks media proxy. [Static PNG renders of sampled 3 Minute Meditations tokens](https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/345000000.png). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S10]: Art Blocks. [Live generator renderer for 3 Minute Meditations](https://generator.artblocks.io/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/345000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.