Radical acceptance with consistent, sustainable boundaries.
It’s not about being crass, or rude but quite the opposite; we live in a world where kindness is seen as petty, or not worth the investment; as ugly.
Though kindness is also just as often performed for recognition.
While Manifesting Empathy isn’t about judging, or even helping others; it is about seeing our own journey, accomplishments and pitfalls, through a structured, organized and accessible lens.
Which in turn enables us to better see others; and be helpful.
Which may not always look pretty, and may not always be fun; but the rewards are infinite, and can be eternal, so why not ?
The first drop is a collection of foundational designs; we’re using Gildan 3000 shirts and Gildan 18500 hoodies.
We will also make a run with the Bella + Canvas 3001 shirts, along with a different hoodie; to each their own, details to follow.
The Gildan has more of the classic boxy look, and will include a throwback design that will not be included in the Canvas 3001 designs.
C3001’s have a slimmer fit.
The basic designs will continue to be available in black-and-white throughout the year, in limited quantities, denoted by their season of purchase.
Autumn Leaves : Nourishment
The Autumn Leaves drop will come in two phases; the first phase will introduce our foundational line of t-shirts and hoodies; and be a relatively-limited run for non-traditional colors.
Foundational Designs
All of the designs introduced in Autumn Leaves are symbols I’ve found along the journey to remind me of important ideas.
The first was this backwards dollar sign, followed by a zero and a one.
Which could also be read to say, SOL … and so can phonetically translate to soul; traversing cognition from sun to immortal essence in three “letters”.
Money is a tool, nothing more, nothing less; and you are only one human being, and yet one can be enough to make great change.
That is the idea.
I saw someone else with a tattoo on their cheek, and it looked super dope … let’s just be honest … but I was like … what could I put that wouldn’t be aggressive, would be decorative and also have meaning ??
The Leaf Emoji!
Easy … and that was that … and it reminds me of always being with the land … her tears are my tears, and my tears are her tears; we’re never alone.
While they can also be interpreted as ayu, or coca leaves; also a great blessing helping us to remember with love and grace, and to speak with the same.
This is the original design; I was trying to think of a way to pay tribute to the Andes Mountains, also known as Tres Cordilleras, three mountain-ranges; the three mountain ranges dominating the Southern Continent.
The original marker was a standard Sharpie marker on white paper; though with a bit of tooling around in GIMP, playing with inversion and color curves, I was able to find the design we now see above.
For the shirts I’m opting for an all white design, no color; to both save on materials and now just doesn’t feel like the time/place for a full color piece. As well, the mountains will never be placed up someone’s back; they may be worn on the shoulders, or as protection and grounding on the chest, though are not to be worn on the back.
FvckVanity … but make it classy.
The essence of FV is that you define what cool is, what intelligence is, what it means to be the best human being; there is no comparison.
You gotta do you; especially when all you’ve got are the basics.
You make it classy.
The second phase will expand the line with products inside, and outside, of Printful’s offerings.
The Reasons
I want to stay environmentally conscious; as soon as possible, provided there is demand/support, I’d like to be able to track the entire supply line.
And source locally,at all points possible.
We’ll provide small-runs of custom variations of our foundational designs; while publishing new designss.