Today I made the dumbest bag of all time!
I'm in love with it. It is a bag so dumb that every single person on planet earth will want one. I know you do ;-)
Recently I decided that when I am angry or frustrated, I will channel that energy into designing these little "trolls" and products based off them.
Obviously there is a lot in the world to be angry about and usually I'm pretty good at not getting sucked into any of it, but this past week was a bit much for me. I find myself frustrated both at the tyrannical response to people expressing their opinions, whether it's in a country known for such things or not. I find that a tyrant lies in the hard of so many innocent people. It's in that "You are part of the problem" mindset.
When we demonize each other, we become like demons ourselves. It's ok to have the things we support and the things we don't and we can put as much passion and work into that as we want, but if we don't remember that we don't know it all, we can commit the same kind of atrocities that we are against, or support those who do without even knowing it, because we agree with their perspective, and we feel threatened by the other side.
So instead of thinking "I HATE THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS", which is probably what I would have done a few years ago, I try to find a way to make people smile, bring people together, or at the very least calm down until I can find something more proactive to put my energy towards.
This time, I put that energy towards making some products out of this little troll right here:
If you want the dumbest pillow, the dumbest shirt, the dumbest coaster or the dumbest clock of all time (and you know you do),
You can find it here
And if you want some more serious products, you can get some merch with my book cover on it. Confessions of the Damaged 1.1 cover was made by @vincentnijman!
I have a bunch of bags in my possession, I was impressed with the quality. The other goods I can't guarantee the print quality, but they should be fine.
You can find these products here
And if you haven't read Confessions of the Damaged yet you can find it here:
EBOOK (Part 1)
EBOOK (Part 2)
PRINT (Part 1+2)
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I love dumb bags! Amazing the advance tyranny has made in recent years and the amount of people who seem to be begging for their own enslavement. I have to believe that their will be a tipping point for even the dumbest bags... Somehow my mindset has been pretty good lately. I think I've been feeling that ultimately if they can affect my mind then they have already won. this is my house. my saving quality will be my stubbornness... or they will just kill us all. either way, I'm going to try to make art and music that helps people shake off the crust if I can figure out how. and if i can make stuff that people actually want to see/hear. well, I'll probably make it whether or not. Anyway nice thumbnail =)
Hear hear!
Aren't you two neighbors?
Depends on your definition of 'neighbor', bro from another mo
Call me spiritual but I have been operating under the slogan "to end tyranny, first look inside myself". My behaviors and thoughts may not look quite as bad as the people who run the world, but the potential is there, I feel the anger I have for them and what it might look like if I thought the ends justified the means and if I had the power. So I'm trying to ignore all the bad stuff in the world (other than just seeing it as neutral information) and be someone who is running on a completely different program. I think I can contribute the best possible energy to others and have the best possible impact by doing that. It's not easy tho 😆
But as artists we can always poop out our negativity into something positive. We can poop flowers and gold!
!PIZZA
I totally agree. On one hand I do think it is the responsibility of the artist to be a mirror for society. maybe the only true art is art that does that in some way. but that can be done in a lot of ways. also I think anything that brings people's energy up or brings them closer to looking inside themselves is helping humanity as a whole. The lies and bullshit is so obvious at this point that it's not a lack of information that keeps people ignorant, it's willfully or subconsciously ignoring what's right in front of them and allowing it. once people are able to overcome the fear then it's just a matter of doing the obvious things.
jeez how was I not following you?
Well at least we fixed it !PIZZA
It makes a most excellent bag.
I think so too, I would wear it even if I didn't design it 😆 but I wonder how many people have my silly taste !PIZZA
A lot of this looks very good and I'm not just talking about my cover art ;<)
We should talk soon and find a way to get a bunch of stuff sent to me. Hope delivery fees over seas aren't too crazy.
Cheers for inspiring me, once again and keep going, we will 'make' it, one day!
Your cover art looks fantastic. I only want you to have a product so I can redirect people to you. Not sure if anyone will buy anything but there's been a few people who said they like it 😃
!PIZZA
Awesome! Nice to hear that :<)
I'm grateful that you asked me to design it for you
and sense that we will collaborate again, one way or another, in the future,
perhaps even with our stories.
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