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inanimate imprints

So I am going to try and write. no visual anything. I’ve got a few thoughts that have been rolling around my head for the past couple days and I am going to try and make sense of them by writing. 

I guess it started with a pair of converse. I’ve had them for a week at most. I’ve never liked the shoe very much. they always felt clownishly long. I always felt like a medieval jester or something. I recently realized they run a size up. So this is first pair I've had that actually fits.. 

I haven’t been this excited about a garment or anything in a long time. and it happened pretty unexpectedly. i guess i should say the joy i get out of these shoes was unexpected. 

i dunno about most other people, but ive been pretty particular about the clothes i wear since i was 8. i think i owe most of that to skateboarding, and skateboard culture. (even thinking of skating makes me want to go skate. it’s about to rain, so I am gonna take a break writing this and go skate.)

*break*

went for a skate break. came back with a foot bruise. primo will getcha.

so to continue what i was talking about before.. 

not just the culture, but the physical act of skateboarding shaped the type of shoe I would look for, the clothes that I would wear..again I'm just thinking out-loud so I don’t know how relevant anything i am typing is.. 

I remember talking to one of my old coworkers. (I used to teach skateboard lessons). we would talk about skate product, music and clothes. he always skated converse. the dude played in a punk band that played misfits covers. looking back the dude was cool. i remember specifically at this time I was wearing some red Leo Romero Emericas. (I really loved skating that shoe). anyways. i remember having strong distinctions between what a “skate shoe” was suppose to be, and converse were “not a skate shoe”. although i was aware of the history of the shoe and skateboarding.. because I felt it wasn’t a durable skate shoe.. i guess maybe that maybe made me feel negatively toward the shoe for a while..but..

wearing the shoe reminds me of being a kid and watching “rock ‘n’ roll high school”

wearing the shoe reminds me my first ollie. (done in a pair of red chuck taylors.)

wearing the shoe now put me into a place of curiosity, and gave me a boost of energy. 

maybe its the history of the shoe itself, because of the iconic feet that have worn it before.. maybe its watching a 16 year old land the most perfect kick flip bolts (watching Sean Pablo skate definitely made me want to wear the shoe, not embarrassed to admit that). maybe having memories of my friend Hollie wearing a tattered pair, or my buddy matt wearing them with his t-shirt tucked into his 501s.. remembering my first “photo shoot” where Natsuki wore her own pair with a dress I made.. it could be any of those reasons. 

I guess what I want to try and say is that.. our clothes have meaning and value deeper than a $50 price tag..more value than “just” some cotton fabric and rubber put together. I think that maybe people don’t take their clothes as seriously as they could..or maybe if I can say.. should. its not about what other people see in your clothes, but what you can see in your own clothes. there are a lot of ways to connect to clothes, a lot of different lifestyles.. but I guess I hope people can value their own clothes, and their own stories and memories with their garments. it makes life a lot more enjoyable when you can find emotion in your closet... for me today.. a pair of black and white converse chuck taylor all stars that make me feel cooler than i ever actually will be. 

p.s. question：do you think it’s possible to own 20 “identical” black t-shirts and have a favorite? ... also are clothes inanimate? (of course I know the answer is yes) but they (garments) live and breath through the life we give them.. also anyone who works with cloth knows that if you listen it communicates in a way that feels organic and living. sometimes it can be a polite conversation, a soft nudge, other times its a full on argument and fight. 

 .. I don't think I accomplished getting all my thoughts out.. but its all I got left in me.. ✌️  

-listened to the Ramones, the front bottoms, and Gus Dapperton while writing this.