I have been wanting to make T-shirts with the "Is This Really Living?" illustration printed on the front, but before doing it the legit way and paying someone to do it, I figured I would give it a shot myself. The result was satisfactory, although I think I will get a professional print done next time.
Walking around San Diego in this shirt has attracted some interesting attention. I think T-shirts are a really effective way to present people with the implied questions that the illustration seeks to provoke. No matter where you are in life,
Most people, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that life is not as it should be. Others will not be able to admit it, but nevertheless they will feel what everyone else feels. That is, the feeling that life has let you down. Life-long dreams seem to always be beyond reach; for those who think they've reached the dream, some crucial aspect of it has gone missing. Youthful enthusiasms have faded away somewhere within the process of adulthood. They are seen as romantic, impossible, and with reality comes a sober conscience. The reality of growing up, of taking on the responsibilities of school and debt, marriage and offspring, work and mortgage, collectively are mistaken as the end in life. But aren't all of these things only a means to an end? So why do we become attached to the means as if they were the end?
These are my thoughts and I would love to here any of yours. If this T-shirt has at all grabbed your attention, let me know if your interested in getting ahold of one. Soon I plan on getting more made, and I would be stoked to get it out onto the streets.
Walking around San Diego in this shirt has attracted some interesting attention. I think T-shirts are a really effective way to present people with the implied questions that the illustration seeks to provoke. No matter where you are in life,
I THINK PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE ASKING THEMSELVES IF THE LIFE THEY ARE LIVING IS REALLY THE LIVING LIFE OUGHT TO BE.
Most people, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that life is not as it should be. Others will not be able to admit it, but nevertheless they will feel what everyone else feels. That is, the feeling that life has let you down. Life-long dreams seem to always be beyond reach; for those who think they've reached the dream, some crucial aspect of it has gone missing. Youthful enthusiasms have faded away somewhere within the process of adulthood. They are seen as romantic, impossible, and with reality comes a sober conscience. The reality of growing up, of taking on the responsibilities of school and debt, marriage and offspring, work and mortgage, collectively are mistaken as the end in life. But aren't all of these things only a means to an end? So why do we become attached to the means as if they were the end?
These are my thoughts and I would love to here any of yours. If this T-shirt has at all grabbed your attention, let me know if your interested in getting ahold of one. Soon I plan on getting more made, and I would be stoked to get it out onto the streets.
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