Jan 30, 2014
I look back at last year.I told you guys it was rough.I was serious, it was RUFFFFFFFFFFFF .I'm talking so bad I had to spell it phoenetically and italicize it rough.But, like all things that are not McDonald's Apple Pie or mineral based (separate things mind you), it came to an end.
I wrote two blog posts and they were the best two blog posts I ever wrote, at least from my perspective.It's always been troublesome having a brand that has a concise and concrete message because as an owner, there are times where my life or mindset may not even matchup with the direction of the brand at the time.
I was struggling with worlds that were new and people that were familiar,which despite the contrast,became an entity all it's own.I was banished to the realm of indecision.There's no right answer to anything in some situations.Business,people,life, they are a series of happenings that may or may not yield an expected result.
I've had a love for the world for a good while that's almost romantic.I see it for what it is: organic,chaotic,terror,and beauty intertwined to become one's existence and here you are.Scratch that here WE are.
There's a saying I use often from an Eiffel 65 song I used to listen to in high school.It goes like this :
"You want to move the world,
Start with your body.
Yo, come on you gotta start with something.
If you wanna move your mind,
Just move your body.
Move your mind, move your mind,
It's gonna cost you nothing..."
That last line echoes in my head the most prominently, "it's gonna cost you nothing".I think back to what is "costed" to start HH: a home,a heart, a hand.Cash wasn't the issue.I didn't have a lot and still don't, but the goal of HH is not to have billions of dollars, it's to work with what you have to make the best possible creations for the time.I think we've done that time after time...but at what cost?
There was a point where I expected to have more interactions with the fans.We have gone from nothing to a 'lil' somethin'" as I call it,and we're getting bigger.The more of you that discover,support,and spread the word HH, the more cool stuff gets to come out.It's not really deeper than that,just a circle of life and commerce,at least for now.
It was so hard trying to conjure the right words at times that for more than a moment , you the fans were left neglected.I didn't have the heart to say , "I'm down today", or "this person wasted our time".Random guy #4 stealing a concept or idea doesn't seem noteworthy when a fan is having it much worse or talks of death circle the homes of familiar ones we know.It just seemed so damn heavy,and the goal of HH is to lighten the load and inspire.It's armor for a world that's already tough enough as is,but is getting progressively harder.I want you all to have the best defense against that and hopefully see every one of you thrive.That would make for a happy hambre here....man that's a lot of H's isn't it? Moving on.
The cost of what we did here by leaving you out of the loop and not sharing as much is that you guys don't know a lot about the brand.Great designs,candy,cotton, they're all nice.But they don't mean anything compared to everything else that's in the same realm of the streetwear landscape.
As I glance to my left all I see is stickers.Stickers you put up, ones we gave out, each one with a different destination and story.Like clothes,they may seem the same,but upon further inspection,they're not.You the fans make them different.Our hearts and minds make them matter.
Back to what matters.I was scared to speak my mind.I thought it to be a distraction.The thing some of you may have picked up from our reading and interactions is that the brand is very direct and blunt.This is a reflection of myself and the people I choose to work with.
We don't sugarcoat things,we don't make up weird stories,our actions and passion are the tools given to speak to the world whether in thread form or other means.That being said, I just didn't know how to be real.I spent time practicing that.There's an expression that "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all".That works in theory, but when you realize that the world isn't all 'nice',what do you say? And more importantly what do you do? That matters.
I feel like I have slighted you all by not giving updates on concepts,leaving out stories about the influence for a piece, even just not making enough videos.The intent was to spare you guys the things that make life and a brand troublesome.But if you think about it, that's what Hungry Human is : "highs,lows,and everything in between".So,here's to more than just the highs and doing more to share the whole picture,even if I don't think it matters. -h_h-
Found this on The Internet.I forgot I used to draw so many of these.They were actually all pretty funny because I wrote them without sleeping and wouldn't remember them until you guys posted them.So,I'd laugh at the crazy stuff I drew or wrote just like a fan would! Ha!
Stay Hungry