STYLE

some musings, some amusements
(or, diverting from the serious business of, tickling the fancy of)

I've been trying to articulate. It's been elliptical.

There are these platitudes I remember from streetwear days.
Like Scott saying brands can always sell being rich, or being tough.

Selling cool though would always mark the highest standard we could aspire to; it was the most elusive —
the most challenging to maintain consistently.

There was an air of mastery to it.

Or supremacy.

Lucas says

some people make waves; other people surf them.

He also says he likes to say things he doesn't believe, but sound like 'things' when coming from his voice (deep).

Adding a layer of market analysis can bring clarity.





And yet.



There's an implication that depth will bring us closer to a core, or a root.
Or truth. That might be hidden, or, more specifically, buried.
not readily visible.

I wonder about an inverse. That is, if some truths might already be visible

"Plain as day"

then is the drilling down a way to hide and shelter from the light; to kick up debris in one's wake
What I mean is is there a degree of obfuscation

At play?

Am I burrowing
is what I'm asking.

In an effort to make things more precise

then

An ordered list

  1. style
  2. the how
  3. evidence of the human
  4. something innate
  5. that manifests
  6. decorative?

Is it a question of casting more language?

A descriptive list

style
Aidan and I were talking about getting stoked
the how
not the what
evidence of the human
or more precisely a subject
something innate
I know you've got soul
that manifests
in a move? Is that gesture?
decorative?
as in visible? But not measurable?

Show me how you do that trick
Video Days 1991
Three teenage boys standing with their hands in pockets or at their sides; the image is rotated horizontally
Huntington Beach, California 1997