MERCH & IMAGE BREAKDOWNS
Well, it kinda goes without saying, but... there's a lot of designs here. SO, there's a menu at the top, middle, and bottom of each page that has (1) ALL of the PRODUCT VIDEOS, so you can scroll through and find the ones you're looking for. ALSO, the SLIDER GALLERY WITH A SAMPLE OF EACH DESIGN (A-Z) if you know the designs by sight, and a huge block of text which is a listing ALL OF THE DESIGN NAMES (A-Z), so you can click through the names and find the ones you're looking for. Each section should also have a comments section if you have any comments or suggestions on that design or the products.
WHY SO MANY DESIGNS? A few things. Off the top of my head (1) It's fun to make them. (2) It's challenging to make them. (3) It's therapeutic to make them. (4) After 1-3, for the folks who can't do 1-3, or don't have anything that is 1-3 in their life, but all they have is a t-shirt, then maybe one of these will help. If you're not free to use your talents and skills, and give back something positive and good-- something in line with your divinity or purpose, then what kind of world are you living in? And why? I've done a few things in living life. Not as much as some, but more than some others, and from all of the things i've gained that feel like "me", this project seems to put all of those things to some good purpose, giving back, empowering and liberating people, and spreading light. Somewhere in the answer is why so many designs. I leave "i"s in lowercase. If I'm not thinking about it, i'll make them upper-case. i is no more or less important than any of the other characters here.
LAST EDITED: 03.11.26
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EXPLAINER VIDEOS (Merch, & Images)
EXPLAINER VIDEOS (Merch, & Images)
THE ADVENTURES OF Store COLLECTIONS vs MY VIBE items
Fómhair POLO Meaning & Making the "RUN ????" Longsleeve 09.08.26
3 Point PRODUCT & STORE Creation System (09.02.26)
M E N U
ALL DESIGNS: Agnanadi; AllLies; The ArtWork's Outside The Box; BEING Symbol (Classics); BEING Symbol (Skull version); BEING BE-ing Being (Str8 Outta); BLACKLIGHT; Blacklight Quotes (Be Honest); Blacklight Quotes (No One Or Thing...); Blacklight Quotes (One Fire To Another); Blacklight Quotes (Peace & Blessings); Blacklight Quotes (The Only Thing Illegal...); Blacklight Quotes (You Still Have Time); Black Knight; Boney Phace; Charlie Beats; Coal Diamond; DefTrap Ronin; DefTrap Ronin (B.EL.YEWS); DefTrap Ronin (kNo Choice); DefTrap Ronin (The ONE); Don't Jesus The Christ Out of Yeshua, Your Self, or me (Artist & Park); THE DOORS ARE NOT EXITS; Fire Warning; Frank V. Durden; For Shore; Future's So Bright; Garuda VI; Get Crossed At Your Own Risk; Green Hero Man Guy or Girl Woman Person Thing; HappAi Face; Head In The Clouds; I Love Um...; I'm Doing My Best; Just Let AI Do It; Kemuri Ashain; Meditate On The Word Night & Day; Mind Over Matter (Game); NOT OK; OM-A-ZING; Rugpull (The Seein' Clown); Samurai Ruach (brand); Shmokey Phace; Sky's The Limit; Take A Sabbath; TryAngles; Trying To Have A Nice Day; Turn Your Frown something something...; Vesti La Giubba; Warm Jesters; WorldWide Royalty (WWR SERIES); You Fell Asleep On Purpose;
COLLECTIONS/ CATEGORIES: Agninadi (Fire dragon); Bags; BEING Symbols; Blacklight Vibe; Books, Games, & Music; Coal Diamond; Computer Love; EVERYTHING ELSE; Garuda VI; Hats & Headwear; Jackets, Jerseys, Long-Sleeves; Ladies Only; Mainly Text; Rugpull's Big Top; Samurai Ruach (Brand); Spiritual Fire; Tees (Raglan baseball tees); Tees (short-sleeve & tanks); Trying To Have A Nice Day; Vibrant Vibes; WorldWide Royalty (WWR); .
Agninadi (The Fire Dragon)
AGNINADI is one of the fire dragons in the story. ABOVE are just a few of the items in the AGNINADI collection. He does not like humanity. Even more, he does not like the dragons created by humanity, and he does not like the role AI has played in their creation, manipulating mankind's hubris to create things that could destroy humanity. These "unnatural" abominations, global warming, the war, and a few other events are the things that triggered the Fire Dragons to come out of their caves. With The War raging, they took their lands (The Land of Dragons) which is just the one territory they claimed, and were driven into, seen on the map. Looking at the war torn world (or what was left of the world that Agninadi considers to belong to their race as they were there first), Agninadi rose to be the leader of the Fire Dragons, and vows to rid the earth of humanity, their digital and synthetic replacements, and any and all others who stand in his way of "purging the earth" to purify it for their race.
Because he's such a powerful and fiery character in the series, the clothes that i ended up designing that reflected that type of individual (possibly) i just put into one collection/group. That really started the individual collections. Above you can see some of the items with the Agninadi vibe to them. You can check out the whole AGNINADI COLLECTION here if it resonates.
THE NAME? AGNINADI basically translates into "River Of Fire" in Sanskrit. I did a lot of research on the names of a lot of the characters to make sure their names were accurate to the regions, and their nature (personalities/character). IF YOU WERE TO GOOGLE IT, you'd get something like:
Based on Sanskrit dictionaries and related terminology"Agninadi" is not a standard, commonly recognized phrase, but it appears to be a compound of Agni (fire) and potentially a suffix meaning path or sound, or a slight variation of other terms.
Here are the most likely interpretations based on the components:
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Agni (अग्नि): Means fire, the deity of fire, or the digestive fire (jaṭharāgni) in Ayurveda.
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Nadi (नदी / नाडी):
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If interpreted as Nadi (नदी), it means a river. ThereforeAgninadi could translate to "River of Fire".
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If interpreted as Nādi (नाडी), it refers to a channel, nerve, or pulse in yogic philosophy. Agninādi could refer to a "Channel of Fire" (an energy path).
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Contextual Variations:
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Agnyādi (अग्न्यादि): A common phrase meaning "fire and so forth" or "beginning with fire".
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Agnidāyin (अग्निदायिन्): An incendiary or one who sets something on fire.
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Agninayana (अग्निनयन): The act of bringing out the sacrificial fire.
If you encountered this in a specific text, it likely refers to a "fire-channel" or "fire-river" in a metaphoric or ritualistic context.
THE DESIGN is easy-- it's just all of the red and black (and red & white) items, with a few of the red/black/white/gray chain link or fiery, and sky color themed items-- basically everything a molten dragon would deal with. As a main thing, it would be the red and black paisley patterns, but theres some plaids and other patterns mixed in there too.
It started when I was making the COAL DIAMOND stuff, which is a charcoal plaid. After that, and getting down the process of making patterns, i wanted something really "fancy" and deep, something fiery, so made a paisley pattern, but in the dark coal color, which some of it was used in the COAL DIAMOND stuff, but I made it red, and then played with the red and black spaces. Yeah, photoshop again, but to get the exact patterns I actually used Chat GPT to do a small section. It was working more accurately than LEONARDO.AI which I'd paid for, and that was a lot to pay for inaccuracy. If you can do it in the perfect black and white scheme, it's nothing to invert that to get white on black, and then to colorize both to turn the white space whatever color. I was into doing the jerseys at the time, and i still love those-- but I figured to just make a collection with all of the things that had that energy to it, so anyone who is on that same vibe could easily find all of the things that resonate with them. You can check out the AGNINADI COLLECTION in the shop (store) here. There may be a few of the items in the video playlist in the Breakdowns Menu.
This section written 02.28.26
LAST EDITED: 04.02.26
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AllLies (Red Flag)
AllLies (Red Flag) is one of those "political" statement designs. Politics is a bit of a crap thing to have an opinion about, mainly because (i believe) politics is just a part of the economic governance of humanity-- the business of regulating the flow of human currency (current-see). Politics eventually gets down to a bit of Stockholm Syndrome, building your own prison, and lovingly so-- or as much as people are led to believe they freely thought on their own. Living gets interesting like that. A lot of what's "reality" is someone else's plan.
THE NAME? Just taking the word Allies and adding the "L" (adding a loss, like the phrase "taking an "L" or taking aa loss), showing Allies are All Lies. Funny, in a way, that to gain allies, is to gain a loss. Maybe i really need to reread a few books.
Here though, in this "reality", especially when it comes to governing systems and bodies, after a while, the allies are All Lies, and everything is a red flag. Armies exist to suppress anyone or thing that is not on the side of the one who controls the army. Why they need an army? All WHYs are the same-- says me. On the one hand, you have a very practical and honest approach of "No One Or Thing..." which you could multiply by, "No one really cares about you... just the you they invented and invest in, for their reason(s)." It's honest. Currently, it is my understanding that all "WHY"s are the same (the reason why of all things is, at the root, the same thing)-- divinity, and experiencing that divinity when it comes to conscious beings, but as for BEING overall, why is "to be one's divine self; to be a divine BEING in the state of BE-ing divine." Consciously, that's in the moment, and overall it's an eternal, perpetual, timeless yet right now thing. To gain allies makes one thing two. If your world, and balancing that, is what offers you the state of divinity, then to add another's world to it would double or triple the effort. The help is not. It adds another perception and/or perspective-- one that is not yours and will have one OF you. To add to that fun, if (and when) both of you are of the same mindset (to be a divine being in the state of being divine), and in the same spirit, then that would be... interesting. Which ONE is oneness based on? What does that make of the other one? I'll leave that alone. You're allies, right? Right.
Still, here, speaking of governments and such, systems based on economics which is mainly why one would need allies in the long run.... since "they" feed on fear, you have to move accordingly. Allies are empowered by what you are lacking, which is a perception that YOU have, and offer to them, thus empowering them, making them your ally-- not you their ally. It's easy to deceive yourself. Your self wants it. Why else are you here in this "reality"? Honestly, i think it's "a little" disturbing how much deception is rooted in the foundation of conscious being. I see people talking a lot about "awakening" and becoming enlightened, which is nice and all-- go for it, don't get me wrong, but at the same time, the whole point of sleeping, to dream all of this, is to not be awakened. SO, in a world that's based on deceit (deception) and distraction, delusion, division, disembodiment, and all of the other "D"s-- even the illusion of "death", then it would make sense (and dollars) that support systems be in favor of supporting themselves as well. Rarely is there a help that's honestly, genuinely that, for the sake of being that, and just helping you for you and you alone. "No one or thing..."
THE DESIGN is actually one I'd been sitting on, in the collection of WorldWide Royalty stuff. This is a more universal, and even edgier version of that original. It's the flag, which is funny to be a thing to pledge your allegiance to, over the country itself (flag first, and then the country for which it stands). No one's ever explained the relationship of the flag and America, and Americans... and the country. Those are four completely different things. But, whatever... the design is a flag. Instead of stars, as there are on a few flags, this one has dollar signs, which seemed more honest. There's 50 of them, but should be more than that. The background of where the money is is the skulls whom it represents. Not human beings, but dead bodies. I should have added a yellow fringe, whatever that means. What does that mean anyways? Everyone has a meaning for it. I saw a video with a guy, Dave Miller, and he talked about that. It's a long video. Very interesting one. It was just poor video quality, so i couldn't really see what he was talking about which would have helped A LOT, but in the first video below, around 11 mins in he talks about it. See what you can make of it (and if it stays up)...
BACK TO THE DESIGN... So, above, after the two videos, are the original version (WWR version) and the updated one used on the shirt. There are stars and skulls, all boxed in darkness. 50 dollar signs over a pile of skulls. The 13 alternating red and white stripes on the American flag represent the original 13 colonies that declared independence from Great Britain. Individually, the colors symbolize specific virtues: red represents hardiness and valor, while white symbolizes purity and innocence. I liked those principles, behind the colors. This flag is different. The stripes of the flag on the original WWR one (the BW one in the gallery above) are vertical, and come from a barcode. The horizontal stripes on the updated one come from the prison bars that were added along with the barcode, because prison is a business-- especially spiritual prison. The whole thing is soaked in blood, that is running, so it's fresh. So the prison bars, blood, and barcode form a bit of a grid, like a net. There were some slogans at the bottom of the original one, where there was a barcode in the bottom right corner, showing that some patriotism and beliefs are a product sold. It also said "All lives matter. This is business." Meaning that every one counts, and since people (time, mind, and resources) are the currency, everyone is every one (like $1). It might have even said "every ONE counts" at the bottom of that. I forget.
There were a few different spins on it from years ago, but never got around to because I didn't have what I needed to do it how I wanted it done respectfully. I found PRINTFUL and CUSTOMCAT (print on demand companies), but had issues linking CUSTOMCAT to the websites, so i went with PRINTFUL, which was pretty close to what i wanted. The prices are a little higher, but everything can be reasoned when you're paying for it. Either way, I did this one as a test to see if it would come out good, which it did, so I guess I'll do more of the ones I was sitting on.
This section written 02.26.26
LAST EDITED: 03.11.26
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The ArtWork's Outside The Box
THE ARTWORK'S OUTSIDE THE BOX was one of those production driven things. I'd gotten it into my head that if this whole project is to fund itself, then [one of] the most (even? fair? balanced?) ways of giving back would be to dive into t-shirts and print-on-demand stuff. So, i started working on some inspirational, uplifting, snazzy types of designs, like this one. It's artsy and quirky, yet simple enough, says me. Creating it was not so bad-- once the computer was all warmed up and decided to work, then I just went into it. There's a video of the making of this whole thing, which is a part of that whole "Production" mode of thought-- creating useful videos to show whoever else might be on a similar path (POD, designing, looking to do a store, etc.) how I did everything here on this site, so I made some of the actual creation of store items, from thin air, to finished product "on the shelf."
THE NAME? That's one of those quirky things. Even the spelling of the name, as in the design and positioning of the letters-- all of that is a part of the name/design. I know, that sounds redundant. Watch the video, you'll see what I mean. Basically, though, it means that YOU are THE ART, and you work best when BEING (not just thinking) outside of the box.
THE DESIGN was work, in a sense that as much as it was fun to do, the logical designer side of me overpowered the more freely creative and emotional artistic side of me. This design is a simple note to the reader, inside of a decorative picture frame (a cellphone), reminding them to spend some time in the art of living life, and the art of being your honest, pure, sabbath self. The part that was tricky (as you can see in the video) is the text-- more specifically, the phrasing (wording), especially from a design aspect. There's "The Artworks" meaning plural works of art... "The ArtWorks" which is a play on words, meaning Artowrk (expression) and action of the Artwork Working (ArtworkWORKS=ArtWorks)... and some other thing I get into in the video. Also, the flipping of the letters, and making it digital in aesthetic (shape/style/font) has a meaning, showing that everything else looks natural in a digital world when you've been programmed to be digital. You won't notice until the natural part of you sees that digital part, or notices itself in a digital world (inside of the phone). It's a bit of a "triple take" thing: You notice the digital twist... and then you notice the natural letters... then you notice how the natural stuff is existing inside the digital box. To add a fourth layer, there's the whole "you in 'reality' looking at all of this on a shirt... in the matrix perhaps?"
Sometimes you can just feel a design, from start to finish, and it just flows. Other times, you hit logical technical bumps, and have to work through them. It's nothing too big, and usually it's all in your mind. Then you remember, "It's Print On Demand!" You can make a million designs, upload them all, and nothing will get printed until someone orders one! There's no overhead! That free's you up a little, but then there's the whole "TWO, NOT THREE" thing, where people presented with 2 options can choose more easily than when presented with 3. If you give MORE THAN THREE then people might shut down, overwhelmed, wanting everything and burning out when trying to decide. I still plan to go back and do it over, with just a clean simple cell phone image, but i made the phone a really decorative frame to show how it's a bit of a "Findhorn/PineCone/We'reBored Conversation" thing (My Dinner With Andre'), where the phone is a digital prison people have constructed so lovingly and well, invested so much in this work of art, they can't see (or refuse to acknowledge) how it's a box locking them in... sometimes. Some people break free. I'll add that clip below so you know what I'm talking about.
This section written 02.28.26
LAST EDITED: 03.11.26
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EXPLAINER VIDEOS (Merch, & Images)
EXPLAINER VIDEOS (Merch, & Images)
THE ADVENTURES OF Store COLLECTIONS vs MY VIBE items
Fómhair POLO Meaning & Making the "RUN ????" Longsleeve 09.08.26
3 Point PRODUCT & STORE Creation System (09.02.26)
M E N U
ALL DESIGNS: Agnanadi; AllLies; The ArtWork's Outside The Box; BEING Symbol (Classics); BEING Symbol (Skull version); BEING BE-ing Being (Str8 Outta); BLACKLIGHT; Blacklight Quotes (Be Honest); Blacklight Quotes (No One Or Thing...); Blacklight Quotes (One Fire To Another); Blacklight Quotes (Peace & Blessings); Blacklight Quotes (The Only Thing Illegal...); Blacklight Quotes (You Still Have Time); Black Knight; Boney Phace; Charlie Beats; Coal Diamond; DefTrap Ronin; DefTrap Ronin (B.EL.YEWS); DefTrap Ronin (kNo Choice); DefTrap Ronin (The ONE); Don't Jesus The Christ Out of Yeshua, Your Self, or me (Artist & Park); THE DOORS ARE NOT EXITS; Fire Warning; Frank V. Durden; For Shore; Future's So Bright; Garuda VI; Get Crossed At Your Own Risk; Green Hero Man Guy or Girl Woman Person Thing; HappAi Face; Head In The Clouds; I Love Um...; I'm Doing My Best; Just Let AI Do It; Kemuri Ashain; Meditate On The Word Night & Day; Mind Over Matter (Game); NOT OK; OM-A-ZING; Rugpull (The Seein' Clown); Samurai Ruach (brand); Shmokey Phace; Sky's The Limit; Take A Sabbath; TryAngles; Trying To Have A Nice Day; Turn Your Frown something something...; Vesti La Giubba; Warm Jesters; WorldWide Royalty (WWR SERIES); You Fell Asleep On Purpose;
COLLECTIONS/ CATEGORIES: Agninadi (Fire dragon); Bags; BEING Symbols; Blacklight Vibe; Books, Games, & Music; Coal Diamond; Computer Love; EVERYTHING ELSE; Garuda VI; Hats & Headwear; Jackets, Jerseys, Long-Sleeves; Ladies Only; Mainly Text; Rugpull's Big Top; Samurai Ruach (Brand); Spiritual Fire; Tees (Raglan baseball tees); Tees (short-sleeve & tanks); Trying To Have A Nice Day; Vibrant Vibes; WorldWide Royalty (WWR); .
BEING Symbol
(Classic Style)
The CLASSIC (Original) Version of the BEING Symbol came when trying to understand GOD. Long story short (more detailed in the Str8 Outta BEING description) i was wondering what "The WORD" (one word) of GOD is. ALL of GOD, but in ONE WORD. The word made flesh we "know", but what is the actual word. I came up with BEING at first. It had all of the characteristics of what most consider GOD to be, and on top of that, EVERYTHING is some form of BEING BE-ing that Being... even GOD is a form of being, and a being. So i broke down life and living it, ascension and descending, and some of the trinities and dualities of BEING, and put them all in one symbol. So, the symbol here is BEING. It's also BEING BE-ing.... like, in motion. It's also BEING BE-ing Being(s). Yeah yeah yeah, we'll get into it...
OH, and when speaking about that ONE WORD (the word of GOD)... I said i came up with BEING at first. Later, after really diving into GOD and BEING, and shaping my own opinion of BEING spiritually and systematically, i came to realize that ALL THINGS can be traced back to one point, one word, origin, orientation, one specific vibration. BEING is the root of ALL words, but there is the Being that is BE-ing to consider individually, so each individual word is also rooted in ITSELF. So the word of GOD is "GOD." What's GOD about BE-ing? What type of BEING is (a) "God"? The word is GOD. In the beginning was the word... and the word was with god and the word was god. All things come from and return to the word. The word empowers and feeds on all things. It's the focal point, the drive, the purpose, the everything. God, to me, is the spirit of "My will is divine" which is a conscious thing, a WANT that is expressed and manifested in the now. What is divinity? I'd see it as a sense or state of PURE BEING. So there's a balance between the conscious individual and the non-conscious-- a balance between all things, where all things have all ways open to be expressed, and it's up to them how they want to exist in the moment.
All conscious beings use spirits. So there's a conscious BEING who is using the spirit of GOD, but GOD is their focus. BEING is bigger than that... like how the Wholly/Holy Spirit (to me) is bigger than the spirit of GOD. God is one spirit, like one piece of a spirit puzzle. But the WHOLE undivided puzzle, is divine, wholly, holy... So God is one spirit, like Christ, Humanity, Good, Evil, etc. ALL Spirits together form the Holy Wholly spirit... All my opinion and understanding. All of that is a form of BEING BE-ing. Ok, moving on...
The STRUCTURE: So, essentially, there are 2 "Y" shapes, which are cycles making up the ENTIRE whole symbol. The whole symbol is BEING or Pure BEING. You could call it Wholly BEING, divine BEING-- all of the other crap people make into religions and spiritual practices, guru's get rich off of and quote-- all of the things allowed, but that are just one form of it, so it's inaccurate... if that makes sense. To describe BEING you would have to take the whole thing and express it as one drop of itself. To say it's ALL THINGS is also just a drop. Most people limit it like they limit GOD, especially by thinking GOD into the box of being just a conscious being, and even more, one that looks human[oid]. C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu.
The BLUE "Y" represents SPIRIT BEING (Non-Conscious BEING), which flows freely outside of time (moving counter clock-wise)... and the RED "Y" which represents CONSCIOUS BEING, which flows in time (moving clock-wise). I'm trying to gauge how deep to take this because it could be a book, and is in a few books, videos, and other material here-- even in other designs. Ok, let's see...
SO, SPIRIT (BE-ing, or BEING BE-ing)... SPIRIT, to me, SPIRIT is ENERGY, a way of BEING BE-ing. It's a mindset to conscious beings. It's definition (form and function) for non-conscious beings-- the what, where, how, when. It could also be viewed as the WHY, but all WHY's are the same-- Divinity of BEING. That's why. All ways, always. Divinity of BEING (fullness, completeness, honest undivided pure wholly holy BEING of that way/ energy/ thought/ expression/ etc.).
Another way to put it might be, The question of "WHY" [whatever word] is answered by the pure BEING of that word. WHY the spirit of Happiness? Be cause HAPPINESS. Why ANGER? So that ANGER is. Why are you BEING BEing a conscious human being? Be Cause, YOU individually BEING as a conscious human being is a/the "point". Anything you add to that is for your own individual consciousness to know itself through it's relationships and/or awareness.
More common terms that "everyone" "knows", Its the feminine, the mother, the water, the blue, the abundance you are not conscious of on the other side of the veil, where you reach in emotionally and draw from the well to manifest one word (from the abundance) by placing it on the altar and illuminating it (the RED "Y"). This (Spirit) is a non-conscious thing. In awareness, everything just is-- "it is what it is, nothing more, nothing less." (It's just going to get deeper from here, so you might want to hold onto something). Conscious Being(s) use spirits to express themselves to the point of knowing themselves. You use the spirit of Happiness to express your self through that lens or energy, so you know that version of your self. The spirit does not change. You do not change. You are not the spirit. The spirit is not you, nor is it a conscious being. There's more written on that in THE BOOK OF 3'S, but in short, it gets into the 3 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS: (1) BEING... WITH a Spirit, (2)
"KNOWING Y" - "The 3 Y's: Y, Why, Wise" This is going to be a crash course in a lot of things, and i'm going to try to condense it all on top of that so... here we go...
There's the BLUE "Y" which is the SPIRIT. This is the process of creation, or the WISEBEING, or more specifically CONSCIOUS BEING, which is "That's the Soul/Spirit (la vie), the mind (la guerre), et le jeu (the tangible/the body)." The reason that "C'est la guerre" is at the top of the shirt is because most of the MIND elements are there (at the top of the skull).
It's draining writing this, so i'm gonna take a break for a sec....
This section written 03.10.26
LAST EDITED: 03.11.26
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BEING Symbol
(Skull Version)
The SKULL Version of the BEING Symbol came when designing t-shirts like the Silver and Gold version. While the original version BEING SYMBOL, with the fire and water, is very cool, it still has a look that's more solid and somewhat basic. There's a heavy eastern philosophy vibe to it too, which made it look kind of classic and even a little "martial artsy" in a way. Even doing them in the Silver and Gold, both generations-- it was still missing something. I wanted it to pop, and appeal to a whole new crowd with a different way of thinking. I guess having written The Book Of Blacklights, and having started on the Second Book of Blacklights, influenced the style, and vibe.
I tried out some of those AI image makers, just to get specific elements, knowing how AI loves to NOT give you what you wanted after getting you sooooo close-- before it goes off into oblivion and eats your credits or points or whatever. I even did some sketches at first as a reference because I knew what i wanted. It evolved a little more after the first design. Adding the arrowheads at the bottom of the leaf stems was tricky, but I think it came out pretty cool. So, yeah, The Skull Version-- It looks more mystical, which it's really not, and might even have a bit of a darker, maybe rock "goth'ish" or metal kind of appeal to it, which I'm fine with. So, just to have something more trendy and "t-shirty" I did this one which has the same symbolism, but spins the whole energy a little differently, telling the story from a different angle. Maybe making things a little more specific adds more flare to it also. NO, it's not any type of secret society or cult, or club, or group thing (Other than Samurai Ruach maybe). I'd say it's esoteric because, even though the meaning is pretty obvious, there's a lot to each layer which, to some, might still be kind of hidden. Meh, I dig it. There's a lot packed in there, so, since we're here, here's a breakdown from the TOP of the shirt to the BOTTOM. ALSO, i understand that YOU (especially if you have that shirt, thank you for your support) may have your own breakdowns of things here, and what they mean to you. I'm all ears and would love to get your take on it. So I added a COMMENTS section at the bottom. Share!!!!
"C'EST LA GUERRE" - "that's [the] war (struggle/battle)" is the phrase at the top of the shirt. The actual delivery of that phrase, which has evolved over time, has come to be "C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu." That means "That's life (living), the war (the struggle/battle), and the game (the play)." That's a metaphor for BEING, or more specifically CONSCIOUS BEING, which is "That's the Soul/Spirit (la vie), the mind (la guerre), et le jeu (the tangible/the body)." The reason that "C'est la guerre" is at the top of the shirt is because most of the MIND elements are there (at the top of the skull).
THE FIRE CROWN AT THE TOP = The crown of fire has 9 points at the top, which symbolizes consciousness and illumination of each of the 3 states of BEING (Pure BEING, Pure CONSCIOUS BEING, and Pure NON-CONSCIOUS BEING), on all 3 levels (Body-The Game, Mind-The Business, Spirit/Soul- Pure Being). So it's full illumination of BEING-- that's Awareness which is universally natural, and Consciousness (focused willed awareness) which is individually voluntary. So it's a nod to all of the 3's inside all off the 3's, which goes in and out of itself multiple ways. Check out The Book Of 3's and you'll see what I'm talking about when I say "all of the 3's." This illumination and consciousness allows you a conscious knowing of divinity, which is what makes you royalty on all levels and in all realms-- so, the crown. It's more than an awareness, but an actual focusing and application-- a manipulation of awareness. However, there is no perception or understanding of self, heaven, divinity, time (moments which are versions, shades, and degrees of the knowing of divinity of self) God or Kingdom, honestly, if you are NON-CONSCIOUS BEING... because there's no consciousness of it. Non-consciously (Spirit) the awareness of the divinity is just there, because you do exist, and it does exist, but you are not conscious of it, even if it and it's inhabitants, and even the conscious being "God" are conscious of you. THEY'RE conscious. They can do that. I guess I'll have to write on CONSCIOUSNESS VS AWARENESS too, so I can explain that there, and not go off subject here. Man, this just stretches out, huh? Anyways, 9 point crown of fire = Consciousness and Awareness of Divinity of self on all levels of BEING, so Pure BEING BE-ing Being(s) awareness and consciousness of divinity of self in the now.
CROWN OF THORNS = Consciousness is a burden. Consciousness is also perception, which is where all judgment comes from, and division. Here your consciousness is from the perspective of being human, so the crown of thorns is two strands twisted like a DNA strand. I didn't put the ladder rungs in thinking it would be too detailed and get lost, looking like some crusty DNA stick. There are three openings in the crown of thorns, but only one has an eye in it. Speaking of the DNA strand, there's the CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS part. CHRIST is the fusion of a Pure Conscious BEING (Having/Being WITH/Being IN] The Spirit of GOD, AND The Spirit of HUMANITY. The two spirits together as one is Christ-- per the Samurai Ruach explanation. The "I" part of "I AM" is the perception. It is that that divides it from Pure BEING ("AM"). Also, it is perception that makes you royalty, and that it's a divine nature all ways, always, is part of what keep the crown on. It's the WANT mixed with the WILL to BE (as opposed to just simply purely BEING), and in that, to BE "GOD" and "MAN" which is what Christ is, says the Samurai Ruach perspective. Everything God can be as a man, and everything Man can be as [a and even as THEE] GOD = Christ. Every aspect of that. People will have a problem with that. C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu. Be honest, all ways always, and walk your walk.
If you are thinking there is good and bad in that, then you're getting a taste of what it's like, because there is no good or bad, only what things are to you, which is even based on who and what you think you are IN THAT MOMENT. If you are thinking you are weak and broken, then a Higher Power is great. If you are thinking you are the highest power, then a Higher Power is evil. Meanwhile, you can only think of things that exist, and everything exists. Walk your walk. One thing that dilutes and even dirties or mixes the Pure CHRIST SPIRIT is the perception of GOD as God or god(s). That GOD CONVERSATION gets into that, but in short, "God" is a conscious being, "god(s, and goddesses)" are conscious beings, "GOD" is a non-conscious spirit, or energy, that makes "God" and "god(s) and goddesses" into GODS. It's the same way that having both a Degree and Experience to express the degree makes you a [whatever you studied and "are": doctor, lawyer, preacher, teacher, etc.]. So if "GOD" is the way, and you want to be the top one, then you have to limit everyone's access to that, and maximize your own access to that spirit and way. SPIRITS have a way of consuming. They're fire, in a sense. They don't have a consciousness, so when they consume, it's not that they want to, its that it's just their nature, to be every aspect of their self. THE 3 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS gets into that, maybe best explained in THE BOOK OF 3's, but I'll get into it shortly here (sigh)... because I don't know if you'll go and read that, so since we're here, why not? Really quick, You are YOU which is a CONSCIOUS BEING. That's all you are. That never changes. There is a Y. (sigh) Here's a picture... (every time I try to make it short...)
Ok, so, the above image(s), lets focus on the first two-- the one with the RED Fire Y, and the black and white image (split down the middle, white side, black side, circles kind of in a diamond shape) are the one's I'll talk about the most. The rest are there to show you the whole system.
THE ONE WITH THE RED "Y" - You are YOU which is a CONSCIOUS BEING. That's all you are. That never changes. There is a Y. You can see the "Y" there. It's red (fire) because that's CONSCIOUSNESS (the Conscious BEING side). That fused with the blue one (the NON-CONSCIOUS BEING side-- or pure SPIRIT side), according to the philosophy here, is the "whole picture" or BEING. So, you as a conscious being, draw from the abundance of non-conscious spirit. So, at the top of the Y, on the Left
THE EYE INSIDE THE CROWN OF THORNS = represents how you see things one moment at a time, not all 3 levels at once. There are three holes in the DNA crown, but only an eye in one, so you are seeing this reality one level at a time. There is an eye with the pupil being the world where the land masses are gold and the water is black. The land mass is gold because you are a pupil here, which is a golden opportunity. The water is black representing what's hidden in the spirit, which you draw from and produce more solid gold moment (knowing) and being. Since I'm breaking it all the way down, the middle level is where the seeing takes place, while the other two on the sides are hollow. That's a representation of presence of mind. Your mind is how you see things, and the mind is in the middle. The doorway from the mind to the physical is logic. The doorway from the mind to the spiritual is emotion. That minds eye's lid is the veil. On the other side is the eye's (it's reflection). It is looking inward to the spiritual through the emotiona door, looking into the void to see what you feel like. Things manifest by passing through from the abundance in the void, through the It's also nod to the Third eye, which is still itself, meaning, that form of you-- those eyes, remain long after the physical ones have turned to dust. That eyelid is the veil which keeps the logic, and illumination on one side, relating to the physical, and the emotion and void on the other side, relating to the spiritual. That vision is the gatekeeper-- your mind. One eye looking out, one looking in. What does that mean? Ok, ascension (rising) and descending (falling) is a matter of focusing awareness. Focusing awareness is called consciousness. Where your focus is is where you go. So, at "the top" or higher frequencies, levels, etc. is the Spiritual, where your Soul comes from. The soul, according to the Samurai Ruach philosophy, is an individual conscious expression of a spirit. The Non-conscious expression of a spirit is the pure spirit, or way, or energy-- HOW TO BE that thing. The Conscious Soul is WHO IS BEING that thing. For instance (for those who didn't get that) there's THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY (Spirit) and HUMAN BEINGS (Souls). Spirit of Humanity is everything that makes a human being a human being: empathy, logic, emotion, etc. You can be a different type of being and still express your self via/through the spirit of humanity. For instance, when animals do human things, and even stop behaving as animals but take on human logic and behavior. They're walking and being IN, the Spirit of Humanity. They're not Human Beings, nor do they have Human Souls, but they're in the same Spirit-- when they are. Check out THE 3 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS and you'll understand that more.
THE SKULL = Wearing a skull, to me, is just honest. You're doing it right now. You're not your body. Life is "a dream," an illusion, like death. How is death an illusion? If you died, and saw the other side, then you didn't die, now did you? However, the illusion is a gift, because we're infinite immortal beings, and since we really don't die, we can come here to at least have the experience, like going on a ride at an amusement park. What's real death? Well, to me, since all things are BEING, then you're always being something. Even NOTHINGNESS is a thing, so even when you're "nothing" you're still something that exists. Death, to me, would be absence of, or non-Illumination-- like being a Non-Thought. Not lack of consciousness, but more like a thought that never happens, like how there are things that you cannot (more than will not) think of-- that would be death.
FIRE IN THE EYES = The fire there has 3 points, because you see in 3 levels, illuminating things 3 levels, but one plane at a time. The roses are Conscious side (red) and Non Conscious side (Blue) with their elements Fire, gold, light and water, silver, darkness... the words are also lit (illuminated) to their corresponding levels, whether Pure BEING, The BUSINESS, or "The GAME". You can figure the rest out, or read one of the books (Book of 3's might help, Book of Blacklights explains it too, and The 2nd Book of Blacklights that i'm working on now is no holds barred)... Anyways, here's a shirt.
Along with one of the more common phrases in the Samurai Ruach writings "C'est la guerre, la vie, et le jeu. (that's the war/struggle, life, and the game)" this unisex t-shirt also has a different spin of the BEING symbol. All of the same elements are there but in this more trendy expression. Like how there are the red (divine masculine, fire) rose, which opens and closes, balanced with the blue (divine feminine, water) rose, and how the stems have the arrows for red, fire, conscious clock-wise, and the eternal anti-clockwise motion of the blue. You can figure the rest out. There's a lightweight soft feel with the right amount of stretch for wherever your path takes you. It's comfortable and flattering for all.
• Direct to garment print (DTG) on a Gildan 64000
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LAST EDITED: 02.26.26
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[Str8 Outta] BEING BE-ing
BEING BE-ing Being(s) (aka Str8 Outta BEING) ...aw man, remember seeing this design everywhere?! It's a take on the "Parental Advisory" sign/sticker, tht you see on albums or artwork. A lot of rap albums have it. It was big when they used it for that Straight Outta Compton movie about the group NWA. Me? I always thought it was a clean design. If you can get something down in 3 words, it's pretty sweet, so... since the philosophy is that all things are some form of BEING BE-ing a Being, this just fit.
Parental Advisory stickers? I've done my share of those, when doing music "stuff." I, myself, and in groups or with bands, have done a good share of graphic design, album covers, logos, and whatever else, so I'm no stranger to having to make things custom. It was actually fun making them because it's such a "limited pallet". It comes down to the font(s), and getting the style of letters to convey the message. I'll drops them in here, just so's you can sees 'em. Why not. Here's a link to the music so you can see some cover images too, if you care.
THE NAME? is a big philosophy here in Samurai Ruach. I was searching for "THE WORD." (What word? ) The word with the power. (What power?)
BIBLE: New Testament: Book of John: Chapter 1: Verses 1 - 5: King James Version...
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
It made sense to me that if a book is about words, and is even called "The Word" then each word must mean something specific. So i looked at each word there, and one that stuck out the most was "THE word," which, to me, meant ONE WORD. So what's that one word? Then i went on a search to find out what that one word is, and i came up with "BEING". It has 3 states, is both solid and fluid (and in-between and outside of those), and it's the only thing that remains itself while becoming everything else, and everything else is a form of it while it remains itself. Everything is some form of BEING BE-ing that individual Being. So we all come Straight Out Of BEING.
My own opinion, based on my own researching and looking into stuff, but even GOD is a BEING, and a BE-ing (way of being). Later on, i got down to the understanding of each word is it's own way-- it's own BEING, so the word of God is "GOD" which shows you the nature of the BE-ing and any BEING BE-ing in that spirit. After that, i got into the Wholly (Holy) spirit, seeing what divinity is, it's just wholly BEING, and then the conscious and non-conscious stuff (Conscious beings use non-conscious spirit ways of BE-ing to define their Being), making "God" (a Being with a name) one individual (1) Having, (2) Being With, and (3) Being IN the spirit or BE-ing of "GOD". I'll leave that thought there, because it just goes deeper and we're talking t-shirts here. I did do a whole deep dive into "GOD vs God vs god(s) and goddess(es)" which led to di difference between Ruach Hakodesh (Wholly/Holy Spirit) and Ruach Elohim (Spirit of God), and Christ (different spirit), which then led to Elyon an the Elohim (EmmanuEL, GabriEL, HelEL, RaphaEL, SamaEL, AzraEL, etc., and El Shaddai)... and things got crazy from there with what exactly is IsRaEL....
THE DESIGN yeah, it's that Parental Advisory sticker... that whole "Warning, Explicit Content." Explicit just means pretty much "raw" and nothing held back... Just all clearly defined, direct, kind of "no punches pulled." In other words, "Warning, this person is being real." The fact that you have to warn people is what was funny to me. What's being put out that you have to warn people, "Watch out, this is actually real." I thought it was funny because I've done another one, which is a WWR design, that I'll add to the end of those Parental signs above, which was the "Warning, God BEING BE-ing Human" design (that I didn't put out yet). I pretty much simplified that concept, which made it more pure-- more honest. I believe you can trace everything back to one word, so i did that with the design. What's the one word it's about, and how do you express that in those three spaces?
There's a lot in there. BEING (the wholly, holy, full and complete, divine state, you could call that the Father portion)... BE-ing (the fluid spiritual state, the creator, the flow, the feminine or Mother, etc.)... Being(s) (the manifestation, another singular wholly/holy divine pure being as a single expression, the Son). It also shows our oneness. We're all BEING BE-ing us. Basic black and white, meaning, it's as simple as things could get, yet, as complex, as it's a perfect balance, so everything in BEING is represented. Light and dark, fullness and void, consciousness and non-consciousness... On top of that, It's all one word, but it's all things. Simple, but complex.
If you can't tell, i take divinity kinda seriously. I think it's an important thing, and i don' feel there's enough preparation for it. I understand why, partly, because that's how the game here is set up. It's allowed, and is even part of the point of this whole game-- to be distracted. Folks "awakening" in a dream kind of kills the whole point of going to sleep to dream. You're here to escape all of that. You're staring down the barrel of eternity-- that's a long time to be pure and divine. Two points needed to have a vibration (says me, per my studies) but the loneliest number is the number one. One is lonelier than oneness. Any one would try to sleep and dream as many others as possible. Everything is something to do though. C'est la vie, la guerre, et le jeu. C'est la vie = That's life/living (BEING - Spiritual), la guerre= the war/the battle (BE-ing - Mental; logical and emotional), et le jeu= and the play/the game (Beings - Physical & tangible). Relax, it's just a t-shirt. Nothing deep about it but the neckline.
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