some nights sleep is hard
to come by. kinda like a kid on
christmas eve... i lay in bed wide
awake thinking about the next day
and all i want to do. Once the gears
start spinning it's hard to slow em
down. i remember when i was skateboarding
all the time in my teens and 20's i would
lay in bed all night thinking up tricks i
wanted to learn and things i thought i
could do on a skateboard... the bummer
is the next day your so tired from staring at
the ceiling all night your mind and body don't
work as well as you dreamed.
about a year ago on one of these such nights,
after some long hours in the garage i was laying
in bed unable to sleep. My hands burning from cuts
and chemicals, my back aching from hunching over
a bike, and my lungs filled with paint fumes.
I thought
to myself "man i feel like shit,
i'm killing myself".....
..... and i just want tomorrow to start
so i can do it again.
"i'm dying for my dreams"
it's weird to hear people talk
about others and the things
they're into. People can be
so critical of other peoples
lives. I've heard it in all
different realms..music, skate-
boarding,art, and motorcycles.
Trying to knock other folks
down saying
" ah so and so he's not
really into art, he's
just here for the ride"
or "yeah he's a good drummer but
i don't think he's really
into it" "you know his dad bought
him a skateboard when he was
like three"
.... shit i've done it, and i was
being lame and insecure.
the funny thing is the older
i got the less i thought
it would happen....nope.
When your in it, you are in it.
Only you know it. In your heart.
From head to toe.
I believe the things i love
found me..... that's
always how it has been.
When you know you can't shake
it. Abusing your body, spinning
your mind way to fast,
all to move forward.
Nothing real is easy. Love, skateboards,
friends, motorcycles,family... it takes work.
this shirt is for everyone that
understands it...
"dying for our dreams"
----------------------------max------------------
i ran this idea by a few people
and i think no one really got it....
but Patrick Dunaway got it right
off the bat. thanks so much dude.
you just nailed it.
check patrick here
i'll try to have these
for sale by the end of the week.
i'll make a post.
33 comments:
i understood it before reading the explanation! i'm just a carpenter up in montreal, canada and for a better half of the year i freeze my ass off with busted and cut up hands, building custom houses that i'll never be able to afford. but every morning when i wake up, muscles aching and bones cracking, i still cant wait to go and build shit!
not as cool as building bikes and skating pro, but kind of on the same level in some way i guess
gotta get me one of those shirts!!
Hit the nail on the head. Best shirt ever.
First I thought you did it with Loners and Dreamers, you captured it man, the feeling...but now, Dying for our dreams, your killin it..I'd like to shake your fuckin hand...It's like a Townes song, beautiful man just beautiful
Shit, Max, You're fucking right on. That's exactly the way I feel when I'm working on a bike or a car.
I get so caught up I can't think of anything else.
Even when I'm talking to people, it's like only 15% of my brain is in the conversation there's a whole other 85% visualizing how I' going to do this or that.
Before a big day at my garage, or the day before I go get some parts at the junk yard, I can never sleep, it's like a movie of my near future is showing on the ceiling.
Somehow I know that if I can build a part in my head, it's easier to do it for real the next day. It's like i've done it before.
I need one of those shirts-Bad. Cause today I feel like shit, but I can't stop smiling.
i dig it i cant wait for the shirt. i live in east tennessee and there is almost no one around me that is into anything that i love so much. and im going out on a limb at the end of the month draining my bank to start a shop in the middle of nowhere because i told myself that if i didnt do it now then i never will so i have to try bumps and bruises aside. good to know im not the only one out there that feels the same way. thanks max
Max, I've been following your blog for awhile now and bought your "loners and dreamers" shirt. Along with some stickers there was a hand written note from you thanking me for my purchase. Sometimes in life you come across people who just get it and man you get it. You hit the nail on the head with the laying awake for hours dreaming of the next move on the project at hand. I've lost so much sleep because of my obsession. I'm in the middle of my first build and have used your past builds as inspiration. I'm with Chuck, one day I'd like to shake your hand and buy you a beer. Best of luck, and keep the inspiration coming.
Patrick is a person who definitely would understand the "dying for our dreams" sentiment, if anybody could. Well done buddy.
hi max ,
you nailed it right on the head. spot on
great read sir.
cheers from manila
Dante of Luckymonkey
You once again found the right words man.
Just rad dude.
Its all about living the dream and not getting shot doing it right on.
this is pretty damn cool man. I'll certainly try to buy me one... if they fit nice that is.
werd.
me: "whoa,whats this? i'll take one of these!"
your wife: "great,he's seen it. now we have to kill him"
true words and great tee.
mark me down for one please.
great story.
just like rambo said; better die for something than live for nothing.
So damn true. I woke up yesterday with the same feeling... still didn't finish my midnight task list. So little time such big dreams. Keep it up Max.
nail on the head.good to see i'm not the only one.
please make some shirts for the big boys please.
yellow on black print is great- now just knock out the color between the ribs and pelvis holes - super nice
Please just make enough, eh? If there was ever a shirt I REALLY wanted (needed?)......
Great post Max. Well said.
Fuck the haters, 2010 is the year of unicorn love.
Shirt's sick.
Great shirt. Might be bad luck to wear it riding,'tho.
....way to think positive
david.
Keep on pushing, doing what you love makes it all worth it at the end of the day, my pops once told me "los tiempos buenos se olvidan, pero cuando estas envuelto en mierda con un problema es cuando de verdad aprendes y creces "good times are forgotten, the bad times are the ones that help you grow and learn" lucky are the few that get to follow (die) their dreams. Size L please....
Hey! Organic vapor respirator! Cheap. Read the instructions. Busted knuckles and cuts is one thing but a pair of rotten lungs is hard to come back from. I heard Dave Mann lost his in late life and was hooked up to iron lung Lebowski style. Not the kinda iron you want to be on. No need to die just yet.
michael---
your right. i wear one.
but it's still gets in a bit.
i dont't want be like little larry sanders dad. this is what happens....
Surprised and refreshed everytime I hear you say somethin dude. Level headed, no frontin, no filler, no bullshit. Honest with yourself to call yerself out on things yer not proud of doin or sayin... just cool to see.
A beard is a fucker with a mask on. I get that heavy chest feelin at the end of the day when I dont shave n spray... n my muzzy is tye-dyed by the end of the day from it leakin around the seal. Glad to hear yer wearin one. So many dont. Ive walked into the booth so excited to git somethin sprayed with my mask strapped around my neck but not on n started sprayin... dumb. I usually dip it in my clear job. Im always reminded how dumb it is when Im wet sandin my mask tracks outta the project. Often wondered that about Mann.
It was so great to just read that!
I've been having the problem of not being able to sleep more than ever right now. Exactly what you said... laying there, thinking about what I want to skate the next day and what I want to try. I start getting so hyped, I feel like I could jump right outta bed and on to my board at that moment.
At that point, when you feel anxious and some adrenaline starts to kick in, it's hard to turn it off. I try to think about other things but skating keeps fighting it's way back into my head.
I'm glad I'm not alone on this one. The shirt looks great!
Keep up the good work. You're an inspiration on the board and off.
-Pat
Great idea and design. Very different.
The only problem, everybody will be wearing it!
thanks guys
there's is a little hint of yellow between the big toe and right metacarpel you could do away with
nicely done!
"Sometimes it's the dream & not the dreamer that's asleep.
You find if you look long enough, the sleeping dream will keep."
max schaaf do you have this shirt black/yellow "dying for our dreams" for sale in stock? Tks.
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