stoihode

It's 4.00 am on Sunday.
Young couples are falling apart, and others are falling love.
Nights out turn into grand adventures of self discovery and enlightenment.
Laughter among friends, mystery and innocence. Curiosity. Changes. All the world in a to and fro motion, rocking itself, calming itself. As we speak things are shifting, changes, be they microscopic or monumental, taking place, everywhere.

I sit in a shitty little office doing customer service to gamblers across the globe. And to make matters worse, I have the sniffles. Static as a statue.

The living on a graveyard shift from 1am to 9am. After I get off work, I have a small shoot in town. A promotional shoot for the new Robert Volkerts Photography t-shirts.

As families wake up on this tiny island, ready to hit the beach, children waking up with smiles on their faces and excitement fueling their adrenaline, I retreat from my clammy little office, beady little eyes, face flush pink from an unwanted guest; Mr.Sniffles. The little energy i can muster up fueled solely by caffeine. Energy deprived artist too weak to spring into action. Have no fear. Instant coffee to the rescue.

Recently, as I speak of my second wave of shirts to hit planet Earth, people often ask me if it's charity, or maybe to help fund my little dream of being a full time artist. And well..I guess I could find a million reasons to do it, but in the end I always go "Why do you buy a Bob Marley shirt"...

"Because I'm a fan, and I think it's dope to wear his shit"
I say; "Voila! Couldn't have said better myself"

If you like something, wear it. Embody it. I know I do.

So I guess that's why I do it, because I know that if I loved something a whole lot, the day would come where I go "Shit, I want to wear this shit" So that is why.

So first thing's first...Promotional little shoot. Nothing fancy, just so people could see what the merch is like, and maybe, just maybe, they would wanna rock it.

So that is the first order of business, and then sell sell sell.

I cross fingers, will you do the same? The more the marrier.

I will post the pictures up once they are done.

In the meantime, enjoy my first shirt I had printed out. They are sold out.









I still feel like I post these things up for shits n giggles. But hey maybe just maybe, some people are watching, and to those that are; Thank you.