This post was originally posted on www.albertdong.com. On June 5th, 2019, it has been transferred here.
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Good morning y'all.
Nothing sparks the feeling of freedom and boundless creativity in me more than a simple white tee. It’s an elite garment.
Other tops makes for killer fashion fits but they're stifling. White tees are invigorating. For me, it’s all about skin exposure. Less coverage = more public nerve endings = more diversity of stimuli. Wordly stimuli are the primitive inputs of the complex function for creative outputs.
Other tops reduce the diversity and quality of these inputs. They envelop your nerve endings, subjecting them to the same stimuli repeatedly across the entire day. There's nothing new to feel — the stimuli are too consistent, becoming monotonous. It creates a disconnect from the energies of the world. Nothing creative comes out of there. Chaos and novel experiences are essential. Sensory deprivation will only cocoon the creative energies, restricting them to the internal and preventing the soul from entering the physical world. I want to feel the warmth of the sun and the chill of the wind.
The whiteness of the tee is important. White tees are blank slates — tabula rasa. Everything shows up on white. It’s the most vulnerable color and vulnerability is fundamental to creativity. Your outputs aren’t biased by the influence of the shirt, it has no influence.
I like skinny jeans as a good complement for white tees. Jeans cover the entire leg, holding the nerve endings tight and comfortable. Looser jeans and pants inconsistently flood your senses with consistent stimuli, adding noise to the perceived world. Skinny jeans reduce the number of nerve endings that are variably stimulated, providing a necessary limiter to the stimuli of the world so that your senses don't get overwhelmed. It grounds the creative energies found from wearing the white tee.
Oh and shoes, I love shoes. I've been telling many of my friends that my personality shifts significantly depending on what shoes I wear. It's the largest indicator of what my personality will be like on any given day. Chelsea/combat boots if I'm feeling legit and ready to make some moves. Sneakers/low-tops if I'm chilling and just trying to enjoy a lazy day. Barefoot/sandals if I'm feeling the creative energies heavy and am just trying to send my vibe out into the world.
Side note: Socks and sandals are going to be the hot new fashion trend for summer 2019. Join the wave. You heard it here first.
There's something unbelievably energizing when the bare foot touches the ground. Not the man-made land of our concrete jungles but raw, fresh soil; warm, crunchy sand; soft, cushy grass. The inflow of positive energy is amazing. I think it’s a function of the newfound sensory freedom of my toes as they finally become free of the confines of the shoe. The wonder of receiving novel stimuli from an unorthodox place is energizing. Pseudo-scientists call the practice: earthing. The science is highly questionable, but I won't second-guess my personal observations. It works for me.
Fashion has a nontrivial impact on my own creative function. This likely does not hold true for everyone but if it does hold true for you, reach out! I’d love to hear about it.
Enjoy your day ✌🏽