April 24, 2025

Volume 216

UNCHARTED TERRITORIES

As Curated by Mike Lynch

Imperfects Founder, Artist, Craftsman, Underground Poet

There comes a time in every human’s life, where ‘challenging’ becomes the normal state of being. Departure feels impossible because you are becoming who you are.

That’s a heavy set of sentences right there, if I don’t say so myself. It’s important to take a pause in this life and realize that the energy we exude is most generally, the energy we will receive. Nothing new in these statements but simply a reliving of found human experiences that have come before me, before us and somehow, passed along in ways I cannot define now or cite, but am fully aware of. Is that ‘natural mystic’? Is that what Bob meant?

The strength that is within you and the decisions you make everyday is the cultivation of your existence - ultimately, defining you and universally bringing your challenges to fruition. I’ve come to the aforementioned statement as some sort of strange life’s-secret conclusion lately. It seems mostly strange to me because isn’t it so obvious? I mean, in hindsight, if you are finding and decidedly continually living an honest existence, you will be served some of the gnarliest hurdles you could think of - doesn’t that seem ass-backwards?

Now, I’ve marinated on this for a few weeks now - part of the reason you have not seen an LFE in the past two weeks - and the conclusion I have come to is, No.

It all boils down to these two quotes from my Mom - she told me everyday growing up:

“Everything happens for a reason.” and “The big guy never gives you anything you can’t handle.”

What's been keeping you grounded?

Have you ever used the cliche saying “I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy”? Isn’t it weird how every time you use that cliche saying, it's in reference to something you just experienced, personally? Well shoot, it might not be weird to you but it is weird to me because it happens so often.

Look, maybe I am self-absorbed and maybe my problems are not unique enough to be quoted at such a high-level of attention in your daily situations around the world - and further, put up on this pedestal but you are the one reading and this is my microphone (lol, sounds like an Austin Powers joke and makes me so happy). Either way, I’d rather have problems that I can share with the world and find homies in arms to condense them down with then to let them dissolve into a million pieces in my brain and end up in places that my ego and psyche pick up on and drown me with down the road. Another heavy sentence in and of itself, feel me.

If you do, dope, let’s bring this home - bear with me. 

What are you into lately?

Here’s the take home, Fam: the goal in life is to find your people and share your STUFF with them. Share the wins, harbor the losses, create gains as a unit and make waves in the face of the Tsunami that attempts to hold you down.

This life is built for the optimist, for the early worm chaser, for the one who rises from adversity - for the one willing.

A simple virtue in life is to chase prosperity through honesty and through self, at least that is what Imperfects is about.

Take this as a little pick me up - hopefully with your cuppa in hand - as a reminder, that today is Little Friday and you probably have much to celebrate. Good love and Good luck.

Happy Little Friday my Fam. - Mike

WHAT IM ROCKIN'

ICYMI, the Vintage Wash Hickory Stripe has made an appearance. Here’s the thing, we took some of our OG hickory and put a killer over-wash on it to break it down and load it in at the Vintage Wash Level. It came out better than expected. Soft, supple, vintage. It’s extraordinary and even the buttons took on some patina - if you got one in this batch, your part of a crew I’ve yet to define but I know its one for the books. Every piece is it's own unique piece of art, and we are here for it. Score a kit below!

POEM OF THE WEEK

(As always, off the dome in a minute or less)

Creamy Pints and Leathery Whiskey
Remnants of Memories inside my glass
Remind me to pay the window man
He’s made me see the sun again. 

- Mike Lynch

Quote of the Week

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

- Oscar Wilde