Should Tie Dye?
Is it “Tie Dye” or “Tie Die”? I guess it all depends if you like random color spilled all over a good shirt, pants or sheets. Let’s have a serious discussion on the reemergence of Tie Dye (TD for short). There are some that say TD is a form of art, an expression on flowing colors that express each person’s individuality ….. (snooze). Sorry where was I, I seem to have drifted off to some psychedelic dream, this happens when someone goes on about individuality and self expression.
Back to the serious discussion, at http://www.harmonytie-dyes.com/_special/history.html they say “Since the 1980's, tie-dye has seen a reemergence as style and as a highly skilled, difficult and labor intensive art form. Many different colors can now be put on one item to get intricate detailed designs in brilliant colors.” WOW, way cool dude. Highly skilled ????, I’ll let you in on a secret, when my daughters were 12, they created TD shirts in our kitchen sink. 12 year olds that are highly skilled, I’m sure they would say yes, everybody else, including their parents may have a different opinion. Bottom line. I think TD shirts are designed for those who do not know how to match colors or not sure what colors match. I probably should start wearing TD, my concept of color matching is brown with brown, blue with blue, shade, hue or brightness not a factor.
Sorry I digress once again. TD is associated with two main groups in the USA, hippies and tree huggers, now these groups are not exclusive or each other. If you will remember back to your 6th grade math class, about two circles intersecting bla bla bla. Like you I didn’t listen either, that’s probably why I was flippin’ burgers at McDonalds at 25 years old. Hippies and tree huggers, that’s where we left off in case you forgot.
What is it about the TD that compels these two groups to wear these designs? IQ level, color coordination problems, identity problem, too much smoking the wacky weed? Smarter minds than mine will have to figure this out (that would those people who did listen to their 6th grade math teacher). I need to tell you a story; yes I’ll make it quick. Yesterday, yes literally yesterday, a high school history teacher asked if anybody in the class was a tree hugger (this is a true story), and the entire class pointed to one student in the class and said she is …… do you know why, you guessed it, because she was wearing a TD. I’ve made my case, if you want to be in the two circles, wear TD, if you want to be with the rest of the human race, wear plain colors. BUT for you who do wear tie die, wear them loud and wear them proud. (This blog is dedicated to Makayla)
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