Easy, Tiger 4 features two designs I created to invite people to reflect upon the human obsession to dominate and subordinate nature.
In front, five inches below the neck and centered, we find a large arrangement of letters flanked by two imaginary tigers, to form the logo of a ficticious peaceful entity called Ahimsa Anti-Fight Club. "Ahimsa" is a Sanskrit term for "noninjury" that gained notoriety in the West in the 19th century with Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent protests based on the Hindu and Buddhist doctrine of refraining from harming any living being. As with all Easy, Tiger shirts, the tigers have been drawn with predominantly black fur, small yellow patterns, and a forked tongue to highlight that our impulse to diminish and/or eradicate all that is not "civilized" is reaching a point of no return, where only imagined beasts will remain to haunt the human psyche once our actions wipe them, and many of us, from the face of the Earth.
On the back, we find a scratched version of the Vitorious logo surrounded by the words "Wildly Patient", arching above it, "Since 1991", arching below it, and two interlocking symbols on each side, separating the arched words evenly. These words are an allusion to the long time I've spent observing and considering the messages and designs I put together to help myself and others better navigate the cryptic flows of reality. The scratch on this logo shows that those seeking more peaceful ways of being are often subjected to the savagery of "civilized" oppressors throughout their righteous struggles.
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win.
Easy, Tiger 4
Machine wash cold.
Iron inside out.
Made in Minas Gerais.