{"title":"Patches","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmbroidered patches \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rage-patch","title":"Rage Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003e4\" embroidered patch with iron-on backing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy old friend Evan Lorenzen recently started working with us, and one day he brought in some beautiful patches featuring his artwork. When he showed them to us, we thought they were so cool that we decided to offer them in our shop as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are iron-on patches that can be applied to sturdy, heat-tolerant fabrics such as cotton, denim, canvas, and durable polyester blends. You can attach them with heat following the included instructions, or sew them on if you prefer a more permanent attachment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’re excited to share them with you and hope you enjoy them as much as we do!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI love the poems of Dylan Thomas! Like most people it is this poem that lights me up the most and I’ve decided to share why I love it so much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Do Not Go Gentle” offers a compelling case that we should embrace the torture of anger and regret while we are dying. The piece starts by listing different types of people (written as different types of “men”, but obviously its for everyone). He lists wise men, good men, wild men, and grave men and describes their respective torments. The sad and frustrating regrets that they each might find when they reflect on their life. The piece ends with Dylan Thomas watching his own father dying in turmoil. He sees that, though his father loves him, Dylan Thomas is himself the frustrating regret that his father is tortured by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem resonates with so many people because it is one of very few art masterpieces in our culture that sanctions “negative” emotions at death. It is a beautiful and undeniably wise piece that gives us and our dying loved ones, permission to be angry. We receive constant instructions to pass peacefully and gently with love and forgiveness. Ending your life with anger and turmoil in your heart seems vulgar even though we all recognize that a mind’s emotional experience at death is extremely textured to say the least. The idea of embracing rage at death is downright taboo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other wonderful thing about this poem for me is that it offers us insight on both a universal, macro scale and an individual one. From the pulled back vantage point of the first part we can all find ourselves and members of our families. At the end, it shifts and we are all invited into a deeply intimate room where a specific man is dying and his son is there with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs his father dies, Dylan Thomas is beginning to grieve, recognizing his father’s disappointment and love for him and his acceptance of his father’s rage is perhaps the most profound apology and forgiveness a son can offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListen to the whole poem, read with the beautiful vibrato voice of Dylan Thomas himself, here:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1mRec3VbH3w\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"cursor-init\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?\u003cwbr\u003ev=1mRec3VbH3w\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCertified Organic Intelligence Art!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Everything about this print celebrates human creativity. It begins with a real person using good old-fashioned paper and pencil to create the entire piece. It’s then locally printed by a skilled artisan and carefully packaged by our team before being delivered to you. We sincerely thank you for your support!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ravi Zupa Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45144946802758,"sku":"rza","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1776\/1781\/files\/Rage-Patch_Mockups-Grey-BG_750.jpg?v=1790895891"},{"product_id":"excess-in-moderation-patch","title":"Excess in Moderation Patch","description":"\u003cp\u003e4\" embroidered patch with iron-on backing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy old friend Evan Lorenzen recently started working with us, and one day he brought in some beautiful patches featuring his artwork. When he showed them to us, we thought they were so cool that we decided to offer them in our shop as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese are iron-on patches that can be applied to sturdy, heat-tolerant fabrics such as cotton, denim, canvas, and durable polyester blends. You can attach them with heat following the included instructions, or sew them on if you prefer a more permanent attachment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’re excited to share them with you and hope you enjoy them as much as we do!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI lifted this motto from Doug Stanhope’s “No Refunds” comedy special. It offers a very good description of how I live my life. I believe that there are times when embracing wildness is healthy and too much restraint is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI didn’t always believe that however. I lived a life of very strict sobriety and restraint for 11 years. Not a single drop of alcohol or coffee or any other intoxicants. Not because of any addiction, I just valued that kind of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m no longer that way now, but I still value temperance a great deal and when I need to, I go for very long stretches of strict self-discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI think it is possible to be addicted to temperance. Everything in moderation. Including moderation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuick note for the record, I’m not referring here to people who have identified their own addiction and instituted a zero-tolerance policy for themselves. This, I respect very much and I do not view this decision as an addiction to temperance. In my opinion, being alive is one of the most difficult things one could ever do!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1mRec3VbH3w\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"cursor-init\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?\u003cwbr\u003ev=1mRec3VbH3w\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCertified Organic Intelligence Art!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Everything about this print celebrates human creativity. It begins with a real person using good old-fashioned paper and pencil to create the entire piece. It’s then locally printed by a skilled artisan and carefully packaged by our team before being delivered to you. We sincerely thank you for your support!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ravi Zupa Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50545140957254,"sku":"rza","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1776\/1781\/files\/Excess-In-Moderation-Patch_Print-Mockups-Grey-BG_750.jpg?v=1790896806"}],"url":"https:\/\/ravizupa.com\/collections\/patches.oembed","provider":"Ravi Zupa Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}