Man/Ape

11/26/2021

TONIGHT TONITE! Come help us celebrate as we peek our noses out of the trees for the first time in FOREVER. Fresh work this evening. Come support growing human family and ‘s growing family of video games.

11/20/2021

The world breaks everyone, and afterword, some are strong at the broken places. ~ Ernest Hemingway.

It’s easy for me to feel defeated, if I don’t harden my mind against it, I can feel it everyday. It’s much harder to see the triumphs hidden deep in all of my seeming failures, those tiny steps towards who it is that I want to be. Join us next Friday We will be showing out collaborative works for the first time in two years. So much has changed, but we feel most fortunate to have had this bond to help us through the fog of the last few years. This show will consist of work made in isolation, work that was often our only form of intimate communication when everything felt like it was falling apart and new pieces made as we just start to push our snouts up out of the mud. We would love to see you there.

05/27/2021

You are the center that holds us and without you, we would forever be apart and adrift.
The stability you provide everyone around can seem effortless, but like all keystones..the hardest work is being done by you. This is a challenge you do not shy away from but embrace..there is an honesty in this tenacity and the consistency that it provides is a comfort and you do love comfort.
There is a danger in being set so sturdily. Like all stones, in time there will be fissures, that could turn to cracks, that could crumble altogether. It’s important to share the work in the construction of your life. Let others help in building you up. Be a tower not a monolith.
Change is not letting go of who you are but adding to that design brick by brick.

You are reliable.
You are strong.
You are fixed on solid ground.

You are a Ta**us.

This piece is part of our ongoing series and is available on our website www.themanape.com and as always, we love you.

05/01/2021

You are an engine. You power towards your purpose with all deliberate speed and focus. You are not ambitious (although, that’s what people call you) you are instead bound. Ambition is a word used by others to define trajectory, so able you are to stand above the maze that you are already at its conclusion. For you to wanting something, is the same thing as already having it.
A being of mechanical muscle you are set in your ways. Some people would call it being stubborn, other people would call it being steadfast, but the real word for it is…. Loyal.
Loyal to your cause.
Loyal to your friends.
Loyal to what you hold true.
Your unwavering belief is the fire that powers you.
But like with all fires, it can also consume you and reduce you to ash and ember.
Tend to your fire, don’t let it tend to you.
It is not only the internal combustion that drives you, but it is a light that inspires others.

You are an Aries.

Part of our ongoing astrology series, this piece and others are available for purchase on our website www.themanape.com and as always, we love you.

04/03/2021

You are unencumbered by the idea that your life is a set path, it is like the air: a thing of constant motion and possibility.
You don’t live in the past and you are thinking far beyond the present.…’The Future’ is your home.
But, ‘The Future’ can be a lonely place. As you move ever onward towards tomorrow, you risk leaving others behind in the wake of your ambition. Be careful though, because living for tomorrow often can leave you disillusioned by the present and you will falter and fall and it will be people that will be there to help you up.
It is important for you to know that this is not you relinquishing your freedom. This is not a loss your pace and plans, but rather an articulation of what you’ve always believed:
That tomorrow can and will be a better place.
You must be like air. Air does not break. Air finds a way. Air filters and fibers all the lives it touches and so do you.

You are an Aquarius

And we’re a Scorpio and a Cancer so it’s not surprising that we were too busy obsessing over ourselves and forgot to include you back in January.

Part of our ongoing astrology series, this piece and others is available for purchase at our website

03/06/2021

Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life - Bill Cunningham

Think of the one article of clothing you have that you really ‘like’.
Think of the joy it sparks when you see yourself in it.
Think of the seemingly, supernatural sense of self you get when you put it on.
You are always you, but you’re never more you than when you’re being held by that item.
It’s not silly or even superficial, it’s the everyday magic of a well loved piece of your wardrobe.
But the truth of the matter is that your favorite shirt isn’t actually imbued with magic.
All of these things were shiftless pieces of nothing until you came along and filled them life.
And if you can do that with your shirt, just imagine what you’ve done for those around you.
You are the everyday magic of someone’s life.

02/06/2021

“There once were two cats of Kilkenny,
Each thought there was one cat too many,
So they fought and they fit,
And they scratched and they bit,
Till, excepting their nails
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there weren’t any.”
~ Angelo de Gubernatis, 1872.
Nothing exists in a binary. The world is fortunately a complex enough place that it refuses to be neatly divided in two. But because complex circumstances naturally feel more complicated and in our fear and anxiety we often try to divide and conquer. Split it in half, this OR that. But, you are not the sum total of two parts. You’re an ever changing circumstance, billions of parts of all shapes and sizes folding into one another, rising and falling…coming into prominence and fading away..
It only seems messy.
The real mess occurs when you try to take this beautiful confluence and force it into two containers. As time goes on and you’re world becomes bigger, you’ll build your walls thicker in an effort to protect this binary. If you’re lucky, no matter how much masonry you apply to upholding this false sense of self, your walls will come tumbling down and life will come rushing in. If you’re unlucky, your walls will hold and you’ll always be a little bit alone. Closed off to life and how good it could be..
Embrace your mess.
It can be scary.
But being a little scared is why you are brave.
And being messy is what makes you...you.
This piece is part of our ongoing isolation series and is not only for purchase of you are interested. We love what we do, it’s gotten us through this year. We also love you and wouldn’t want to do this without you. 💘 go check this out at www.themanape.com

01/30/2021

I can’t imagine that anyone could argue that the last year(s) has been a weird one. We’ve explored boundaries of selves through solitude and reimagined the expectations of what we thought that our lives were supposed to be. Adam and I decided near the beginning of this pandemic that we were going to use our forces to express the nature and feeling of our isolated experience through our shared artistic vision and our steadfast commitment to making sure that we were both cared for and made to feel as safe as we could. For one of us, happiness and the tightening grasp on sanity means a LOT of walking around in the woods with a camera, while for the other it was more an exploration of imagination. We’ve spent a lot of time living in this pandemic and looking out into the world through those eyes. This week, we decided that a tiny mental vacation was in order and put our minds to the re-imagination of one of our first collaborations. Adam Smith shot this photo in the ocean-side mountains of Northern California back in the day, Adam Lott brought it to such vibrant life in the present. Our journey together is already one that spans more than a quarter of our lives, with the intent to move forward with our interconnectedness for the rest of them.

This piece is part of our ongoing isolation series and is not only available for purchase but deliverable for the holidays. We love what we do, it’s gotten us through this year. We also love you and wouldn’t want to do this without you. 💘 go check this out at www.themanape.com

01/23/2021

When some one says life is ‘funny’ they’re usually trying to summarize an event that was seemingly so randomly perfect that there’s no way they could have predicted it, but it’s absolutely what was always going to happen.

That’s the way most friendships are formed. They are string unrelated events with a person tied to the other end.

Mike Andersen is our friend. Like a lot of the connections that we feel, the journey of how we got there seems so chaotic that it could have almost not happened at all, but it did and our lives are better for it.

The qualities that make him such a wonderful person, is also why he was so good at hosting a TV. He’s funny, but never cruel in a way. He listens in order to ask questions and never dominants a conversation with a quick quip or color commentary. But more than all that, Mike has an openness that makes you feel as if there is no place he’d rather be than standing across from you.

We’re humbled by the kindness, relentless talent and beauty that Mike Anderson brings into our lives and the world around him. We hope this small tribute helps pay homage to this giant that walks among us.

12/05/2020

“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”

― Confucius

There exist an inevitable schism.
The idea of who we thought we would be versus the person we are becoming.

We meet this schism every day.

Every day we awake a new person, with an idea or notion of who were just behind us.
Sometimes that person seems forever away, sometimes it’s feels so close that they don’t seem separate from us at all.
The truth is, we are always separating from our past selves, the person we just were will be further and further away and eventually joined by others. You will populate and measure your life with all the people you once were…
Take whatever lessons you can from the people you were, but don’t mistake them for who you are now. To not allow for change is to invite rigidity and what is rigid, will inevitably break.
This piece is part of our ongoing isolation series and is not only available for purchase but deliverable for the holidays. We love what we do, it’s gotten us through this year. We also love you and wouldn’t want to do this without you. 💘 go check this out at www.themanape.com

12/04/2020

Time is absolutely made up.
A story we tell each other every day, every minute of every hour.
It's a story that reveals and reflects who we really are, a narrative meant to give meaning and agency to our days.

We must fill the hours before they run out.
And they will ALWAYS run out.

So, what story will your time tell today?

Will the next hour being spent, ensuring that in the next week you were able to buy a Heart Eyes or THICCKINGS™ hoodie (newly available in our shop) and ensure that special someone has a stylish and happy holiday OR maybe ensure that you keep yourself warm on the chilly nights ahead.

OR as always we have a gallery of work available for purchase..
OR as always we are excited to accept commissions and create something truly memorable..

We promise that if you give a little of your time today, will make every moment count.

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