C7 FAMILY
7/1/26
#11 - EXPERIENCES
HI LOL ITS BEEN A MINUTE. SINCE MY LAST ISSUE, POSSIBLY EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE HAS CHANGED, SINCE I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND MOVED BACK IN WITH MY FAMILY. I FEEL LIKE I'M ALMOST REDISCOVERING MYSELF IN THIS TIME, SEEING AS I'VE NEVER NOT BEEN IN SCHOOL. LIKE MOST PEOPLE IN MY POSITION, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER BEING COMPLETELY FREE IN THE WORLD, A BEAUTIFUL BUT OVERWHELMING IDEA. I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR BEING GRANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN EDUCATION, BUT ID BE LYING IF I SAID I WASN’T EXCITED TO BE DONE. NOW THAT IM AT THIS POINT, IVE DECIDED THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO REVISIT THIS PROJECT, SINCE I WAS ABLE TO DOCUMENT THE END OF MY COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AND WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH PRETTY WELL. I WENT TO NEW YORK FOR A WEEK WHICH WAS SICK AND I SCRATCHED AN ITCH ID HAD FOR YEARS LEADING UP TO THIS TRIP. ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS THAT I LEARNED WAS THAT A LOT OF WHAT I YEARNED FOR IN NYC, I ALREADY HAVE IN THE BAY. CULTURE, PEOPLE, AND EXPERIENCES.
THE FIRST TWO ARE PRETTY OBVIOUSLY INFLUENTIAL TO A CITY'S IMPACT, BUT THE THIRD ONE IS THE MOST POWERFUL AT SHAPING AN INDIVIDUALS PERCEPTION OF THAT PLACE. FOR EXPERIENCES TO OCCUR, ONE MUST SUBJECT THEMSELF TO THE CURRENT MOMENT, AND COMPLETELY TAKE IN WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THEM. REGARDLESS OF THE LOCATION, THE BUILDUP OF RANDOM MOMENTS LEADING UP TO AN EXPERIENCE IS WHAT MAKES IT SO BEAUTIFUL. IF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THAT EXPERIENCE DIDN’T HAPPEN OR HAPPENED DIFFERENTLY, THAT EXACT EXPERIENCE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAD. WHEN YOU BACKTRACK LIKE THIS, YOU CAN LEARN TO BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAPPENED TO GET YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW. THE GOOD THINGS, THE BAD THINGS, EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETELY NECESSARY TO BRING YOU TO THIS CURRENT MOMENT. THIS REALIZATION TRULY BECOMES A GIFT ONCE YOU REFLECT ON IT, HENCE IT BEING CALLED THE PRESENT.
THIS CONCEPT WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF C7, AND WILL BE WHAT SECURES THIS DREAM OF MINE IN HISTORY. C7 IS THE PLATFORM I WILL USE TO EXPRESS MY LOVE FOR EXPERIENCES, AND THIS ENERGY WILL BE CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE CLOTHING I PRODUCE. WHEN THE PIECES I RELEASE HAVE THIS ENERGY IM TALKING ABOUT, THERE IS A MUCH HIGHER CHANCE OF THAT PIECE BECOMING A MAJOR PART OF THE WARDROBE IT EXISTS IN. THIS IS MY ULTIMATE GOAL, ABOVE ANY FINANCIAL OR CLOUT RELATED ACHIEVEMENT. TO HAVE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WEARING AND USING MY PIECES OF ART WOULD MEAN THE FUCKING WORLD TO ME, AND EVERY TIME IVE SEEN SOMEONE CONTINUING TO USE AND ENJOY A PIECE I MADE IN THE PAST, I GET AN INCREDIBLE LEVEL OF MOTIVATION TO CREATE MORE. A WAY THAT I BELIEVE I CAN CREATE THIS ENERGY WITHIN A GARMENT OR ACCESSORY IS TO ATTACH ITS MEANING TO AN EXPERIENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, A T SHIRT THAT YOU GOT FROM AN ART SHOW OR A DJ SET THAT YOU THOROUGHLY ENJOYED. IF THE EXPERIENCE WAS IMPACTFUL ENOUGH IN YOUR MIND, YOU WILL WANT SOMETHING TO REMEMBER THAT EVENT. MANY RESULT TO PICTURES AND VIDEOS, SEEING AS THEY ARE THE EASIEST TO OBTAIN AND HOLD ONTO, HOWEVER IF AN ITEM THAT WAS EQUALLY EASY TO OBTAIN AND KEEP WAS PROVIDED TO THE INDIVIDUAL, I BELIEVE THEY WILL MANIFEST THEIR ENERGY THEY RECEIVED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE INTO THAT ITEM. THIS IS HOW PEOPLES FAVORITE PIECES ARE CREATED, AND I KNOW THAT I AM CAPABLE OF CREATING SAID PIECES. NOW THAT I HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME TO CREATE AND DOCUMENT MY JOURNEY, THIS IS TRULY THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF C7.
-CAMERON CAMPBELL CRAIG