Most people who know me, know I live by a motto that I have come to accept as a lifestyle. Within doing such a thing. I have found that others have followed me into doing the same thing. Which, honestly I never thought I would be an example like this. I have a great deal of good going for me all the time as well as I have a super swell time in my life (at least I believe this). So, I mean I must be doing something wrong. The motto you ask? It's one I rather have loved since I heard the song "Hair" by Lady GaGa. So, honestly I just took parts of the song and made it something I could hone in on. It goes simply "As Free As My Hair, The Glory I Bare."
Now, within hearing that I know most people scratch their head and go "Hrm?" As though it makes no sense. Which, honestly this is a commonality for many people when they hear it. So, I say we should really break it down into it's two main phrases. "As Free As My Hair" and "The Glory I Bare". Two statements that when alone make even less sense but all the sense in the world at the same time. So, it's just a way to think of nothing and everything at once. It's just that simple and complex at a single time. It's a paradox, I believe.
"As Free As My Hair"... How is hair free? How can I be as free as my hair? These are common questions I have been presented in conversations about my "lifestyle". I see it like this. What is one thing that your hair does? It flows free in the wind regardless if it is short, medium, or long the wind and whip through it and it can move with it. Even though your hair is a dead cell it still has life in the movement of the wind. It's not caged. It lives a life with you. It's part of you and not at the same time. For the control you have over it is none. It grows and breaks without your ability to control that. It's as free as any part of you can absolutely be. It can be any style you make it and yet it's still free. It can be any color and yet it is still free. You can alter your hair, but it can still be free. As though yourself. You can alter yourself, but you are still free. It's a small testament to ones persona or even ones character.
One of my Colleagues is known for one prominent thing at all times. His amazingly Pink hair with the little dab of blue tipped fringe. When he walks into a space and people see his hair. They know who has walked into the room and what to expect from this person. If someone does not know who he is. It's fairly certain that even though no interaction between this person and him as taken place. You can bet they will remember that hair. In all it's glamorous pink war it's waged on the world. That's something hair can do. It itself can be a persona or even a mark on the world. You can bet that after he fades from the world. That hair will leave a mark to not be forgotten.
That's something hair should do. It should be a free agent to make the world something more prominent. You should use that hair to be who you want to be. That's what free as your hair means. It's just that... free. This leads into the second part "The Glory I Bare." His hair is his glory. It's just that. It's a rally flag for a genderation to see. For the masses to know they are in a space that is inclusive. That's his hair. That's his glory. I never really understood what my hair could do for me until I really understood this lifestyle I had conceived in my mind. When I walk into a room, most people know what to expect from me. I'm a single, independent person. Who is known for taking some things too far and not taking some things far enough. I want to verge on things that too far because those are the things we do not talk about much. Those controversial issues that raise eyebrows and make me seem more "radical" than the rest. That's my "Glory I Bare".
How you should see it is that a person (myself) is free like my hair. Which I am, I have the ability to talk how I deem fit, do what I deem fit, and be who I deem fit. Within taking those factors into account to build myself to be who I am. I have to now define this to a genderation. I need to make it known what I bring to the table. Which, honestly is my Glory. My appearance says a lot. I am expected to be that 80s Chic Vintage Thrifty Nerdy Geeky Punk Rocker who loves music more than anyone else and does and says things that spark controversial topics. That's because I live "As Free As My Hair" and Bare that Glory as much as I can. That not only builds the motto but it builds the person. The "Hair" lifestyle is about being who you want to be and showing the world that you don't care what they think about you, because you are free to do such. It's basic human rights in a motto. That's how I see it.
As Free As My Hair,
Tegan R. Stryker
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