What’s up man.
This gun image is one of the most polarizing images I’ve ever published. It really riles people up, both positively and negatively.
Soon after I released it I was at a Grounding Camp event in upstate New York hosted by Elliott Hulse. In front of about 100 dudes he asked me if I enjoy being hated. There was no animosity in his voice, it was a genuine question that no one had ever asked me before in my life.
Indeed it was one I had never even asked myself.
I told him I would have to think about it, as I literally didn’t know or have a meaningful answer at the time. This was something I would have to chew on.
And so I did. This simple question sent me tumbling down a rabbit hole contemplating on how and why I lived my life.
Elliott has an amazing habit of asking me these seemingly random, powerful questions like once every ~12 months or so. Elliott has balls so the questions he asks tend to carry serious weight.
Another great example was him about two years later asking me what I…
