10 Year Anniversary of Contrarian Business model to create community.
- A M Graetz
- Oct 8
- 4 min read
“Because the road to ruin is the only time you learn anything that you needed to know.” AMG
So in 2016 after almost dying 3 times in india, once from a Micro Bat bit my hand as I put my hand under the table to scratch my knee during poker match in Uttrakhand and well… Veins went black after 3 days. Lucky a hardened New Yorker Indian Devotee from 1960s India gave me the things to cure the blood infection sepsis whatever it was. Next almost went off a cliff on the back of a Royal enfield while a skinny muslim butcher tried to show off riding me around the hills on the back of the bike. So like a dumbass rich kid rider he used front brakes instead of back first I had to jump off grab the bike and ground it. With the front wheel hanging off the cliff and me holding onto the seat ring while he bailed and looked shocked. Third was a Scooter that swerved out of banked traffic as I was crossing a completely empty road. He hit my leg at about 40kms an hour, he toppled off the road my leg just vibrated for days. Anyway the Indian cop helped the scooter guy back on the bike and I went to the bar to get drunk as the scenario pissed me off somewhat!!!
The list could go on. But yeh seeing the friends I had made in india. One being born from exiled Royal Asian family and the other one of the biggest land owners in Central india waiting on inheritance.
So I thought fuck it… Being that they all run business’s in tourism and what not.
“Might as well make my own business.”
I went did the course Associated Diploma for 6 months intensive to start a graphic design web and creative business. And letsjust say After about 6 months of getting fucked over and seeing how shit people are in the world of business which runs on extortion and fucking people over.
So I devised my Seinfeld Business plan to make a business ‘about nothing’. But told the Lecturer that I was going to do graphics and web design for cheap. The Saxxon creative came from a step cousin who changed his name to just SAXON no last name and I thought that was rad. So yeh had to ‘XX’ the name it to get a domain so yeh just be thankful I didn’t ‘XXX’ it and get lumped into that category…
Or I just do what I like and call it a business. Kind of like George Castanza pretending to be Art Vandelay the architect. Anyways it took some time to actually accept that I really wanted to just sketch and draw and make cool 90s music mixed with electonic beats and cheeky video art with some memes thrown in for good measure. (born Breech birth ass first so YES!! I was born sarcastic). I take very little seriously but I put on a decent show when I hit the dark areas of life.
Anyway so this is the Anniversary of the start date and the 8 Years of surviving Covid bullshit psyop and Totalitarian governments sucking the Big Pharma Cock for money and kickbacks.
Anyway 4 years homeless and 17 places lived on from 2020 and 20 jobs in 5 different states of Australia 100000 kms in my Toyota. Plus completing a Graphic novel 12 albums, 200 videos 240 or so substacks and 180 Blog posts on my web page. Nailed 2020 prediction and worked sometimes for food and shelter only. So Yeh…
Have set a closure date of 2026, as 10 years is the limit of blogging and shit stirring people that sleep walk into oblivion and get Musks microchip because its cool, or something retarded like that. Anyway the A.i mistake will blow everyones mind and there will be Cypher people saying “Ignorance is bliss.” and there will be the people watching the Matrix movie going “fuck the pills… Who are the Wachowski brothers?”
Anyways 2025 is when shit gets real if you think covid was fun… just wait… It gets better. I am not being facetious, actually looking forwards to real change and just getting my death cult popcorn and watching it all come down. Calm as a millpond munching away like a good movie experience.
Anyway thank you to
. I owe a lot to the support and inspiration given to me when it was really hard to see ahead. Big love and hugs to your work, you are amazing.
Thanks to Collabs with
and
has been a pleasure collaborating dancing music art poetry spanish passions.
For so much help and ressonant collaborations to make art happen artists supporting artists.
your thoughts are next level deep and I honour those interactions.
Thank you for many inspirations.
Many thanks to my Bro and Sis for support as well thank you for your support love ya.
Big shout out to JB for all his emails that kept me on the path of the dream walker.
To everyone else if I missed anyone, thanks for reading or going to the web page and comments and likes… <3<3<3
Its been a hellava ride. (cynicism not included)
Until 2026 keep on creating. As I sense 2025 “it’s a doozey.” to quote Ground hog day Ned the Head. So yeh stay light hearted get the popcorn and enjoy.
My Merchandise on Printlfy is as below through my web page link.
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Anyway Still going on even though it makes no profit or money to really afford anything in this current climate but its more about the people you resonate with. And I have found many in the past few years after the sickness and chronic fatigue eventually let me have my brain back to some kind of pain managment while running the bizzo. Here is to ten more years of contrarian ideas values making art and people think outside of there square world.
Thank you to everyone that has helped be it negative or positive its always just life and living is the experience we need to develope.
Big thanks to My Brother for buying my art and keeping me from the streets Much love and respect.
Cheers
Ash
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