we come to another update and recording of transformation. Since I last wrote I have changed from the "Natural" tash style to the "Chevron". Looking at the design in the book I thought they were quiet similar in style and size, lending it self to a seemingly smooth transition, or so I thought.
previously the feeling I had towards my facial hair has been care free, spontaneous with out too much consideration, but now I find my situation changed, by deliberately going for a particular design, then photographing, analysing and documenting it, I feel it has become in philosophical terms or that of physics, by my observing my self, I have created the Schroeder's cat of mustaches. Meaning that when I am not looking at it, it is by all means a fine mustache. But when I am looking at it, it becomes a thing of curiosity, of frustrated imperfection.
what I'm trying to say is that, where as before I would chop and change my designs with out too much forethought or concern, but never being sloppy in my shaving. The final result must always be presentable, after all you do have to walk around and present your self with it on your face the whole time. It is most certainly not one of those play full finger tash stickers i found for sale that you can chop and change with whimsy.You must have conviction to cultivate, and pride to wear your tash.
Now that I am deliberately trying to design my mustache I have realised the pressure I am under, grooming is not a task to be taken so lightly as perhaps I may have done in the past. No sir, one slight wrong move of the razor and your whole look may have to drastically change.you may find yourself with eight to ten weeks of growth on your face, loving & carefully meticulously even tided, and one wrong move and you'll find your self in the regrettable or unavoidable position of having to completely change your design and style, or worse, shave it off completely and start again. very frustrating. My mustache is right and wrong, alive & dead at the same time. by all means it is fine, well presented and well received but to the critical eye may be it has become a dead fish in the water, a humiliation surfing across my face. No I'm being too hard on my self, lets run with folly.
Why all this doubt? Well I'll explain, as i started to mention before i have changed from the "Natural" to what is meant to be the "Chevron". Now as i saw it in the picture the chevron could be achieved by simply combing the natural in a different direction, but i wanted to grow it in, so i trimmed the main body of the mustache back to allow easier re sculpting, then shaved the sides in a slightly downward angle, as the book instructs you to, but i ended up with something that was more somewhere between the pyramid and the paintbrush. what do you think?
when it should look like this. As you can see a small wrong angle of the wrist and the side of the tash has a slight edge in it. still I'm not going to let it bother me. Onwards to the next design.
