Youth t-shirt
There's a youth praying mantis t-shirt that features Bruno with his silver chain around his neck: a reserved mantis, sound engineer in Marseille, one of those who listen more than they talk. It's from my Animal Kinhood series, and that chain has a story he doesn't tell.
Mantis religiosa
Good sound is invisible. If the audience notices me, something's gone wrong.
Meadows, Mediterranean scrubland, field edges and sunny peri-urban zones from southern Europe to northern Africa and western Asia; successfully introduced to North America since 1899.
Marc was a sixty-year-old roadie from Toulon. The night he retired, after one last gig, he took a piece of chain off a broken flight case — matte silver, medium links — and gave it to Bruno: so you don't forget where you come from. Bruno put it on and hasn't taken it off since. When someone asks about it, he changes the subject. It's not that it hurts; it's that naming it would wear it out.
On the t-shirt you're wearing his calm face, facing forward, in the lime jacket and the silver chain. A fact about the species, outside the image: because of its color and stillness, the mantis blends in with leaves and branches until you can barely see it. The same thing happens to Bruno: on the balcony, in his lime jacket, the neighbors can barely tell him apart from the foliage. There's more of him in his biography, and more clothing from the series in the store.
| Talla | A · medio pecho | B · largo | C · manga |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 38 cm | 53 cm | 16 cm |
| S | 41 cm | 56 cm | 17 cm |
| M | 43 cm | 59 cm | 18 cm |
| L | 46 cm | 62 cm | 19 cm |
| XL | 48 cm | 64 cm | 20 cm |
