rick griffin.

i used to be a pretty mad nut for all the old california surf and poster art.

i think it was the whole levi's connection that first got me into it.

anyway, i look back at the pictures, especially of rick griffin and feel a heap of respect.

these guys were just committed to their art, their surfing and their cars.

the fact that they found some commercial success at the time was merely by chance.

not planned or designed.

i can only imagine that even if they had no success, no money, no commissions from jimi hendrix and the grateful dead... they still would've been holed up scribbling and doodling crazy images in dark corners of their crappy houses... and loving it.

respect.