What do you do with your insomnia? Me? I Made a Pro-Immigration T-Shirt

The last elections went pretty poorly for Coloradoans who believe in the freedom to migrate. Being as I'm one of those people, I've had this idea kicking around to make a t-shirt that explains a little about the history of immigration and the "Mother of Exiles": the Statue of Liberty. Last night I couldn't sleep very well. So, I finally got down to business and made the shirt.

Inspiration: Your tired, Your poor

In Emma Lazarus famous poem The New Colossus she describes her personal interpretation of the Statue of Liberty. Lazarus' brief poem captures many of the concepts and ideals that people have for America as a land of opportunity, a shining city on the hill where poor exiles from around the world can seek freedom:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

What great sentiments!

So, I decided to try to pay homage to Lazarus and to try to spread the message of the entire poem. I will shortly be a walking billboard for her message which rings so true and so important for policy in our time.

Get your own shirt

So, go get your own Mother of Exiles shirt.

To the extent that it seems interesting I'll publish a "how I made the logo" and also a "why goodstorm kicks ass".