{"product_id":"soar-high-blake-heretics-t-shirt","title":"Soar High — William Blake Quote T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlake published “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” in 1793 while the French Revolution was still happening and the world was deciding what kind of creature the human being actually was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWear the only permission you need — Blake's, written two centuries ago, still more useful than anything the self-help shelf has offered since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliam Blake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlake wrote this in \u003cem\u003eThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, c. 1790 — a book of proverbs that upended every conventional wisdom it touched. This one is short, clean, and absolute: the only ceiling is borrowed power. Your own wings have no limit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's an invitation, not a boast. It doesn't say \u003cem\u003esoar high\u003c\/em\u003e. It says there is no \u003cem\u003etoo high\u003c\/em\u003e — provided the wings are yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe word \u003cem\u003eSoars\u003c\/em\u003e sits higher on the chest than you'd expect — not centered, deliberately placed above the natural midpoint. It's a design choice that earns its meaning: the word itself demonstrates what the line describes. Typography as argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlake would have appreciated that. He designed, engraved, and printed his own books by hand. For him, the way a word sat on a page was never separate from what it said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd² (142 g\/m²)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail fit, true to size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine washable, cold water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tee is for the person who stopped asking for permission. The one who already knows the difference between borrowed ambition and the real thing. Who has felt the difference in their chest between doing something because someone said to and doing it because it came from inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey don't need to be told to soar. They just need the reminder that the height is theirs to set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour wings. Your altitude.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same line lives on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/soar-high-journal\"\u003eSoar High Journal\u003c\/a\u003e — for the writing that happens after the declaration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWilliam Blake, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1757–1827, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoet, painter, and printmaker — he created his books from scratch, writing, illustrating, and printing every page himself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLargely unrecognized in his lifetime; now considered one of the most original voices in English literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis line comes from \u003cem\u003eThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell\u003c\/em\u003e — a fierce, visionary work that turned conventional morality on its head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlake's \"Proverbs of Hell\" were not dark — they were liberating. 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