what motivated you to have locks?

i'm curious.

i backcombed a few times and it never really worked out, i was always too self-conscious.

i finally decided to have them and have them naturally because it felt like the most natural thing to do... my mind has been yearning to sprint away from the commercialism and this mainstream frenzy for so long, and around that time locks felt like the natural thing to do.

so far it's bringing me comfort and peace.

 

To show off my ethnicity.

I hated people who kept thinking I'm Indian, Hispanic, or Filipino.

I looked like all of those when I had short hair. >.<

Also, yes, this is another post involving race.

InB4 shitstorm.

 

Because it is the best hairstyle in the world.
And it fits in well with my lazy lifestyle.

 

ooooooo. I got asked this today on the street, but I gave a much more detailed response.

For me, it was a complete "Fuck you" to modern black hairstyle (and life) of straightening, lye, curling irons, flat irons, sitting for hours in a salon or home and fully embracing my nappy kinky hair. For me to even bypass the backcombing, neat and tidy method style was to move away from the ,to me, complex nature of dreadlocks today.

Also. I'm pretty feral by nature. Everytime I tried to let me hair go, it was always forced combed. No one can make me comb now.

 

actually, it required little motivation...

in fact, i had such a case of laziness i quit my job and lived hand to mouth on the streets for like 6 months. that was two years ago and i haven't combed since.

edit:i mean i was urban camping

 

because I'm black

 

well i wasnt really ever motivated to make the decision "to lock or not to lock".
they just kinda happened....

well heres a quoted response from another thread when some one asked how long ive been locking. it explains my situation and why i have dreads.

 

There are multiple reasons that I have listed in the past, but today I feel like this is the main reason.

- Screw you hair stylist Mom. My hair does not have to be perfect, nor do I have to maintain my look in any sorta way.

Ahh... that felt good.

 

They look awesome

 

Well Since Iv'e Had Just About Every Hairstyle Known To Mankind Over

The Years, In 1996 After My Journey Into Braids, I Decided I Wanted

Dreads.

Back Then My Ex Lived Up Near Byron Bay, The Hippie Capitol Of

Australia,And I Used To Visit Him Quite Often, But Dreads Had A Bit Of A

Bad Name Then, Usually Only Worn By Dole Bludgers And Druggies So I

Decided Not To Start Them.

In Hindsight It Was All Good Because I Have Learn't So Much Online

About Them, I Doubt Without That Knowledge They Would Have Been

A Success Anyway...

So 14 Years Later I Feel The Image Of Dreads Has Changed And As Long

As I Am Well Dressed And Clean I Feel People View Them As Just Another

Hairstyle.

Since I Am Always Barefoot I Thought The Combination Of The Two Might

Be Pushing My Acceptance A Bit, But So Far, 6 Months Later, All Is Well

Another Aspect That Concerned Me Was That I Am Middle Aged, And

Having Lived So Long I Should Have Developed Enough Common Sense Not

To Walk Around A Town I Have Lived In All My Life, With What Amounts

To A "BIRDSNEST" On My Head No Respectable Bird Would Admit To

Owning.

Common Sense It Appears ,Somehow Passed Me By, And I Must Say I'm

Loving Every Minute Of It...



Cheers Glen.

 

For me, not so much a "fuck you" as a, "I've tried all the other hair styles for black men"

Locks are the final frontier of black hair

 

always had short hair all my life.. always liked how they looked on other people

thought i'd look pretty gay with just normal long hair

went with dreads

lovin' it

 

I can't remember a time I didn't want them, but wanted to wait until school finished and I got to a point in my life where I could deal with the stereotypes people would place me in. One day I just said screw it and did it.... haven't looked back since

 

Nah, locs are the final frontier of all hair

One Love!

 

I wanted to be as sexy as possible for my boyfriend.

 

i did it cuz i hated waking up an hour early just to style my hair. it was a nice change of pace to just wash it and be done with it. nut over time, my jobs didnt like it and my family was naggin me. i let it get the best of me but it was a fun experience.

 

amen sister

you know, i've shaved my head before this, so i have had the easiest hairstyle known to man... it doesn't even require shampooing (although there is a slight danger of sunburn)

it's interesting that i should feel so comfortable with them naturally, when previously with backcombed and "neater" looking locks i felt i had to brush them out (probably because i felt like a cheater!) right now my hair looks like shit, haha. it separates easily but it isn't locked up so even when it's clean it just looks like thick messy strands of hair.

it's just like another poster said. my mom goes to the salon once a month. my sister does too. i used to, when i could afford it, which wasn't often. and i didn't like it, because every time i went i was told how i needed to do my hair.

so i'm saying "fuck you" too, except in a nice way, i suppose.

 

a near death experience where i was confonted by the LION...

 

I wanted to express my strong opposition to fascism. And they were fun too. Good times.

 

i really don't remember why i started my first set. i know i liked the way they looked and the whole kind of idea that its a process - i dont know if thats the reason i started but i fell in love with the whole sort of lifestyle it created for me. i mean like its sorta exciting just letting your hair do its own thing... the shapes it manages to create... it's an art!

the reason i started this set was to right the wrongs from my first try!
like this one lock at the back had rubber band gush in it :S
and it was trying to congo and i didnt want it to as i was so preoccupied with how i thought i wanted them to look... i never achieved that, and they never looked as awesome as they could have if id just stopped fucking with them!
plus, dreadhead hq was my bible .....................