Tag: tattoos
If you could face the pain and I could do the same
I am searching.
Broken souls
First post of the year! Now, to my defense: I’m quite detail oriented, and I could be posting from my phone much more often but… I haven’t set a gallery of featured images to accompany the posts (will work on that, I promise), and that specific lack of visual content has prevented me from being a more prolific blogger. Shame on me, I know.
Now, super quick 2016 creativity update: I did give up on my GIF challenge, but on the other hand I started writing haikus. So, that evens out my commitment towards trying something new. Circling back to today: I switched one of my work off days so it has been quite the relaxing Friday for me. I cut my own hair, since I finally purchased a Remington device, I’m just waiting for the oh so necessary shower to get rid of the tiny excess hair. This week also marked a wonderful addition to my tattoo collection, something both vintage and heartfelt (for me at least):
I just finished listening to an episode of The Truth Barrel, an enlightening podcast hosted by Gabrielle Reese and Neil Strauss, while my cat rests on my lap.
Politics? Fucking Trump, people… insulted his way into the presidency. I trust that he’ll do a wonderful job… at getting impeached in record time. Fingers crossed!
This blog post´s title is a quote from Chelsea Manning in the documentary We Steal Secrets.
That’s all for now.
I can’t think of SNL in the same way now
The mythology of Saturday Night Live is undeniable. I haven’t watched a complete episode in the years (due to lack of cable), but I recognize the memorable performances and sketches throughtout the years (I haven’t ruled out getting a More Cowbell tattoo someday). However, after listening to Harry Shearer’s episode on WTF, I now realize that Lorne Michaels is a darker character than we’ve been led to believe.
Power moves, mind games, racism… not funny stuff. Unlike this sketch featuring Shearer and Martin Short!
Do you like sad stories, tattoos and bluegrass?
I wonder
If mom would understand, if my name were Frank Ocean, and if she knew or cared who Frank is. I wonder how she’ll feel about my new tattoo. I wonder if my oldest niece remembers me. I wonder how the first grafitti experience will be.
Reading material (and eye candy)
You must, if you love tattoos, pretty ladies and hot dudes, check out this back issue of Inked Mag. You might also benefit from checking out this profile, again on Inked, of Joanna Angel.
That is all.
Memoirs of the Flesh: Survivor Tattoos
“Memories of the flesh are indeed powerful, both to the messenger *and* the viewer”.
Why do people get tattooed?
The answers to that simple question warrant several blog posts, so I’ll keep it short. Some people just love the look and feel of body modifications. They appreciate the skill that goes into making a piece of art on flesh. They love the feel of metal against skin. Or maybe they love the outlaw symbolism that goes hand in hand with body art. Usually, they have a lifetime love affair (or at least, a reoccurring fascination) with the art that is tattoo design. I should know: I’m one of these people. My love affair started at the age of three, when I first noticed an anchor on my great-uncle’s forearm. He also had a battleship on his chest. I remember crawling in his lap and begging him to roll up his sleeve. Uncle Sam didn’t like showing off his tattoos when he got older, or…
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Someone wants this tattoo
Beautiful.
A Treasure Trove of Antique Tattoo Flash is Found in Corpus Christi
Food for thought… and the skin!
By Craig Hlavaty
Source: http://www.blog.chron.com
Long before tattoos were the subject of reality show after reality show and people like Justin Bieber sported ink, tattoos were the milieu of sailors, soldiers, Marines, and maybe circus folk.
This weekend, Peveto Art Gallery will display 20 sheets of historic tattoo flash art that were recently found in an abandoned house in Corpus Christi. According to gallery owner Scott Peveto, the flash looks to be over 100 years old. The items were rescued from a Dumpster by a man who cleans out houses that are tagged to be torn down.
“I’ve spent enough time with them to know they are real,” said Peveto. The sheets are water and nicotine-stained and more than likely were originally displayed on the walls of a tattoo shop for customers to choose pieces from.
The art is on heavy illustration board and shows signs of wear from push…
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Dutch Entrepreneur to Preserve Tattoos of the Dead
Not sure how I feel about this. This might be onpar with the Bodyworlds exhibit.
What are your thoughts on this…? We’d love to hear your comments.
Nicki/TAM
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http://www.carloz.newsvine.com
When Floris Hirschfeld’s mother died two years ago, he had her portrait tattooed on his back to honor her memory. One day he hopes the image, skin and all, will adorn the wall of an art collector’s home.
It might sound like a macabre Roald Dahl story, but could soon be reality with the help of a Dutch entrepreneur who has set up a business to preserve the tattoos of the dead.
“Everyone spends their lives in search of immortality and this is a simple way to get a piece of it,” Peter van der Helm, the tattoo shop owner behind the concept, said in an interview…
Hirschfeld and about 30 other clients of the “Walls and Skin” tattoo parlor, which is tucked away in a canal house in the Dutch capital, have…
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Well, I Think It’s Adorable
So do I…
I recently saw, on one of those tattoo fail or WTF tattoo pages or whatever, someone bashing a dad who had gotten a tattoo of one of his kid’s drawings. Really this was one of those (many) moments I have where I just stop, scratch my head, and wonder what the hell is wrong with people. I myself do not have one of these tattoos, but I’m seriously considering it, as I’m one of those moms who has boxes upon boxes of her kids’ drawings packed into the closets and under the bed. Come on people, this is not a tattoo fail.
This is absolutely adorable. I mean, baby footprints
and portraits, yes, totally awesome, especially (well, only) if they’re done well, but it truly doesn’t get more original than this.
Seriously, where’s the argument here? All those papers crumbling slowly with age, wasting away in a box or yellowing…
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Enough Said
They thought of tattoos and disguises
For the skin, for the soul.
Thank you, Depressed Darth: 15 Awesome Star Wars Tattoos
This gallery works much better if you`re familiar with the Star Wars trilogies and aesthetic, but… by God, these tattoos are so fantastic! Gallery shared by Depressed Darth!
Duff who lives at home 