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Becoming Tattooed
Becoming Heavily Tattooed. Swapping stories about getting your first tattoo is fun. It’s a lot like bagging about fishing tales or near death experiences. Your nerves overestimated the environment and the adjectives don’t quite capture the maximum effect your trying to articulate. There is a feeling that the only way someone else can understand is…
Read MoreWhat is Tattooing?
What is Tattooing? How do we explain the tattoo life? Sometimes it feels like arguing over the genre of your favorite band. It has changed faces so many times in the last few decades. It even reveals itself differently to people. It has grown beyond a counterculture movement. As the price of admission lowers, the…
Read MoreThe 50% Cut.
The common business model for tattooing is the Street Shop. It was originally an Apprentice based program for all new hires. The single new hire relied on the mentorship of the owner to be trained from the ground up. In return, the novice artist paid him back with a 50 percent stake of all labor…
Read MoreTattooing as a Ritual
Humans have had rituals for years. Rituals mark the end or a beginning. It is a time to put your mind and body at one and to be consciously in the moment. Examples would be graduating from college, getting married or how we prepare our morning coffee. The Masons are famous for there secretive rituals. …
Read MoreLessons Learned
My SELFJournal has a few parts to it. There is an opening of the day that includes writing your Itinerary, a Gratitude lList, Targets and daily Goals. Upon closing the day, you write Lessons Learned, Wins and another Gratitude List. The journal has helped me to take a daily inventory of myself and my actions.…
Read MoreBLURB’s Online Portfolio Maker
www.blurb.com I love Blurb. I just got done making another portfolio. In the past I have used Adobe InDesign to layout my books. Doing it this way gives me a lot of control of the layout. Today I decided to use their HTML book making option. I was surprised at how much control I really…
Read MoreHead Hunters and old Friends
Grant Wyatt stopped by today. I haven’t seen him in over a decade. He is living life to the fullest in Vietnam. A Missionary, he and his family give hope to those we only see on TV. Acting as a liaison, he helps direct the support given to smaller villages in rural Vietnam. How…
Read MoreBlackthorn Pub #FBF
March 1997 Blackthorn pub in the nineties was the after hours bar. We would always bring everyone back to the pub to hangout after a show and many bands drank with us there. I had an apartment a block away and it hosted a few all nighters. The Business had crashed at the house and…
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