Dan Hosts Lady Liberty Like You've Never Seen Her

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvNBUauW_vSxCvxGJ_r4s5YIMjZHLC_VrTSwzj0Ky1EU3LNHokiwJWqwru3HxrD-mibP8HR156qsBBWiDd537Pm6FMlcpnkO-M_AuzE9ojRnozla4vAFp-IfQ4zQf-cb9MavIkdtT/s1600/Lady+Liberty+Dead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvNBUauW_vSxCvxGJ_r4s5YIMjZHLC_VrTSwzj0Ky1EU3LNHokiwJWqwru3HxrD-mibP8HR156qsBBWiDd537Pm6FMlcpnkO-M_AuzE9ojRnozla4vAFp-IfQ4zQf-cb9MavIkdtT/s400/Lady+Liberty+Dead.jpg" width="310" /></a></div>As a New Yorker, how could one not appreciate this dark take on our beloved Statue of Liberty?<br /><br />This skeletal tattoo is worn by Dan on his inner right forearm. It is a collaboration between him and his cousin, Guido Baldini, aka <a href="http://lostcowboytattoo.com/">Lost Cowboy</a>, a tattoo artist who occasionally works <a href="http://fourstartattoo.com/home.html">Four Star Tattoo</a> in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhrC9_si_HnN7ffsTsUSzP6eGoyEJUJHTmpH_iN2U5UFZdmIH3bqDS7h3xvsYSCUCZ3LH9LcP4X1MrNETSzCcobZ55RaVTPbchPSZH-ahDI2GjmIP4Yitef92KIXYtkESTr0irwSe/s1600/Liberty+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhrC9_si_HnN7ffsTsUSzP6eGoyEJUJHTmpH_iN2U5UFZdmIH3bqDS7h3xvsYSCUCZ3LH9LcP4X1MrNETSzCcobZ55RaVTPbchPSZH-ahDI2GjmIP4Yitef92KIXYtkESTr0irwSe/s400/Liberty+detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Dan was out West, visiting family, and this piece was done with a little bit of longing for the Big Apple in his heart.<br /><br />He was paying homage to that "New York State of Mind".<br /><br />Missing in the collage above is the great detail in the torch:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8v-haGqjcNVZJeJspGBlPDJojf38xUa1lTWDvv4fBBDfzO2t0AsDbKbPaSdlHUAU-zBxomNh60-PVjKPcLqEkRWX2p7W_wAl7q54A9yuKKZL6Zi7D7qAdLTwWHKOzBy3cFkfVPbf/s1600/Liberty+Torch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8v-haGqjcNVZJeJspGBlPDJojf38xUa1lTWDvv4fBBDfzO2t0AsDbKbPaSdlHUAU-zBxomNh60-PVjKPcLqEkRWX2p7W_wAl7q54A9yuKKZL6Zi7D7qAdLTwWHKOzBy3cFkfVPbf/s320/Liberty+Torch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />I did question the presence of the pentagram on the book that the statue is holding, only because I'm sure that comments might be made.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWwFPoM17WD5W-e_g7jOMyVh0mmfyNJ5ZVkSK3sxmhwXgOXCOtNmiPAz53wm6DbvfqtmD9kcx1tbC4Xg54a-ViKaN-MB-SlVlc1RwC0jZ5Pl6-MIdLT3JMzfVMPhhDWNM9wsTe8H7/s1600/Liberty+Book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWwFPoM17WD5W-e_g7jOMyVh0mmfyNJ5ZVkSK3sxmhwXgOXCOtNmiPAz53wm6DbvfqtmD9kcx1tbC4Xg54a-ViKaN-MB-SlVlc1RwC0jZ5Pl6-MIdLT3JMzfVMPhhDWNM9wsTe8H7/s320/Liberty+Book.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />He clarified the design, noting that, to him, the pentagram represents power, and is not meant to symbolize anything evil.<br /><br />Thanks to Dan for sharing this tattoo with attitude here on Tattoosday.

Dan Hosts Lady Liberty Like You've Never Seen Her

As a New Yorker, how could one not appreciate this dark take on our beloved Statue of Liberty? This skeletal tattoo is worn by Dan on his in...

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