Tattoos Birds

I met Zoe a couple weeks ago when I spotted an incredible bird tattoo creeping up over her shoulder:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoXV9uTnOvggIT8WckDgXVe68M5VEX2tP_tIDG7YTUZyovsmNg1hn62elC13d3ldoJYzi3Qn7KPLJnzHJydRq-uz9zgZyJdv9uRwX_ZV1b1C7L2NOVbV1tfbpL2_DO5Iu_IbrmA2tM08/s1600/zoes+birds+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoXV9uTnOvggIT8WckDgXVe68M5VEX2tP_tIDG7YTUZyovsmNg1hn62elC13d3ldoJYzi3Qn7KPLJnzHJydRq-uz9zgZyJdv9uRwX_ZV1b1C7L2NOVbV1tfbpL2_DO5Iu_IbrmA2tM08/s400/zoes+birds+2.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /> What's especially mesmerizing about this tattoo is where it begins:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWCR5QIrrUn6GgqB9ZWc5LEMIlwY9qvoDxoA1TEIRlVvywwPFpYBzoXSoe_wfmogey0ITVxe5gz1rulxdJJdEge5TQj-pDAy5SCkdx1_jsRXUQm8I51Co8DTa4Ws3oekX3sMiy0YEU_Q/s1600/zoes+birds+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWCR5QIrrUn6GgqB9ZWc5LEMIlwY9qvoDxoA1TEIRlVvywwPFpYBzoXSoe_wfmogey0ITVxe5gz1rulxdJJdEge5TQj-pDAy5SCkdx1_jsRXUQm8I51Co8DTa4Ws3oekX3sMiy0YEU_Q/s320/zoes+birds+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Starting in the middle of her back, this flock of birds lifts up off of her flesh, and flies over her shoulder.<br /> <br /> So from where did the inspiration for this tattoo come? Zoe explains:<br /> <blockquote>"I stole the color combination and the silhouetted birds from my favorite album [<i>Deja Entendu</i> by Brand New].<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /> I went in [to Name Brand Tattoo in Ann Arbor, Michigan] and gave [tattoo artist Dawn Cooke] the music and said this is why ... it helped me get through a really bad point in my life. I told her what I wanted and she figured out the placement on my body. I originally wanted it straight across my back, but she worked with my body to get it on there ... after three hours of tattooing, I asked her if she put coloring in and she did. It's all free-hand."</blockquote><br /> The tattoo took four hours in all to complete, and Zoe had nothing but praise for the artist and the shop. Name Brand, she said, "is great, super-relaxed ... they weren't judgmental [and] tend to have people with art degrees, which is really interesting." Artist Dawn Cook has moved, however, and now tattoos out of Depot Town Tattoo, in Traverse City, Michigan.

Tattoos Birds

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Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right arm:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnbQlNbiXUJDIwtxvbbOkL_fybSoMLQ-m3buS6V0sDDCog266cLwMGuA1ezoNIjJU8jQdfZZKJGBI9ojpjc58NSg76MQrVAWN9OYZwOpTXWFZUOG6vU1vdXR8evuj2G4t7XYQx6rBZNE/s1600/balloon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnbQlNbiXUJDIwtxvbbOkL_fybSoMLQ-m3buS6V0sDDCog266cLwMGuA1ezoNIjJU8jQdfZZKJGBI9ojpjc58NSg76MQrVAWN9OYZwOpTXWFZUOG6vU1vdXR8evuj2G4t7XYQx6rBZNE/s400/balloon.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /> This was done by Brian Marsman at Powerhouse Tattoo Company in Montclair, New Jersey. "I just wanted a hot air balloon and I didn't have a picture for him or anything," Amy told me, "he just drew it up for me."<br /> <br /> She also had this tattoo, on her inner right forearm,<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshRlTUtOSVSLL5c6CnIL1qq-_PJRZLAlkaBpqdPBxwnMJ9fcq3HTUdeuZjHu8pq33Z7nduwnoUeXMu5hnQYzNA2sdYViDFGDSwL79aq7rDILPLGR9E-W61ts1ISRTLQDzB3jL0LwPBk/s1600/girlhead+bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshRlTUtOSVSLL5c6CnIL1qq-_PJRZLAlkaBpqdPBxwnMJ9fcq3HTUdeuZjHu8pq33Z7nduwnoUeXMu5hnQYzNA2sdYViDFGDSwL79aq7rDILPLGR9E-W61ts1ISRTLQDzB3jL0LwPBk/s400/girlhead+bird.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /> This is an interpretation of a watercolor by Angelique Houtkamp entitled "Edith Piaf":<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEXR1JyLKLMe5tHVwp1QopRCNRs5SkpaOEGyI-PIPw4HFdH8zRT72aQA3qQ6DOg8ECiQ9xQx0JyNr7RbAzLYtauZtVds2PlJP53VE4Ckm0izuvWapwC_NbjCWOOhtrpfrke5ofyf7IcE/s1600/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEXR1JyLKLMe5tHVwp1QopRCNRs5SkpaOEGyI-PIPw4HFdH8zRT72aQA3qQ6DOg8ECiQ9xQx0JyNr7RbAzLYtauZtVds2PlJP53VE4Ckm0izuvWapwC_NbjCWOOhtrpfrke5ofyf7IcE/s400/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">©Angelique Houtkamp</td></tr> </tbody></table>This was done by an artist named Giordano who was visiting from Brazil, set up shop in Amy's dining room, and tattooed a handful of friends and family, including Amy's husband and father.

Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right ar...

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Two for Tattoosday: Elise Remembers Paris and Shares a Cardinal

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">These next tattoos would not be here on Tattoosday were it not for signal problems at the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Jay Street</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> subway station in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Brooklyn</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">For it was an e-mail alert about those problems disrupting train service which sent me away from my normal routine and directed me last week to the Herald Square subway station to catch a D train.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">It was there on the southbound platform that I met Elise who displayed some cool ink on her arms. We chatted a bit and, because her top partially obscured sections of her tattoos, she told me she'd email me photos. Not everybody who says that means it, or follows up, but Elise did not disappoint and sent me the following photos later that evening.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">First, is this interesting tattoo on her upper right arm:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_snwSSRaso5aOgdP3AM2XMs06ekV41QYDWi-4kFfOO0mbtZgpr7XOzpbqEqI6v3KYNivAhY6HPz5V7Y_s9ANuPdEhPpjJblg27iRDsEVGP5EDMSUq3GXTy4bJ2Ha2P5obV4blWlFYZg/s1600/paris+cameo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_snwSSRaso5aOgdP3AM2XMs06ekV41QYDWi-4kFfOO0mbtZgpr7XOzpbqEqI6v3KYNivAhY6HPz5V7Y_s9ANuPdEhPpjJblg27iRDsEVGP5EDMSUq3GXTy4bJ2Ha2P5obV4blWlFYZg/s400/paris+cameo.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Elise calls this “</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Paris</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> in a Woman,” which is inspired by the fact that she was born and raised in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">France</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">. The idea of including the Parisian cityscape came from Charmaine Olivia, an artist based out of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">San Francisco</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">. Elise included the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Eiffel</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Tower</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> in it. The tattoo was done by John Poverty, who tattoos out of Goose Tattoo in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Brooklyn</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Lower on her right arm is this amazing bird tattoo:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpwpvDynUhUngtZBdVGzyDXOzrpHtw3-t7APrhyaSZP_-JreuygW-3NOKzHawVLnQSlikAPrvXiBwy9g0mkFW74SbmzzUUsNGs5Zm5lAJ2NLDY5K7Y1KyNEiDovJ2wH5RMLs-0Dj7gyU/s1600/cardinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpwpvDynUhUngtZBdVGzyDXOzrpHtw3-t7APrhyaSZP_-JreuygW-3NOKzHawVLnQSlikAPrvXiBwy9g0mkFW74SbmzzUUsNGs5Zm5lAJ2NLDY5K7Y1KyNEiDovJ2wH5RMLs-0Dj7gyU/s400/cardinal.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Elise explained:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">“The cardinal by Mike Adams [of True Sight Tattoo Company in Detroit] was inspired by family. Once all my siblings and I ‘flew the coop,’ my parents took up bird watching, and are now avid cardinal lovers.  Mike inked this out of Thicker Than Water in </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Manhattan</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">, [where he] will have a short residency in the beginning of December.”</span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Work by Mike appeared over the summer on Tattoosday here.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks again to Elise for sharing these wonderful tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!</span></div><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>

Two for Tattoosday: Elise Remembers Paris and Shares a Cardinal

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Tova's Mockingbird Takes Wing

<div class="MsoNormal">Late last month, I met Tova at my local Borders store. She was sporting this incredible tattoo on her upper left arm:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiblRsGXYknFM2DxkYBpMTyYQTf6J8omvsFO85lr0JgrKNKrdCYkWsM7b1-jl7sLx5UQe5F_D3c1GoeoYEy5q7WQEPsFFf600Lnp7en64pmsNhsWDcbY9Y_6yMSMeCXqM30WLjlnI1Nw/s1600/Mockingbird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiblRsGXYknFM2DxkYBpMTyYQTf6J8omvsFO85lr0JgrKNKrdCYkWsM7b1-jl7sLx5UQe5F_D3c1GoeoYEy5q7WQEPsFFf600Lnp7en64pmsNhsWDcbY9Y_6yMSMeCXqM30WLjlnI1Nw/s640/Mockingbird.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">When she told me she had it recently inked at <a href="http://nyadorned.com/">New York Adorned</a>, I guessed correctly that <a href="http://virginiaelwoodtattoo.com/">Virginia Elwood</a> had been the artist. Virginia in incredibly talented, and seems to especially excel at bird tattoos (her work has been seen previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/08/kristinas-rooster-crows-in-honor-of-her.html">here</a>, <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/03/stevies-tattoo-calms-and-inspires.html">here</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/02/melanies-marilyn.html">here</a>).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tova explained that she loves birds, and that this mockingbird reflects a turn of events that occurred in Southern California. She described to me how, the night before she had to take <strike>defend</strike>  her Ph.D. exams <strike>dissertation</strike>, her husband had a guest staying with them, and this individual seemed particular insensitive to the momentous occasion Tova was facing the next day, as he was playing loud music well into the night.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tova recalled how her anxiety and displeasure over this guest’s inconsiderate activity forced her from her home in search of a little peace and quiet. As she circled her block, she was struck by the large number of mockingbirds that were flying around.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She successfully passed her exams <strike>defended her dissertation</strike> and associates the mockingbird with this landmark event in her life.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">As her Ph.D. Is in English, I asked her if she was familiar with one of my favorite poems, Charles Bukowski’s “The Mockingbird”. She wasn’t, so I suggested she check it out and I thought it appropriate to share here:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">the mockingbird<br /><br />the mockingbird had been following the cat<br />all summer<br />mocking mocking mocking<br />teasing and cocksure;<br />the cat crawled under rockers on porches<br />tail flashing<br />and said something angry to the mockingbird<br />which I didn't understand.<br /><br />yesterday the cat walked calmly up the driveway<br />with the mockingbird alive in its mouth,<br />wings fanned, beautiful wings fanned and flopping,<br />feathers parted like a woman's legs,<br />and the bird was no longer mocking,<br />it was asking, it was praying<br />but the cat<br />striding down through centuries<br />would not listen.<br /><br />I saw it crawl under a yellow car<br />with the bird<br />to bargain it to another place.<br /><br />summer was over.</span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> ~</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Thanks to Tova for sharing her stunning tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is Copyright ©2011 by Tattoosday, with the exception of "The Mockingbird," which is </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copyright ©1972 by Charles Bukowski.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Tova's Mockingbird Takes Wing

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Michael Henry Lee

Today's tattoo was submitted by Michael Henry Lee:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpdKr9Er7EWXI_LKB2nGyHwiwBVRSBZYDb4aCNCBlSPQjbLiMeUBnBZ8LVyZJJIAdP88O-8iroBFdUEkMOgcAtpNwYCzqtTY1e7LyeXyX3Uswo5qg06zJMQUVxJVvvPMjAsukJRoqxEo/s1600/michael+henry+lee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpdKr9Er7EWXI_LKB2nGyHwiwBVRSBZYDb4aCNCBlSPQjbLiMeUBnBZ8LVyZJJIAdP88O-8iroBFdUEkMOgcAtpNwYCzqtTY1e7LyeXyX3Uswo5qg06zJMQUVxJVvvPMjAsukJRoqxEo/s400/michael+henry+lee.jpg" width="302" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo courtesy of Michael Henry Lee</td></tr></tbody></table>There's a lot going on here, so let's let Michael explain:<br /><br /><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"The work pictured began about 36 years ago in Kansas City, Mo. I only remember the artist's name as John. The piece started with the stylized exotic bird's head that John took credit for as his own. A few years later I found the same piece on the back of a <a href="http://www.mountainrockband.com/">Mountain</a> album cover. Imagine. Fast forward a couple of decades to a fantastic shop [<a href="http://soulexpressionstattoo.com/home.html">Soul Expressions Tattoo Studio</a>] in Temecula Ca. and an artist named <a href="http://soulexpressionstattoo.com/section/182964_Daniel_Adair.html">Dan Adair</a>. The sun and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Judah">Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah</a> were added there. The sun was David's design and the Lion comes from the Ethiopian flag borrowed from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley_%26_The_Wailers">Bob Marley</a> album. The conceptual idea was mine and is meant to be symbolic of the Christian trinity: Father (as the sun), the Son (as the Conquering Lion) and our old buddy the bird (as the holy spirit). The seven is symbolic of the biblical number of completion and is repeated three times. The piece was just retouched and colored last year in Saint Augustine, Florida, by Tattoo Mike from <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=9gG&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=tattoo+garden+st+augustine+fl&fb=1&gl=us&hq=tattoo+garden&hnear=St+Augustine,+FL&cid=570080614392525222">Tattoo Garden</a>."</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div></blockquote>Michael also offered up several short poems, including some haiku:<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">"tattoo impressions"</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">    van goes home </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">stepping out in a starry night    </span></b><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">first appeared in graffiti kolkata Aug 2010)</span></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">~ </span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">tattoo garden</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> the blush returns</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> to mother's rose</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">~</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What Love’s Got to do with It</span></u><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It was rumored of late</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">that Love;</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">is suffering from a stolen identity</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eros has hacked into Agape</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">like the evil twin exchanged at birth;</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">     Ying for Yang</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">           The Pauper for the Prince</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                    Cain for Abel</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The imposter has taken control</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">using seduction and guile</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">to manipulate the hearts and minds </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">of whoever might be deceived</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love’s calling all investors</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Setting the record straight</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Distancing itself from a nefarious sibling</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love does not </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          sell cars, clothes, food, or personal hygiene products</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love knows</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          the grass isn’t greener in the next field,</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          and besides brown is highly underrated anyway</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love always makes deposits</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          but not withdrawals</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love is patient as water</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          smoothing stone           </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love knows the worst</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          but hopes for the best</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love bites its tongue and swallows its pride</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love looks at the heart</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          not: boobs, biceps, or bank accounts</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love is the first one into a burning building </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">          an the last one off a sinking ship</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love builds </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">         Marriages</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">             Families</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                  and  Nations </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                                                            </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love is an invisible necessity</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">         like  time, gravity, and oxygen</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Love is beyond time and space</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eternal</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Unconditional</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                          a</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                         gift</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                    a promise</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">            one poured out for all  </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                     that they</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                       might</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                        know</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                         that</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                         God</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                           is</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                           L</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                           O</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                           V</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Bodoni MT","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">                           E</span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">"What Love's Got to do with It" first appeared in <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heart-Pour-The-Love-Book/195634107114411?sk=wall">Heart Pour The Love Book</a> from <a href="http://poetplant.blogspot.com/">Poet Plant Press</a>, 2011</span></b></span></i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Michael Henry Lee is a husband, father and grandfather. He and his wife of 30 years reside in St. Augustine, Florida; the nation’s oldest city, along with two cats, and numerous bonsai trees.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Michael is a member of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ancient-City-Poets/279133290875?sk=wall">Ancient City Poets</a> and the <a href="http://www.hsa-haiku.org/">Haiku Society of America</a>. The last Sunday of every month generally finds him at the Heart Pour Matinee; an open mic poetry reading that features seasoned artists as well as new talents. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Mr. Lee serves as contributing co-editor for Poet Plant Press, and is a frequent contributor to <a href="http://haikunews.org/">Haiku News</a>, and Haiku Ramblings. His work has appeared in <a href="http://cobaltcrowproductions.blogspot.com/">Berry Blue Haiku</a>, and <a href="http://www.graffitikolkata.com/home.htm">Graffiti Kolkata</a> He was voted among the favorites in the 2009 <i>Alibi Weekly</i> annual haiku contest, and was awarded third place prize in the Yukei Teikei Annual Tokutomi Haiku Contest for 2010.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Mr. Lee is quoted as saying “my objective is to express the good news and mystery of life in every breath, through the simplicity of haiku”.</div><br />Thanks to Michael Henry Lee for sharing his tattoo and his work with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. The poems are reprinted here with the permission of the author.<br /><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

The Tattooed Poets Project: Michael Henry Lee

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Sal's Tattoo Takes Wing

Today's tattoo comes to us courtesy of Sal, who is making his third appearance on Tattoosday. We first met him in 2008 when he shared <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/09/sal-shares-his-illusion-ary-tattoo.html">this Guns N Roses tattoo</a>, and then again, in 2009 with <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/11/return-of-sals-ink-teachers-inspiring.html">this quote</a>, inked on his forearm.<br /><br />Both times I ran into Sal at the video store where he works in Brooklyn Heights. He alerted me to the fact that he had new ink, so I just had to stop by and see in person:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-kbzgqlcD12Wx55yXWU-G2WGFqtH1poVw1d2bQCJPRPH8CyOonlW6IBlx-9a-0HWtMbxeHZK4nJ_tq3wgXRfb6f4CTuF4B6coRxxkkEo4Fn3MKVONzsVpZRZsoLLcG6rCbmeUlnCDtM/s1600/robin+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-kbzgqlcD12Wx55yXWU-G2WGFqtH1poVw1d2bQCJPRPH8CyOonlW6IBlx-9a-0HWtMbxeHZK4nJ_tq3wgXRfb6f4CTuF4B6coRxxkkEo4Fn3MKVONzsVpZRZsoLLcG6rCbmeUlnCDtM/s400/robin+collage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The collage might not bring out the finer details as seen in a closer view:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiI-4XNMGpeOHNkE5m5_FtXFJ432Mqx8XvEO9cM8HdK4C8UljJHg7FIMYdy1uHAHiSmHR9qT5VjVUwL6-BKWBK1PTv83xi0t0360DDnnCqQIRUMCVz1aHteofwybOyDlTAnabJA5sIRA/s1600/robin+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiI-4XNMGpeOHNkE5m5_FtXFJ432Mqx8XvEO9cM8HdK4C8UljJHg7FIMYdy1uHAHiSmHR9qT5VjVUwL6-BKWBK1PTv83xi0t0360DDnnCqQIRUMCVz1aHteofwybOyDlTAnabJA5sIRA/s400/robin+detail.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br />The bird is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin">American Robin</a>. Why this particular bird? Sal explains: "Robins mean a lot to me - not just for their beauty, but for their meaning of hope and new beginnings".<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEIhBd0Jnc5KC8bwKYTVVZIdvmO5L6fnGRbEPuN9AiQ_7Ai8shGGiPyC0Cne_DrkE0yKDkB4r2S8YPL_77pAoer6QePaplUzoZuQUsCtOsHBAHvAozxMOQ6OL3eCYU8wU4CMWJeLx-LI/s1600/791px-Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJEIhBd0Jnc5KC8bwKYTVVZIdvmO5L6fnGRbEPuN9AiQ_7Ai8shGGiPyC0Cne_DrkE0yKDkB4r2S8YPL_77pAoer6QePaplUzoZuQUsCtOsHBAHvAozxMOQ6OL3eCYU8wU4CMWJeLx-LI/s320/791px-Turdus-migratorius-002.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin" title="en:American Robin">American Robin</a> -- Humber Bay Park (East) (<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toronto">Toronto</a>, <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Canada">Canada</a>) -- 2005, by <a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mdf">en:User:Mdf</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The tattoo artist is the phenomenal <a href="http://markharada.com/">Mark Harada</a> at <a href="http://www.eastsideinktattoo.com/">East Side Ink</a> in Manhattan. Work from Mark and other East Side Ink artists has appeared previously on our site <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/East%20Side%20Ink">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks again to Sal for sharing his awesome new tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Sal's Tattoo Takes Wing

Today's tattoo comes to us courtesy of Sal, who is making his third appearance on Tattoosday. We first met him in 2008 when he shared t...

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Sharon's Bird on a Saturday

At the end of September, I spotted this bird on the left side of Sharon's upper back:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeduzZbSnmQO2rUAKxYWZUwFl44uiKl_qBjuIzcaSAgIuCoj7sY6p7-NZXf4nEP8ppxxM6SaNg1o99r997cdzRRik5hAv83_6OQGIs7G3S_7QthRcn6KnItYo-zhzEpCWuMQjoAv_htk/s1600/Sharons+Bird+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeduzZbSnmQO2rUAKxYWZUwFl44uiKl_qBjuIzcaSAgIuCoj7sY6p7-NZXf4nEP8ppxxM6SaNg1o99r997cdzRRik5hAv83_6OQGIs7G3S_7QthRcn6KnItYo-zhzEpCWuMQjoAv_htk/s400/Sharons+Bird+wm.jpg" width="317" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sharon drew this herself and had it tattooed at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fatcattattooshop">Fat Cat Tattoo</a> in Sacramento, California.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'd love to tell you more about this tattoo, but Sharon never e-mailed me to give me more details. Nonetheless, it's some nice work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9qd47PV4w-f8BbgYhCJqV725lJSCIzb9eM9M3oM1_lcVaqioErnBe_cd5zDNQNloaf6whA984_SjCUMpH6VA_fq6cQRd7LQ01s2rEBE0bljml_k7ntAoHILwr0URlKsWGTuWN9IyHt0/s1600/Sharons+Bird+Detail+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9qd47PV4w-f8BbgYhCJqV725lJSCIzb9eM9M3oM1_lcVaqioErnBe_cd5zDNQNloaf6whA984_SjCUMpH6VA_fq6cQRd7LQ01s2rEBE0bljml_k7ntAoHILwr0URlKsWGTuWN9IyHt0/s400/Sharons+Bird+Detail+wm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Thanks to Sharon for sharing her bird with us here on Tattoosday!

Sharon's Bird on a Saturday

At the end of September, I spotted this bird on the left side of Sharon's upper back:   Sharon drew this herself and had it tattooed at ...

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Mrs. Dirtbird's Wedding Tattoo

Yesterday we enjoyed seeing <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducingdirtbird.html">the neck tattoo</a> of a Missouri-based artist nicknamed "Dirtbird," as well as <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducingdirtbird.html">a piece</a> he had inked on his friend Shawn.<br /><br />In addition to meeting both Shawn and Dirtbird across the street from where I work, I also met Katie, who half-jokingly referred to herself as "Mrs. Dirtbird". She shared this tattoo with us:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qWXXuYuHb4GQ3TmUlj7_-dCdRF0q9d-fMqm2ZX51Q3ZvfZO5PcTzJhz8Df9BsfnSfmOuuyB7xOdwybgdGXkDZfaDNEre6jLEsgSFikqmYBumhVeC49_dj084aaGIbnTCBcSgxbfvuDE/s1600/Mrs+Dirt+Bird+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-qWXXuYuHb4GQ3TmUlj7_-dCdRF0q9d-fMqm2ZX51Q3ZvfZO5PcTzJhz8Df9BsfnSfmOuuyB7xOdwybgdGXkDZfaDNEre6jLEsgSFikqmYBumhVeC49_dj084aaGIbnTCBcSgxbfvuDE/s400/Mrs+Dirt+Bird+wm.jpg" width="357" /></a></div><br />Katie explained that this is a wedding tattoo. The piece depicts a heart, comprised of a male and female bird, sewn together. Since she married Dirtbird, this seems like and appropriate expression of their matrimony.<br /><br />The tattoo was inked by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/angie2_bap">Becky "Pink Eye" Ashcraft</a>, who works with Dirtbird at <a href="http://www.punkteur.com/">Punkteur Tattoo</a> in Joplin, Missouri.<br /><br />Thanks to Katie for sharing her cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Mrs. Dirtbird's Wedding Tattoo

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Introducing...Dirtbird!

Occasionally in my wanderings, I will meet not just tattooed people, but tattoo practitioners, and often those visiting from outside of New York City.<br /><br />So it was no surprise, when I approached a gentleman across the street from where I work, at 31st and 7th, to learn that I was talking to an artist.<br /><br />Working out of <a href="http://www.punkteur.com/">Punkteur Tattoos & Piercing</a> in Joplin, Missouri, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/dbirdtattoo">Derek "Dirtbird" Wieberg</a> estimates he has 130-150 hours of work inked on his personal canvas.<br /><br />With so much to choose from, he offered up this piece, on the right side of his neck:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8BKMl0mjmvGGHTf9PeK5iAUijljVMHpX92GTMBJEsvXf1PbtBBadqMjD52jM76kfUzbcV_CQtTktnfApYiT0cAIgpb3s0tW3OVaA0TQeyQ-tJdYBZorK9RWacoypoX-U3gVRVXWlksE/s1600/Dirt+Bird+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8BKMl0mjmvGGHTf9PeK5iAUijljVMHpX92GTMBJEsvXf1PbtBBadqMjD52jM76kfUzbcV_CQtTktnfApYiT0cAIgpb3s0tW3OVaA0TQeyQ-tJdYBZorK9RWacoypoX-U3gVRVXWlksE/s640/Dirt+Bird+wm.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br />It seemed fitting, considering his name.<br /><br />Dirtbird praised the artist, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/slzybstrd">Rick Pierceall</a> at <a href="http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Karma.Tattoo.And.Body.Piercing.918-728-8088">Karma Tattoo</a> in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has done all of his throat work.<br /><br />Considering it is Two-for-Tattoosday, I'll share this photo as well:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRkjcbU7tvDOb4ViEtnpA317_yY5qLhfAi5ZEwAGEK2ov7sjKFxG9UkEbAJWRFpd9w4GsFB5lyPlJmoNw6TqcvzsAsIeNzXx5qvDTlUscCemKRuKU-YxsdJvFu6vut6AXmpLnoo_K5qU/s1600/Dirt+Birds+Bird+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRkjcbU7tvDOb4ViEtnpA317_yY5qLhfAi5ZEwAGEK2ov7sjKFxG9UkEbAJWRFpd9w4GsFB5lyPlJmoNw6TqcvzsAsIeNzXx5qvDTlUscCemKRuKU-YxsdJvFu6vut6AXmpLnoo_K5qU/s640/Dirt+Birds+Bird+wm.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />That's not Dirtbird, but it's his handiwork! The owner of this tattoo is Shawn, who had the good fortune to be inked by Dirtbird. They collaborated on the design together.<br /><br />Thanks to Dirt Bird and Shawn for sharing their tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />Tune in tomorrow to see a tattoo from Katie, aka Mrs. Dirtbird!

Introducing...Dirtbird!

Occasionally in my wanderings, I will meet not just tattooed people, but tattoo practitioners, and often those visiting from outside of New...

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Rachel's Bird Helped Her Let Go

The same night I met <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/09/brians-ink-speaks-about-art.html">Brian</a>, I met Rachel, who has eight tattoos.<br /><br />She shared this one with me:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9ABXD5YaeoVYhwsmKKrNKNPoQl25W3tl5R2X-Gata1jf3m4xiTdbNjF16nTLyQWTIzH7eyBTmVeYccT1kGU3qx-a6Uw6tDkdhykpLHgj88lr6AO7ONMccp07Su74J6iMCQJi1AUv/s1600/Halsey+Bird+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9ABXD5YaeoVYhwsmKKrNKNPoQl25W3tl5R2X-Gata1jf3m4xiTdbNjF16nTLyQWTIzH7eyBTmVeYccT1kGU3qx-a6Uw6tDkdhykpLHgj88lr6AO7ONMccp07Su74J6iMCQJi1AUv/s640/Halsey+Bird+wm.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />This piece on her left biceps is based on the work of artist <a href="http://www.kurthalsey.com/">Kurt Halsey</a>. This little bird appears in multiple works by the artist, but Rachel imagined it for her own personal situation. She got it after a break-up a couple of years ago, and the tattoo gave her the strength to "let the bird go". In this case, the bird represents the ended relationship and the tattoo is a transitional piece that helped her recover from the difficulty of moving past it.<br /><br />From Memphis, Tennessee, Rachel had this inked at <a href="http://www.makingmommaproud.com/">Underground Art Tattoos and Body Piercing</a> by <a href="http://chrisfitzgerald.sites.livebooks.com/#mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&s=0&p=-1&a=0&at=0">Chris Fitzgerald</a>. Chris had been a piercer at the shop and then moved into tattooing. He has since left tattooing and moved to photography. His new business is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cult-Noir-Photography/82215405998?ref=ts">Cult Noir Photography</a>, and his work can be seen <a href="http://chrisfitzgerald.sites.livebooks.com/">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Rachel for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Rachel's Bird Helped Her Let Go

The same night I met Brian , I met Rachel, who has eight tattoos. She shared this one with me: This piece on her left biceps is based on the...

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Two Rocking Tattoos from Joe

I met Joe last month outside of Penn Station and he shared two tattoos with us.<br /><br />First is this hellcat:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTMgFfJLKB3sO1aVoIYuLIqTckc49V0JLQ5HMQ0iW4DiHSgyHs2YCPRvPWE7RRGU1nUpb90hjUF0uj8snRUTKP8rTqfT_Qn7pbDGHG_BL62Mj57DUxOW-f65o7c-QvuyVIzdNpHhG/s1600/hellcat+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTMgFfJLKB3sO1aVoIYuLIqTckc49V0JLQ5HMQ0iW4DiHSgyHs2YCPRvPWE7RRGU1nUpb90hjUF0uj8snRUTKP8rTqfT_Qn7pbDGHG_BL62Mj57DUxOW-f65o7c-QvuyVIzdNpHhG/s320/hellcat+wm.jpg" /></a></div><br />Why this cat? It's a design, Joe says, inspired by the band <a href="http://www.rancidrancid.com/">Rancid</a>, whose music appears on <a href="http://www.hell-cat.com/">Hellcat Records</a>. <br /><br />Not to mention, he likes cats. Need he have more reasons? That's on his upper left arm.<br /><br />I'm more excited to share this photo, which actually is a rare Tattoosday shot in which one can see the contributor's face. I could have cropped it out, but I think it's a cool shot.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5a-zArtQS_-Y_QrRYWXW0ohJuqE82r9QC2zPiDFGQQpAB3fib1R1Mdr4XQ21yg56eX7Xd1CGjrFEXwRRIC7KaT2TyFgyY6pjZ8EWZwlaoHv_c_GaTdoQYFMfgcsKC3EwDo2myGbZ/s1600/joe+isa+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5a-zArtQS_-Y_QrRYWXW0ohJuqE82r9QC2zPiDFGQQpAB3fib1R1Mdr4XQ21yg56eX7Xd1CGjrFEXwRRIC7KaT2TyFgyY6pjZ8EWZwlaoHv_c_GaTdoQYFMfgcsKC3EwDo2myGbZ/s400/joe+isa+wm.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />This tattoo arose out of Joe's desire to have some body art made with red ink. The design is based on the album art for a disbanded musical act out of Washington called <a href="http://www.myspace.com/isa">Isa</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHT8rZ-6_L1pGBXJAh0aQYIB6VroosYglM6ZMq2IuYpBzXwu7iCDnrkQlKa9o-AazuXCho45yQQWawAOxxurwpLUz4hcsPWbsa6trLzd1G26XOgbCeVjgefvboTWtf_Hc1jUbZdXMI/s1600/joe+isa+detail+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHT8rZ-6_L1pGBXJAh0aQYIB6VroosYglM6ZMq2IuYpBzXwu7iCDnrkQlKa9o-AazuXCho45yQQWawAOxxurwpLUz4hcsPWbsa6trLzd1G26XOgbCeVjgefvboTWtf_Hc1jUbZdXMI/s640/joe+isa+detail+wm.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br />The two tattoos are among five Joe has in total and were done by <a href="http://www.tattooroyale.com/milton.html">Milton Sillas</a> at <a href="http://www.tattooroyale.com/">Tattoo Royale</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Beach,_San_Diego,_California">Pacific Beach</a> section of  San Diego, California.<br /><br />Thanks to Joe for sharing his ink with us here on Tattoosday and for waiting so patiently for me to get to his tattoos. The summer backlog is both a bane and a blessing.<br /><br />As a postscript, readers familiar with the site will notice that I've watermarked these photos. I've grown tired of seeing Tattoosday content appropriated elsewhere on the web, without attribution. This is an attempt to maintain credit of our content here at Tattoosday.

Two Rocking Tattoos from Joe

I met Joe last month outside of Penn Station and he shared two tattoos with us. First is this hellcat: Why this cat? It's a design, Joe ...

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Lindsay's Ink for Peace

When I recently upgraded my camera, the first new photo I took, of Lindsay's tattoo, convinced me I had selected well:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0xXRjw2wLWIszzVUK2zMozXukTKJzJYYrLhl1aQnLCsWqU989eLOdVr8wkPCjP7D_hLbETVHzQ7W_L8rl3nt_3QN1ENDhoj6KMYdoNKdobccYZDrOnEoaCwY4Y67d0-ExQBkBzJA/s1600/Peace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0xXRjw2wLWIszzVUK2zMozXukTKJzJYYrLhl1aQnLCsWqU989eLOdVr8wkPCjP7D_hLbETVHzQ7W_L8rl3nt_3QN1ENDhoj6KMYdoNKdobccYZDrOnEoaCwY4Y67d0-ExQBkBzJA/s400/Peace.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />This lovely tattoo, on Lindsay's upper left arm, is punctuated by this part of the tattoo on her biceps:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnFnMete-CNrDXtLSwiSv1es9Yllpiocnc2894w4gneoaSs9Z-Nuqa7HdEBNYIOrACfKUTvB_u93vYGHPGHn5QEbpW4JYyJHt_wW5j2Wf8w_XDAISZIcNjdArkSpwHFe-6p7gDYoa/s1600/Peace+Words.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnFnMete-CNrDXtLSwiSv1es9Yllpiocnc2894w4gneoaSs9Z-Nuqa7HdEBNYIOrACfKUTvB_u93vYGHPGHn5QEbpW4JYyJHt_wW5j2Wf8w_XDAISZIcNjdArkSpwHFe-6p7gDYoa/s400/Peace+Words.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />The picture tells the story and the words, all meaning a form of "peace" in Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, and English, punctuate the images just inches away.<br /><br />Lindsay took a class on world religions at the <a href="http://www.uri.edu/">University of Rhode Island</a> and this influenced her greatly. She wanted the tattoo to focus on the beauty at the heart of religion, and to disregard the conflict that so often plagues religious dogma.<br /><br />Lindsay feels that the tenet of peace is often lost and this is her way of expressing how it means so much, but is forgotten in relations with people of different backgrounds.<br /><br />She brought a picture that somewhat embodied how she wanted the tattoo to look in to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-Freek-Tattoo/374502782019#%21/pages/Art-Freek-Tattoo/374502782019?v=info">Artfreek Tattoo</a> in Providence, Rhode Island. She and the artist Brian Mullen collaborated on interpreting what she wanted the piece to embody and she was very happy with the end result.<br /><br />The tattoo was completed in two short sittings that spanned four hours.<br /><br />Work from Artfreek has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Artfreek%20Tattoo">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Lindsay for sharing this fabulous tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Lindsay's Ink for Peace

When I recently upgraded my camera, the first new photo I took, of Lindsay's tattoo, convinced me I had selected well: This lovely tatto...

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Jenn's Ink Celebrates a Seventies Vibe

On a day that found me unsuccessful with inkspotting the <a href="http://brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=43&id=35976">5th Avenue Festival</a> in Bay Ridge, Fate walked me past Jenn, sitting outside a laundromat a block away from my home.<br /><br />She happily shared the work on her upper left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSQdOi82Ck-VB27IaLZIFDYGe1DWnvVHqC_7h2gMcA_dglY39Efp_m9WjwTWo8UAYq0M1RkrBGLyjaEAmZdGrGtebUOqOO4WIbw94aE2Wj9IDGWLvDEkp2q1Tsc-gXjaSIsRmK3AK/s1600/Jenn+Sleeve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSQdOi82Ck-VB27IaLZIFDYGe1DWnvVHqC_7h2gMcA_dglY39Efp_m9WjwTWo8UAYq0M1RkrBGLyjaEAmZdGrGtebUOqOO4WIbw94aE2Wj9IDGWLvDEkp2q1Tsc-gXjaSIsRmK3AK/s640/Jenn+Sleeve.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br /><br />These stunning colors encircled her biceps.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdP6sos4-nAAnIm0wOpGoXIUC25K8KLBDVxnGbg5Jz6lHp3HzdvnI8SZYRbuJQPrAYsRHRLx4MaqOYh3zcVjU2WYn4rbrOa4hvvsxgJlvMJ98C3ya9hhYEIKAkpvWOdAcnkfoGImW/s1600/Jenn+70s+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdP6sos4-nAAnIm0wOpGoXIUC25K8KLBDVxnGbg5Jz6lHp3HzdvnI8SZYRbuJQPrAYsRHRLx4MaqOYh3zcVjU2WYn4rbrOa4hvvsxgJlvMJ98C3ya9hhYEIKAkpvWOdAcnkfoGImW/s400/Jenn+70s+collage.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br />She said this piece, inked by <a href="http://kustomkultureink.com/artgallery.php">Jared Stomber</a> at <a href="http://kustomkultureink.com/">Kustom Kulture Ink</a> in Baldwin, New York, is an "ode to 1970's fashion". This is one area of interest to her that moves her artistically and she wanted to express it through body art.<br /><br />Fictional character <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoda_Morgenstern">Rhoda Morgenstern</a> (from<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show"><i> The Mary Tyler Moore Show</i></a> and spin off <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoda">Rhoda</a></i>) was among the cultural icons that inspired the design. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9x3xnbqRUMOXFqujd4C8um8qQu56HFL5SoRLdBl3FpU-uPXojvfUihns1HW3shFga7wbGKdn-1jg9weoXChbrUg-2j_-UI-yBLK8viIkMXqzxpo4Zk5xWXsIGzwIx76mgLn0fll7/s1600/14235__rhonda_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9x3xnbqRUMOXFqujd4C8um8qQu56HFL5SoRLdBl3FpU-uPXojvfUihns1HW3shFga7wbGKdn-1jg9weoXChbrUg-2j_-UI-yBLK8viIkMXqzxpo4Zk5xWXsIGzwIx76mgLn0fll7/s320/14235__rhonda_l.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqznQ0746WLXd3LtnqHYGm7xkx25zcqbwjZ0EeEUKdVtNv6gOd25-tI8SC7OsShaaDvrJ1VjE-2hxuohrFJnCctm4-5nLGP2I_pjMLoS9fUROAt4jVPUHGJxtw_tuzcuYrNJMYmxA/s1600/Jenn+Sleeve+-+Rhoda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqznQ0746WLXd3LtnqHYGm7xkx25zcqbwjZ0EeEUKdVtNv6gOd25-tI8SC7OsShaaDvrJ1VjE-2hxuohrFJnCctm4-5nLGP2I_pjMLoS9fUROAt4jVPUHGJxtw_tuzcuYrNJMYmxA/s400/Jenn+Sleeve+-+Rhoda.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><br /><br />The inner part of Jenn's arm also features artwork that recalls the animated birds from the opening sequence of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Partridge_Family"><i>The Partridge Family</i></a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZNjiJbib0WIJ0maAu5gSx7LICifmz5uZEiq_hSLEIz6_4v4JiUTgTVvNLsknDQhd4C4Gkw08gJG-fkETuTI0m6Q33vGayLO_x7Jp1jYbuyONQheaWOI8qwD0c7aU5jdhJSxrtgC2/s1600/Jenn+Sleeve+inner+bicep.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZNjiJbib0WIJ0maAu5gSx7LICifmz5uZEiq_hSLEIz6_4v4JiUTgTVvNLsknDQhd4C4Gkw08gJG-fkETuTI0m6Q33vGayLO_x7Jp1jYbuyONQheaWOI8qwD0c7aU5jdhJSxrtgC2/s400/Jenn+Sleeve+inner+bicep.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />Although her birds are much more elaborate.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlXGwX4e7g_SZvLAjvCtc89a-EBUfCSiXXv99iVWXT9jydEmVYTgJsaXh34BXTM8TuC73Lw1a6BPkfNXzcLpoIKeiz2HQlFTQJZ9J3YOT3Mbvu2DOzRPZlUu1sAtKioLfn1mbM8pG/s1600/key_art_partridge_family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlXGwX4e7g_SZvLAjvCtc89a-EBUfCSiXXv99iVWXT9jydEmVYTgJsaXh34BXTM8TuC73Lw1a6BPkfNXzcLpoIKeiz2HQlFTQJZ9J3YOT3Mbvu2DOzRPZlUu1sAtKioLfn1mbM8pG/s320/key_art_partridge_family.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Jenn for sharing this amazing tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Jenn's Ink Celebrates a Seventies Vibe

On a day that found me unsuccessful with inkspotting the 5th Avenue Festival in Bay Ridge, Fate walked me past Jenn, sitting outside a laun...

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