Tattoo dreaming...

Today's theme music is by The Break HERE its called Cylinders and it's modern surf music that my friend Brian plays bass in. This music evokes so many emotions, and all are good! So I am happy to accompany my blog writing to these organic rhythms.

So my tattooist finally replied to my last email and this always makes me very VERY happy.

You see, in an alternate dimension we are actually lovers. We've been lovers for sometime now, we have a beautiful child; we want more. We live out in the bush beside a beach and are almost completely self sufficient. He is an acclaimed artists as well as tattooing, and I also exhibit successfully with my photography. We aren't married because we don't believe in the institute of marriage but we are life partners. He tattoo's my body with magnificent expertise and beauty.

Oh dear my mind wandered there for a while...back to this dimension. Yes my tattooist does the later, his work is truly sublime. Whenever I go out with ink visible I am questioned almost always about its maker, or did it hurt, or what does it mean, what will you do when you are old, what will you do if your someones brides maid...bla bla blahh.

However, unfortunately I pay huge sums of money for his labor and he is worth every damn cent. I do have old tattoos not worth mentioning but at this stage I really don't want to be tattooed by anyone else. His art fits my body perfectly.

A photo? Okay just one for now.

We have discussed new pieces and I have a few I'm interested in but can't find reference I'm happy to show V. They definitely involve a full thigh piece, maybe two...but I'm starting to feel I'm an oxymoron of religions and cultures! Do I care ?? Not really. I like the art and I like the stories, do I need to write a damn thesis to explain why I chose the tattoo's I did? I think not. To be honest I'm very glad I could never get myself organized enough to get tattooed extensively at a riper age. I mean poor old V has one arm completely tattooed black (over bad old tattoos) and the other arm has a few daggy young impulses too, I can't help smile when I look at them. So the images I'm looking at are Greek Mythology and A Hindu Deity. Can you guess them?

Athena is the goddess of war, civilization, wisdom, strength, strategy, crafts, justice and skill in Greek Mythology. She's rather multi-talented. She usually carries a shield too which has the head of Medusa on it, I like that bit too :)

Poseidon was the god of the sea, storms, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes also in Greek Mythology.

Kali is the Hindu Goddess associated with eternal energy.

I'd mentioned to V I wanted some kind of power female deity and he'd suggested Kali. I didn't like it at first but it has grown on me alot and I think with all the detail as a tattoo it would be pretty bloody spectacular.

So thats where I'm at with my tattooing journey, standstill with a few paths and a few hurdles to over come. I have to book my session months in advance because V is always completely booked for months, I have to fly an hour to Melbourne, I have to organize my little munchkin if he comes (I need a babysitter) if he stays I need to arrange with family to have him stay a few nights, I have to pay anywhere up to 700 dollars for a 5 hour session, I have to endure the 5 hours of getting tattooed...its a HUGE effort. The last part however has actually become apart of who I am now its more like an experience. The whole process its an addictive accepted torcher, with results that way surpass any pain or discomfort.

Ex de Medici said that tattooing on large scale was like having permission to torcher.
She's main stream artist now. I don't know if she ever tattoo's but you can see her website HERE

This piece is called tooth & claw and is a more recent one of her works. Its absolutely huge and done entirely with pen. She has done alot of very beautiful intricate water colour paintings as well that is certainly worth a look.

She is famous also for tattooing a full body suit of native Australian flowers on a man who is donating his skin to the Australian Institute of Art when he dies. There is a documentary about it HERE I'm not sure if its the whole thing.

Another brilliant tattooist that has had success in art is Wim Delvoye, his web site is one of the best I've seen. I highly recommend it be given some time. HERE Wim however still does tattoo although his subjects are somewhat ... swines. I couldn't resist.

I'm pretty sure he still tattoos people too, his web site certainly has a tattoo shop.

Our little citizens of Hobart will be able to view one of his little piggies in a matter of months, yes they live a long healthy and happy life before there skins are sold. I've already donated mine! x