My old ink is like talismans. I story boarded some new ink ideas. One side is all my traumas. Another is my evolution. Some animals. words
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My recent tattoo is the only set I have. I turned 21. Walked into a small shop near my college. Didn’t have a lot of money. Walked past a book of Chinese characters. Picked three. Each arm and between shoulder blades.
If your ink could speak, what would it say?Oh gosh. I mean some of my Own ink ideas are literal words expressions and ideas that mean something to me. To bring me back to center. So they’d speak for themselves. I think it’d be that life is transient. And we all have pain. Redemption or salvation is possible but you have to earn it. Suffer sometimes.
What would you do with the $25,000?I’d definitely feed some people first. It could seed a social media channel. One feeding people or some similar project.
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