Elise

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My most recent tattoo is a colorful paisley rat. It’s inspired by my pet rats. I’ve had rats since I was 13 years old. The colors are to match my sun and moon since it is on my arm as well. People don’t know rats make great pets. I relate to them in a way cause they’re misunderstood but really they’re just friendly creatures who want love. They have been there for me since I was a kid and they live with me now in my apartment.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

I started getting tattoos when I was 17 each one of them tells a piece of my life story. It would start with the flower on my ankle telling you about my best friend who inspired me to become a musician and end with my colored tattoos telling you about my journey through mental health and addiction recovery into becoming a musician and learning how to navigate the world as an adult

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would pay off my car loan and the loan I have for my Korg sv2 keyboard. I would get myself that nice microphone. I would pay the rest of my dads keyboard loan for his Nord stage 4 get my parents a better coffee roaster and give my brother a down payment for his car I would get my keyboard tattoo, my clock tattoo, my crow tattoo, my Grateful Dead tattoo, and that face tattoo I wanted. And of course id pay the rent. If there’s any left id put it into savings