Julie Gibson

What inspired your most recent tattoo?

Deciding to completely give up my old life. It's a clock with a butterfly, it represents "time for change" so a new me was my inspiration. Feeling alive again and wanting to show that on my body.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

Id like my ink to speak of how strong I am. What a fighter I am. And how I turned pain into purpose. It was not easy and I messed up alot along the way, so if my ink could speak it wouldn't be perfect art it would come with puzzles or scar like marks to represent what was underneath my skin in the past. Triumph of trauma. My ink would speak of the peace that comes after the storm ... I would love my ink to express my life in this kind of way.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Well I was under the impression that the 25,000 went into the ink. Lol I must have misunderstood. But if I did win the 25,000 I would use it to start over and invest it into a home for my kids or at least a down payment for one. I spent years not being the mother I was supposed to be and although I can not change the past I can create a future where my grandkids (if I ever have any) have a home that is stable to come to at Grandmas house. A place where my grown kids come and feel safe at too.