Mimi Gornish

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

I’ve always felt a pull toward the ocean its depths, its silence, its strange and beautiful life. If I could be born again, I’d come back as a creature of the sea. It began with a circle of rays tattooed and most recently, a jellyfish soft, ghostlike, drifting with the current. One by one, I’m building an ocean on my leg, each tattoo a ripple of the love I carry for the mystery that lives beneath the waves.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

It would talk about the adventures I’ve had and the places I’ve travelled. It would speak of the best memories and the amazing time I’ve had. It would speak of freedom and self love.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I’d use it to keep bringing my tattoo visions to life only this time, I’d have the power to make each one a masterpiece, something unforgettable, something that truly captures the soul of what I feel.