Paul Schlageck

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

I have an outline of a bearded vulture on my outer thigh. It is supposed to represent the rebirth and or rising from the ashes. I just wrapped up a divorce and moved to the middle of nowhere in another state.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

The art speaks to the resilience and discipline of the vessel. That i truly wear it on my sleeve. I started before strip mall shops and soccer moms had large pieces, when it was still seedy and dark and you’d get run off if you mentioned something like numbing cream.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would invest in some cattle and seed a podcast about being a man in modern times. There would be a fund to finish my vulture and add another piece representing the shadow work that I have done to unearth the best version of me. The rest would be stacked and help me with pursuing my dream of shooting in the pro archery circuit