Monthly Archives: July 2023

A message from an artist

Posted by on July 30, 2023 No comments

I got the mail tattoos first. There was no real story. I had some extra money. I got one and then I got the other, just for fun.

All of these are from Webster’s pictorial dictionary. It’s a book of old artists’ proofs. They are these cool etchings. I picked a nautical theme and just kept pieces from that book. It’s a cool book.

The 63 is from a house I used to live in in Boston Massachusetts. It was one of those weird little artists’ houses. It’s passed down from generations of artists. I am sure it is no longer rented out. Someone owns it and renovated it. A bunch of us got matching 63 tattoos in honor of the house. This is what the number on the front of the door looked like.
Trust the process. This is a saying an art professor gave me many years ago before he passed away. I got this as a Valentine’s Day gift to myself as a good reminder to trust the process, and not worry so much about everything.
The flower is from the same professor who gave me the quote above. This was a photograph he had taken before he passed away. This was our graduating photograph that he had given us. He passed away a couple of months later. This is in honor of Tom Pettit.
Unhealthy. I like to tell people I lost a bet. I bet my friend that she could not eat an entire roll of dimes. What really happened was that a friend decided I should get this one.
I got this because I am from Boston. A train kid (vagabond) from an anarchist festival drew it on my foot.

This cat loves god and fears nothing

Posted by on July 16, 2023 No comments
My first tattoo was Sylvester. I was young. He is my favorite character. That image of him fit my personality. Young and dumb kind of thing. I still love it and would not get rid of it even if I could.
Tetelestai is Greek for it is finished. It is the last word Jesus spoke on the cross when he was hung on the cross. He said it is finished meaning your sin debt is paid in full. There were 2 thieves next to him and he was in the middle. Worked that into the word, and surrounded with a crown of thorns.

Love god fear nothing is a motto I came up with years and years ago. I am a professional patient. Kidney failure, dialysis, cancer, all kinds of stuff you would not believe. My faith carried me through this idea of loving god and not fearing what is going to happen.

The lion has 2nd Timothy 1:7. For God gave us not our spirit of oneness, but the power of love and self-discipline. That is one of my favorite verses. I got it in an area where every time I gave blood, the lion would be looking at me.

Seethe with Hebrew. This is as close as I could get to Love God Fear Nothing translated to Hebrew. My pastor helped me with this one.
Hope is always in both directions.

Into the Wild

Posted by on July 2, 2023 No comments

The real reason I got my head tattooed is that I ran out of space on my body. Into The Wild is a book by Jon Krakauer. It is a true story about a kid who lives with his parents. His parents are rich. He is not trying to live under society. He ventures out to live in the wild. He eventually died in the wild. He went to live in the wild, he camped in the wild. He made his own living, he didn’t care about money. He was happy. I just like tattoos and ran out of room.

The rose is because my mother is a Catholic. I love roses. To me, there is nothing higher than god. He is always watching down on me. I have an angel on the back of my head. Everything else had to do with my street life before. The one in my eye is my son’s initials. There used to be teardrops. There is also a south side.

There is the Virgin Mary and Jesus. This is for my mother. She is Catholic. I also have a Sacred Heart for my mother. Primera Flats (First Flats) was my hood back in East LA.