Yoga OM tattoo: this was their first tattoo. The OM on Iona’s foot. The foot is the most painful place to get a tattoo. Iona figured, let’s just start there. Iona really wanted a tattoo. This tattoo’s meaning is everything is part of both the beginning & the end, and everything is connected.
Feathers tattoo: Iona’s mom is Native American and figured this was good homage her. Iona’s dad is black but they haven’t figure out how to pay homage to that, yet.
Arsonist’s Lullabye tattoo: The tattoo says “All You Have Is Your Fire.” Iona got this the day after they told their partner to hit the bricks. Iona had dreams, visions, and goals of creating this place (Revival 1869). Lona’s ex had dreams and visions of them being the house homely kind. This was not Lona’s jam. The quote is from Arsonist’s Lullabye. The lyrics are: All you have is your fire
And the place you need to reach
Don’t you ever tame your demons
But always keep ’em on a leash
Day of the Dead Sugar Skull tattoo: This is something Lona thought was really beautiful. A way to pay homage to death but also beautiful. Right now the tattoo is all in black. Lona is an artist who paints. When the tattoo is filled in with color, the tattoo will be a neo-traditional color on top and bleed into water colors. The far right is a paint brush for the artist side of Lona, and a Japaneses bar spoon because they are also a bartender. On the left is the Revival 1869 RND Logo. Lona is part-owner of this bar. After they were open for a year, they planned on getting a tattoo to commemorate opening the bar. They were always busy so it ended up being a year and a half. Both of the bar’s owners got their tattoos on the same day.
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