Tatwork

[patgund]

Interesting article on tattooing (and covering up the Deception tattoo he got as a whim)

One note - the tattoo artist might be a TAD familar to certain people reading my LJ....

http://grrhss.com/bodystripe.html

Comments

[firedrake-mor.livejournal.com]

I can certainly agree with the writer about preferring the traditional method (which I always thought was spelled "ta'tau", but what do I know?). I found it almost meditative when he did the piece on my chest, but then I had to hold my breath while he worked, and only breathe while he turned to get more ink in the comb. I know for me, it was a very timeless sensation, with three people (two "stretchers" to make sure the skin is taut for accepting the ink), focusing their energy on my body.

That I had it done on the last night of a waxing moon, the night before the summer solstice, had nothing to do with that, of course *grin*.

I also sympathize with the writer's experience of Freewind's time sense -- but that's nothing new -- he's been like that as long as I've known him, which, as I think of it, will be 25 years come Lyondemere Anniversary.