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carlson1

Doing it for work?

Were you or are you a tattoo artist and doing such was/is a form or advertisement?

I appreciate it's none of my business, and I understand if you care not to respond, but I am curious. Lest I sound outside the realm of such things I'm not.

I have a rather large, custom, fine line tattoo, done by Kari Barba, tattoo artist par excellence, that, after many years, remain glad I had done. Like the positioning of yours, it's not one for public display.

I must say I feel saddened for those wishing they'd not made the choice of something so (for the most part anyway) permanent. I took over a year to decide on what I wanted and went through quite a bit of work to make it happen. I was in my forties at the time and given the time it took and my age at the time I did it, I've no regrets. In fact, I'm quite proud of it.

On a side note: A lot of folks, when criticized about tattoos or being punctured, generally state in a rather pained manner, that it's their form of self-expression. (when I hear this, I can't help but roll my eyes - what a very large, all-encompassing, please let me out of jail garbage that expression is...)

Me, I have no clue why I wanted a tattoo. Still don't. Even more intriguing to myself, was the fact I'd always considered tattoos as something rather low class, repulsive even. The idea of getting one just came to me in mid-life and I worked on the idea to it's final fruition. Perhaps, given the time I put into it prior to making it happen and my somewhat advanced age, I still deem the decision a good one. The quality of the art work is exceptional.

Wouldn't "cool ice" be...water?