the living canvas

Have you ever noticed????????That there seem to be two major types of tattooed people????? First you have the "bumper sticker" people, these are the folks who know they love tattoos,really want tattoos but have no major scheme to things.....We pretty much all start out this way and pretty much all end up regretting it.We treat our bodies like a cool new car.We run into No Fear and grab the coolest So. Cal sticker stick it wherever it looks good.Which is great......FOR A FUCKIN BUMPER!!!!!!! You can peel that shit off and replace it with brass knuckles or metal mulisha or whatever else is cooler next week...Not so for our bodies,which leads me to ........drumroll please.......................TYPE TWO TATTOOED PERSON...HOORAY. THE LIVING CANVAS..... These are the people who understand the potential that they have...A blank canvas ready to be adorned with a masterpiece...WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE?????????We see em at the tattoo conventions and in the magazines but really how did they get so smart....and why didn't I think of that.. This guy has a flowing,cohesive tattoo that seems to be one big piece of beauty and I'm stuck with three different skulls,some sort of flower(that I never really wanted) and a crooked iron cross..Gee maybe I can tie it all together with some spider webs or more stupid flowers that I don't really want....... Do you see what I'm gettin at folks?????? Chances are,even THE LIVING CANVAS guy started out walking into some shop wanting whatever....and lucked out by meeting a real tattoo artist,that instead of taking his $100 and blasting some crap on him,sat him down and made him think......which is kinda what I'm doin now. How do you want to fill this canvas.Not to say there is anything wrong with a juxtopose of art covering your body,if thats what you want..but before you go running to a tattoo shop with a couple hundred bucks burning a hole in your pocket and the need for some pain because your asshole boyfriend accepted some cute girl you don't know as a friend on Facebook,that son of a bitch!!!!!!! Think about your potential as a canvas.Is there a story you want your body to tell??Some profound message you want to share with the world?Or even a style of Art that touches you,makes you smile,makes you feel complete..... YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT WITH THE WORLD.how amazing is that????? LOOK INWARD,CONSULT AN ARTIST.CREATE YOUR LIVING CANVAS.there is a huge spiritual side to this tattoo thing,if you respect yourself and respect the art,the tattoo GODS will smile on you... If not I'll charge you $400 for a bad ass nautical star with a girl dancin on a pole in the center of it. bah ha ha ha jackass!!!!!!!!! and remember folks YES!!!! IT FREAKIN HURTS!!!!