I recently landed on a post by BusyDad about his tattoos and the story behind them. Inspired me to want to tell you about my own tattoos and their stories. I have 3 of them (or 4 or 5, depending on how you look at it), and like BusyDad, I like that I can easily [...]
As a graphic designer who does custom commissioned work, my job is to listen to my clients and create designs based on their wants and needs. I am not a puppet reproducing the work exactly as they request it; I am adding my own style to each piece and making certain that the pieces are [...]
Your vision is one in the making
three years of thoughts
you talk of third eyes and Egyptian symbols
I don’t even pretend to understand
I offer my hand but you don’t need it
say it doesn’t even hurt
but it knocked the world out of me
She walks in without a plan
but by the end of the night she’s hooked
looks at [...]
It was in the middle of her bedroom,
my grandmother’s Singer Sewing machine.
She never used it,
not that I know
of anyway
I used to check the color of the spindle thread
for years it was tangerine
later faded
to peach
I always wondered why
her sewing table
had a gas pedal
like the piano I used to pound on
pressing
all three pedals
at once
Dad smoked cigarettes before [...]