I'm baffled and disappointed with people these days. Where in the world did this annoying fad come from? What fad you ask? Well I referring to the fad that is ruining the spiritual essence of tattooing. I referring to TYPE, LETTERING, PARAGRAPHS, and PHRASES as tattoos. What ever happened to "a picture is worth a thousand words?" It seems so many of the kids today would rather have a thousand words, than a picture. This saddens me as an artist. It takes all creative aspects of tattoo ART, and completely discards them.
It really doesn't matter what meaning the word or phrase has, or the impact of the quotation, in the end all you have is a mundane collection of letters in a myriad of different arrangements, that never seem to bring more than a "Hmm, What does that mean?" or a "Why did you want that on you?" response. I believe it's best to leave the quizzical cliches, and poetic verses to the pages of books, billboards, and bumper-stickers. Your living canvass has so much more potential than to be wasted with frivolous type.
You can be so much more creative than than if you put your mind to it...


E.