The Tattooed Poets Project: Brian Fanelli
Our next tattooed poet is Brian Fanelli, who sent us these images of his ink:Brian explains:”Having grown up in the punk rock community, it was probably inevitable I would get ink at some point. Born in 1984, I caught the third wave of punk rock, bands that, for the most part, never had the success of…
The Tattooed Poets Project: Leigh Ann Hornfeldt
Our next tattooed poet is Leigh Ann Hornfeldt, who sent us two tattoos. First, this Northern mockingbird:Leigh Ann explains:”I chose this tattoo as I was writing my first collection of poems, East Main Aviary. During this time I became very interested in birding. I can remember the first mockingbird I ever saw: He was walking the rail of our…
“I remember about the fifth time I ever went on ‘Wise Child.’ ……
“I remember about the fifth time I ever went on ‘Wise Child.’ … Anyway, I started bitching one night before the broadcast. Seymour’d told me to shine my shoes just as I was going out the door with Waker. I was furious. The studio audience were all morons, and I just damn well wasn’t going to shine my shoes for them, I told Seymour. I said they couldn’t see them anyway, where we sat. He said to shine them anyway. He said to shine them for the Fat Lady. I…
This girl has so many badly done tattoos that she thinks are…
This girl has so many badly done tattoos that she thinks are really good, but the lines are so wobbly, especially on the word lamp. it took me and a friend ages to work out that the random shape is meant to be a brick, because of the anchorman character, because its a bloody deep/deformed brick, it looks like a bathtub. The typography is just strange and its just a generally weird tattoo submitted by anon
Favorite Lynz pictures [15/?] Photo by Scott Legato
Favorite Lynz pictures [15/?] Photo by Scott Legato
"Red lotus: This symbolizes the original nature of the heart…
“Red lotus: This symbolizes the original nature of the heart (hrdaya). It is the lotus of love, compassion, passion, activity and all the qualities of the heart. It is the lotus of Avalokitesvara.” My heart is always open and ready to forgive anyone, anywhere & anytime
I couldn’t bring myself to submit my friend’s awful…
I couldn’t bring myself to submit my friend’s awful tattoo, but I have no such qualms about doing such with her artist’s other works… submitted by anotherjourneybytrain
