"To mark
someone for life is a great responsibility that involves a deep understanding
of the history and craft of tattooing, passed down to us by our
teachers...Whoever marks a person is responsible for all whom he marks. This
process is deeper than we wish to acknowledge. The tattooist initiates the
ceremonial process with the person wanting the tattoo... And even though there
are no drums beating or chanting, this is perhaps one of the oldest rituals on
earth."
Mr. G
"Being a tattooed person is different from not being one. We become
different in our own skins, and to the world around us. We are empowered...
individual... We become walking, talking, pulsing, indelible art statements,
and this requires a certain self confidence. We are no longer just Tom or
Jane. We are the person with the butterfly on our shoulder or the man with a
tiger on his bicep. It is an adventure and socially interesting to be ... 'ART WITH A PULSE'."
MADAME CHINCHILLA
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