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Monday  Jan 30, 2006

Every BODY Has a Story - The Heart Spiral

"Well, when I was first diagnosed with cancer (Hodgkinsons), I had a large tumor surrounding my heart. As I went through treatment, so much of my healing process had to do with opening my heart and opening up my emotions. I needed to learn how to deal with my life and learn how to connect with people in a different way than I had in the past.

When the tumor healed, I wanted to get a tattoo that would evoke a spiral into my heart so that I would always be reminded to keep my heart open, to let things in and to express things out.

There is one spot that wasn’t filled in (one petal of the spiral) because when I was getting tattooed the ink and blood were so thick, the artist and I didn’t notice it until she finished her work. After I discovered this, I decided purposefully to keep that petal incomplete. This unfinished petal reminds me that my work of learning how to keep my heart open is never done.

- Jason"

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