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Wednesday  Jun 28, 2006

EveryBODY Has a Story: “truth beauty hope & love”

I’ve moved a lot of times in my life. It seems like most of the times I have moved as an adult; I have ended up getting a tattoo right before I leave. Like my other tattoos, this one was not extensively planned, but I think the ritual is important. Body art has become a ritual for me before I leave a place.

These four sentiments– truth, beauty, hope and love are all things that I have always believed in. I think that everyone’s experiences influence how they feel about things, however. If Austin wasn’t where I decided that these four elements would be my guiding force, it’s possible that something about my experiences in Austin solidified these notions for me as a way of life.

About a month before I got the tattoo, I was really drunk at a party. I ended up talking (a lot) to a guy at the party about how important truth, beauty, hope and love were to me. It all came together– truth Is beauty, which gives us hope… And so on. Maybe in a way there was some drunk-talk involved, but the sentiments are still things I care very deeply about.

I got this tattoo from Pete Gilcrease at Steadfast Tattoo in Austin. www.steadfasttattoo.com. I wanted a guiding principal, though it has occurred to me that these principals are not very hard for me to remember. I purposely oriented the text so that I could read it, but I think it’s important that other people can read it as well. I particularly like blocky, bold tattoo images, which is why I decided on letting the text be the color of my skin against the black background.

When someone asks me what is sacred to me in my life, I have the answer for them right away.

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