The process may take hours as you collaborate on the vision. Every stroke, every shade of color must match the art carried within you. They take their time, intent on perfection. As you both gaze upon the finished piece, the tattoo artist shares your wonder and pleasure, each of you feeling the sense of ownership in the body art. It produces a type of spiritual bond between you.
People can become very loyal to a particular artist.
Those around us attempt to understand this need to use our bodies as a canvas. After discussing a design with them for over a year, they are still astonished to see you ve actually done it. You don t care. If their sensibilities are offended they are not the employer, friend, or lover you wish for. They have rejected the symbolism of your true self, your dreams and your nightmares, the yearning to be valued for who you really are.