Tuesday, March 13, 2012

tattoo shops are like...get rad feelings... bradley method..time lines





tattoo shops should be more like museums and less like art galleries .... this is my opinion anyway... i had this thought one evening while working on my house... its amazing the history you can learn in the average size tattoo shop.... tattoo shops truly are such colorful places... the modern day barber shop ... funny stories shared .... and many more made  everyday...i love a bustling tattoo shop with all the character and personality as every changing minute a new perspective...what would my life be like without this....many funny events have happened lately ... some new perspectives and some new old perspectives.... its funny to me how i keep relearning the same things over and over... maybe someday i will remember.... its like meeting your best friend again when you have alzhiemers...having a baby on the way has changed my perspective on many things.... i use to wonder why people have no time ,i always use to think this was just an excuse for something... like they didnt really want to do it in the first place or perhaps they were just lazy... i know now what it is like to have no time...to owe phone calls, letters ,emails packages, and visits has never been a trait of mine... this is a very odd feeling to me... i literally am constantly busy.... tattooing 8 to 12 hours a day... working on my house getting ready for babytime 3 to 5 hours a day... baby classes 4 hours a week not to mention trying to catch up on the small things like shave my face ,sleep,eat, etc...but please understand i am not complaining i feel so blessed to be where i am.... thank you to everyone who has been sending people my way, getting tattoos from me  , or just stopping by to say hello.... you have made this time in my life really amazing.... i have truly found what it is about tattooing that i love .... (alzhiemer reference here)...and i can honestly say i have been doing the best tattoos of my career ....why is this... i dont know... i could list many reasons why i feel this might be.... but i know it is true... life is made up of peaks and valleys and at this stage of my career i feel very blessed to be on a peak.... but for every peak there is a valley and im sure that it will come.... this is the nature of being... my perspectives about tattooing as of now are these things........tattoos are a marker of now... the best tattoos i make are ones made now on the spot with little or now "study time"... to much fore thought on either end ruins the tattoo...tattoos should be simple if they dont feel simple they wont  have that tattoo magic...not only have i been super stoke on the quality and aesthetic of the tattoos that have been leaving the shop i have never made blacker lines and brighter color that heal up super fast... dont be fooled i really am my own worst critic and i dont say this to be cocky nor do i take any credit for all the blessings that i dont deserve....there are so many great tattooers out there that have motivated me to try to come closer to their level.... ...i have not been taking many pictures lately as it has reminded me of that chris farley bit on saturday night live.... the one with the bunnies...and loving them to much... he just ends up squeezing the bunnies to hard... thanks to everyone that has tagged me in photos on facebook and coming in and telling me to take photos.... this makes me feel less like im killing bunnies... if you love something set it free... it keeps the magic moving threw you anyway....
 
a cool present from my friend seth...

on appointments....as many of you know i have not been taking appointments...i have switched to walk ins only ....i feel god is a better scheduler than i will ever be and i feel this works out better for all parties involved ....i remember when i was young i always wanted to be booked up for weeks... then i was.. and i learned this is far to stressful...my hats off to those who are booked up for weeks or longer and enjoy it i dont..... so if you want to get a tattoo from me please just show up... i do my best to tattoo everyone that day most of the time it works out..... and as of lately i cant check my hotmail account so i believe mattcicada@hotmail.com is dead.... so if you have sent me emails i am sorry for not getting back to you ... stay tuned for new email address...

i like running into old friends and hearing about how they have the same thoughts about this time in there life as i do... although im out of touch with many right now i know we are all doing the same thing just apart... different tracks but the same direction...its kinda cool 

i like this tattoo i did not do it i took this photo for my friend dallis...

on GET RAD.... this has been the topic in conversations that have been brought to my attention lately... since im usually the last to know.... and always the last to know or care about gossip im sure there is much more floating around about this out there.... to be completly translucent about my thoughts on this so there is no room for gossip or rumors  here it goes.....i can not in any form put this show together this year.... with all the events that incompass baby time i just cant make it happen.... my wife is due date is april 28th or 29 ... but i have a feeling it will be may....i already feel spread way to thin to commit to the amount of time it takes to pull this thing of right.....having said this i would love it if someone else would put it on.... it is open for the taking and i would love it if you would grab the torch and run.... i will pass on the small bits of wisdom i gleamed last year along with an artist list for you to either add or subtract to..if you are interest in this please contact me at the shop...

the announcement of my baby will be followed by me taking some time off... im not sure how long maybe a week maybe a month depending on how much i am needed at home.... i do not know what the future will hold....if you have tattoo plans please plan accordingly 

other thoughts...
i want to go to puerto rico...sometime in the next year..... if you know anything about puerto rico i would love to hear..... if you know anywhere i could tattoo while i am there i would be forever grateful... my mother lived there for part of her life and i would like to be able to take her back ...
i like passionate people... i like being around them and remembering what im passionate about... wichita needs more passion...i need to remeber what im passionate about...
thoughts make a difference...
supporting local makes a difference... it just feels better
i am excited about summer...
i might hire on another tattooer at the shop...
i am madly in love with my wife...
i am stoked to meet my son...
the adventures of zorro cartoons are rad...
i am stoked to read the book when i get time....read the first chapter...live free or die









i will leave you with this bit of genius i read in husband coached child birth.... and thanks everyone for being so awesome....
"unfortunately we especially in the united states have become increasingly mecchanised so that today we feel very strongly that if we can take anthing out of human hands and especially outh of the human heart and put it through a machine we have made progress . indeed we flatter ourselves that we can make machines that think like human beings while not always pausing to reflect that in the process we have also succeeded in making millions of human beings wh feel and think like machines. this is a sorry reflection.."ashley montagu phd