across the room
Saturday night, I stopped into my local watering hole for a few drinks with a friend that was in town for the night and I ran into a man that I have drooled over online for many months.
Linus, was there with his partner/boyfriend/??? and constantly surrounded by the sexiest men in the entire bar. I hovered around the edges of the group for a small time drinking in the incredible tattoo work on this man’s body. His tattoos stood out nicely on his perfectly smooth, alabaster skin in the darkness in the bar showing off the skill of the artist that inked them onto him.
Later the next day, I sent a quick note to Linus introducing myself to him and sharing my admiration for his ink-work.
It was funny that this man should be in my city at this particular time since earlier that day, a thought hit me like a lightning bolt and I’ve finally realized that the tattoo idea that I’ve been pondering for the past 5 years isn’t the direction that I want to go, but in an entirely different direction. I’ve decided to do both arms with 3/4 sleeves, and I’m now embarked on a search for the perfect example of Abstract Expressionism to grace my arms forever. I’m thinking along the lines of a Piet Mondrian but with a less rigid shape pattern and a more organic feel.
I’d love ideas from my readers. The more input I receive the better my final results will be.