Human
It dawns on me quite often that there’s aspects of my life I’m not happy with. That’s not to say I don’t have a good life, or that I would trade it, but there’s always something we would change if we could. The thing is, we can, we just don’t. So those aspects I see […]
Did you know that primitive snakes like boas and pythons have the remnants of a pelvic bone? Yeah, they call them pelvic spurs. They usually have the remnants of a femur just loosely floating inside the muscle as well. It’s something that no longer serves a purpose; or if considered in different light, did it […]
I would say the planet is dying, but I know the planet will go on. I doubt there’s anything man can do that would permanently destroy the planet. This is a 4.5 billion year old rock that has been ravaged by cosmic radiation, volcanoes, and meteors. Surely man is as big if not a greater […]
If we’re talking professional tattooer, then yes. But if we’re talking professional artist, well, not quite. I always tell people I am, but it’s a lie. I’ve rarely looked at tattooing as art, but rather an artistic skill, like a dude who makes custom crown molding. There’s no doubt about the artistic skill involved, and […]
When I started Art Machine Productions in 2010, my plan was to expand out into art shows, original art sales, prints, shirts, art reference material and books; just about everything related to art. Hence: Art Machine. I wanted to have this force on multiple fronts that was known not just for great tattooing, but for […]
I’ll go ahead and get this part out of the way real fast. I’m moody. Like, strings of medication moody. I don’t tolerate crowds, socializing, or stupidity very well. I’m quick to point out the downside of everything. I’m a 100% natural born, certified grouch. If you know me, then you know what I’m going […]
We crash and collide with objects in our paths, endlessly bustling through our seemingly random lives. We’re ants criss crossing the same worn down trails, following the ant in front of us, to an end we barely acknowledge, much less understand. We build, we breed, we increase our footprint on this chunk of rock hurtling […]
My email was broken Turns out that there were some settings that were off in my email that wasn’t allowing any messages to be forwarded to the proper email address. When I found it, I could see that messages were sent, but couldn’t access everything to respond. So what happened was I’ve lost every email […]
I haven’t posted in a long time, and for a good number of reasons. The shutdowns have beat me up mentally. The breaking of routines, the extended time home, the financial concerns…its all taking its toll. I’ve been facing some pretty bad depression along the way, and I’ve had more than one change to my […]
I rang in my birthday crying. Not a few tears, but heavy, sobbing, compounding pressure in your head crying. In a way it was a relief, because I thought the pharmacy on my bathroom sink had stolen that from me. I don’t think I’ve cried since mom passed. Life is rarely where you expect it […]