BlogHide Resteemscosmekian (38)in art • 7 years agoFrozen in Philly, Dipping Toes into the Hole in the Ice of Tattoo CultureIn central Philly, you could walk a half dozen blocks just on South Street and see a dozen tattoo shops. I sent for cheap a shit kit to be mailed to my house. I bought green soap online and…cosmekian (38)in art • 7 years agoIt's Like We're Always Living in the Shadow of Our Former SelvesFor an Art school in Amish country, it got pretty wild. First day upon moving in I found myself ready to die in the back seat of some fool's busted 5 speed Honda Civic with 3 other kids as he…cosmekian (38)in photography • 7 years agoInterlude... Where the wild things areAbout when I was following my roots, I returned to a space old in both legend and personal memory Only miles from where the fabled Jersey Devil spawned, a centuries old paper mill stood over a…cosmekian (38)in introduceyourself • 7 years agoDissolving the IllustionWhen I left behind my third tattoo apprenticeship, I realized I had to turn back to my roots to discover what happened to my motivation. The technique for blending in color realism was a little…