Why are tattooing and tattoos important?

The act and art of tattooing is a passion, a devotion, a meditation. A tradition of transformation, recognition, and documentation of our journey through this physical time space. Tattooing not only serves a desire to create art as a means of living, it’s also a means to serve others along their transformational journey of life.

Much like any form of philosophical dualism, there are two counterparts with tattoos. The tattooer and you. Conjoined energy and ideas that convey the most important aspects sought while allowing for creativity, growth, and metamorphosis.

Tattoos can culturally serve as a transcendental passageway into adulthood. They can be a source of healing, enabling the transformation of trauma into beauty. They can be just for fun and mark memorable periods in life. Tattoos can also serve as a reminder that our bodies are temples in which our consciousness is tuned to, and like all temples it’s natural to adorn them.

Regardless of the meaning the process is all the same, small and large tattoos alike. It’s a journey of fortitude, desire, and willingness to face the unknown to obtain something special. Something that will be with you always, can’t be stolen or sold, go unused, collect dust in a corner, or lost in an attic.

For tattooers, serving you along your journey serves us along ours. It challenges us mentally, conceptually, physically. It pushes us to grow, to adapt, and to be open to change whether we want to or not. It blesses us with the magical opportunity to take something from the ether as pure vibrational thought and transpose it into physical reality that travels around this great plane with you.

Maybe, this is why they are important.