{"id":203,"date":"2012-09-04T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/?p=203"},"modified":"2012-09-04T14:00:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T14:00:32","slug":"prick-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hellguitars.jp\/machinehead\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Prick Room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lotus and snake (Media: ink under skin)<\/p><\/div>\n

Actually, The Prick Room is the name of a local tattoo shop that I didn’t actually go to but I always thought they had a great name. Still there were plenty of (needle) pricks to be had at Tattoo Magu today in Osaka.<\/p>\n

Magu-san (the owner) did a terrific job inking my design and I am very happy with how it turned out. It looks pretty grisly in the above photo as several hours had passed by the time the photo was taken and there is a protective sheet on top of it. And now, about 7 hours after the fact, it is fairly black and hard to see. I’m sure once it has healed it will look terrific. I’ll try to post a final shot once it’s all back to normal.<\/p>\n

A very interesting exercise getting a tattoo. A few years back I was really ready to get one. This time I was almost indifferent when the time came. But once the process started I felt very happy to be there. I knew the lines of my design pretty well as I had made quite a few changes to them, so it was quite surreal to actually feel<\/em> those lines being drawn into my skin. One note regarding the feeling<\/em> part… For the most part, the pain was not too bad. Sometimes it was almost<\/em> relaxing. But maybe 10% of the time it felt like a gash was being ripped in my flesh. This was usually in the area nearest my spine. Must have lots of nerves around there.<\/p>\n

Before the tattoo was finished I was already thinking about what to have next. If I do elect to do more I really want to consider both the design as well as the “canvas”. I would like to keep a sense of continuity and balance. But I suppose I should first see how I get on with this one first.<\/p>\n

I once read about a tattoo artist somewhere who would always say something like “One less of them, one more of us” right before starting on a customer’s first tattoo. Now, I’m pretty sure I’m the same person I was before I went and did this, but something does feel different. And not just because my wallet is $350 lighter…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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