The Nereid

"What makes a great tattoo is a great tattoo artist. What makes a great tattoo artist is passion."

 

 

 

 

 

"Once, when I used to play, a girl danced for me. She peeked beneath her eyebrows and flashed her teeth, spinning and twirling. When I softened the beat, her hips responded, rising and falling delicate and slow. Her jasmine perfume filled the air, warm as the velvety chocolate of her skin."

 

 

 

 

 

 

"'Thinking gives off smoke to prove the existence of fire. A mystic sits inside the burning. There are wonderful shapes in rising smoke that imagination loves to watch. But it’s a mistake to leave the fire for that filmy sight. Stay here at the flame’s core.' -Rumi"