Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]weird - I thought I had sent this . . . sorry On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 11:08 AM Jasse Chan <jassechan at gmail.com> wrote: > I spent years trying to find a tattoo design - visiting artists in > Copenhagen, London, Geneva, Zurich, Denver, New York, San Diego, West Palm, > Aberdeen. > > My Dad is Hindu, and my Mom was Presbyterian - so I had several > tattoo artists come up with designs with the Hindu OM and the Cross. The > artists found it difficult to combine something as organic as an Om, and > something as stark as a Crucifix. > > After more than a decade of my side hobby of visit tattoo parlors - I > found an artist in Calgary of all places that had apprenticed in Tokyo! we > had a few chats, and he designed a tribal tattoo that combined both those > elements along with a tiger motif (I was born the year of the tiger) and we > decided to do a full sleeve! > > > > SO - I humbly suggest that there isn't really a tattoo culture - and there > is no secret membership. I've found that people with Tattoos LOVE to talk > about them - and everyone has personal reasons for what they designed. > > > My 2 cents. > > jasse > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 10:54 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > >> The most intricate tattoos I have seen are in Thailand - they are actually >> religious and spiritual motifs in Buddhism >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 2:57 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> > Jayanand, I don't understand tattoo culture at all. All levels of >> society >> > indulge in it and the parlors are very common to see. On the other >> hand, I >> > would like to set up a "IN the American West" road show and photograph >> full >> > body shots of the tattoos as many are very intricate and extend far >> beyond >> > normal clothing cut off's. >> > >> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 9:45 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < >> > lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >> > >> > > The first one. >> > > >> > > What is it with tattoo culture? Is it some sort of secret membership >> > > requirement? >> > > >> > > Cheers >> > > Jayanand >> > > >> > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 3:37 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at >> > > leica-users.org >> > >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > > > Greetings to all. Keeping things mixed up I will start with some >> > > > Austinites and their tattoo's: >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/tattoo+knuckles+to+neck.jpg.html >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/tattoo+symbols+on+back.jpg.html >> > > > >> > > > Next, some abstracts one of which is a fan which is invaluable when >> > temps >> > > > hit 45C: >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/fan+as+friend.jpg.html >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/ponting+the+way.jpg.html >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/airstream+abstract.jpg.html >> > > > >> > > > Last, an image shot from my driveway of a typical morning as the >> mom's >> > > walk >> > > > their babies of all fur status: >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/airstream+abstract.jpg.html >> > > > >> > > > The snark is that my neighborhood seems to be split between >> traditional >> > > > families and singles who find emotional fulfillment taking care of >> dogs >> > > > exclusively: OK, sometimes a cat or reptile. >> > > > >> > > > All the best. >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Don >> > > > don.dory at gmail.com >> > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > Leica Users Group. >> > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> > > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Leica Users Group. >> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Don >> > don.dory at gmail.com >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- > Jasse Chan > > jassechan at gmail.com > -- Jasse Chan jassechan at gmail.com