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Hannah's Floral Sleeve (2019 NY Empire State Tattoo Expo)

  • Brekele
  • Selasa, 23 Juli 2019
When you go to a big tattoo show, like last weekend's 2019  Empire State Tattoo Expo  ( @nyempirestatetattooexpo ), you see a lot of big...
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Theresa Senato Edwards Returns to the Tattooed Poets Project

  • Brekele
  • Senin, 22 April 2019
Today's tattooed poet is a long-time supporter and friend of the Tattooed Poets Project, Theresa Senato Edwards . Theresa first contribu...
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Sonia Greenfield's Passionflower (The Tattooed Poets Project)

  • Brekele
  • Kamis, 04 April 2019
Today's Tattooed Poet is Sonia Greenfield , who I met last fall at the Best American Poetry 2018  launch reading. She subsequently sent ...
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Renée Ashley's Calla Lilies (The Tattooed Poets Project)

  • Brekele
  • Rabu, 03 April 2019
Our next tattooed poet is Renée Ashley , who shared this lovely floral tattoo with us:  Renee gave us a little background on this piece: ...
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Rosie the Dead Riveter

  • Brekele
  • Selasa, 19 Maret 2019
Sometimes posts sit idle in my draft folder for ages, for one reason or another. This is one example, from a woman named Adele, who I met at...
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Sandra's Platform Bloom

  • Brekele
  • Kamis, 07 Maret 2019
Last summer, I met Sandra on a subway platform in south Brooklyn. She shared this colorful flower: We only spoke briefly, but Sandra explain...
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Swim When It Hurts

  • Brekele
  • Selasa, 19 Februari 2019
I met Marcy on a subway platform in lower Manhattan back in September 2017. She had a lot of work on her arm and indulged me as I took quite...
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A Rose on the N Train (ralphnolannoble Plays the Alphabet Game)

  • Brekele
  • Minggu, 23 September 2018
We took a day off for fall yesterday, but we're still playing the Alphabet Game, my one-day journey through the subway system, in alphab...
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A Ladybug on the E Train (ralphnolannoble Plays the Alphabet Game)

  • Brekele
  • Selasa, 11 September 2018
As we continue our subway adventure (summarized  here ), I set my sights on the E train ... I took the D to 7th Avenue where I switched for ...
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Heidi's Leg Tattoos

  • Brekele
  • Selasa, 10 Juli 2018
Earlier this month at the United Ink Summer Vibe Tattoo Show, I met Heidi, who shared this amazing work on her leg: She credited the work to...
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An Award-Winning Crane by CJ Tattoo

  • Brekele
  • Senin, 02 Juli 2018
This past weekend I went to the Summer Vibe tattoo show at the Nassau Coliseum and saw a lot of amazing tattoos. One of the most impressive ...
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Diana Shares Some Cool Tattoos on Her Birthday

  • Brekele
  • Rabu, 13 Juni 2018
I want to wish Diana a happy birthday today! I met Diana last month while walking in lower Manhattan. She had, at the time, "about 13...
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Kayleigh's Chamomile

  • Brekele
  • Selasa, 22 Mei 2018
Last fall, while riding up in the elevator at work, I struck up a conversation with Kayleigh, who was sporting this cool tattoo: Kayleigh id...