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Planets are dying and being born, its explosions and formations live in our universe and in our blood. The science is that we discovered how to perceive what has always been here. The magic is that it is there to begin with. Science and magic feel synonymous in a lot of ways. Like when I slow down and pay attention I notice my relationship with myself reflects the nature of our home - the earth and cosmos. It embraces dualities and begs for truth. It's being born and dying at the same time. It's chaos and peace, destruction and reconstruction. The more I am a student of our cosmic universe, the more I stop fighting myself. When we break down the natural world, when two things come together to make what is unseen seen, it happens to be incredibly beautiful, poetic, and interconnected.
a tattoo is never truly meaningless.
there is silent ritual in modifying our body. we do it to smile when we look at ourselves in the mirror. to remember that we lived and had an experience. to create and claim a different version of ourselves. it's a moment of creation that stays with us until we part ways with our body.
Ornamental and the abstract touches a feeling inside of you. Its story is yours. its beauty is felt. every design i create is from my heart to yours.
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I graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2017 with a BFA in Illustration. I've always loved making things. Photography, painting, drawing, collaging, and writing have been my biggest interests. I began apprenticing under Bradley Silver at Distortion Society in May 2024. After a great year I moved to San Diego County where I am continuing to learn and tattoo.
My work is ultimately inspired by mysticism, symbolism, and our home - the earth & cosmos.
Photo by Gerry Nino Photography
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I see stars drifting aimlessly at hundreds of kilometers per second and the space time curving around them. I can even see millions of years into the future. That blue twinkle will blow up one day sterilizing every nearby solar system in an apocalypse that would make the wrath of human Gods seem pitiful by comparison. But it is from such destruction that I was formed. Stars must die so that I can live. I stepped out of a supernova. And so did you.
- Alan Watts
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I laugh when I think how I once sought paradise as a realm outside of the world of birth. It is right in the world of birth and death that the miraculous truth is revealed. But this is not the laughter of someone who suddenly acquires a great fortune; neither is it the laughter of one who has won a victory. It is, rather, the laughter of one who; after having painfully searched for something for a long time, finds it one morning in the pocket of his coat.
- Thich Nhat Hanh