Erica Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve

The concept of wearing your heart on your sleeve isn't completely original, but when I met Erica in the grocery store last month, I was impressed with this interpretation:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zuL1xikH9cCYh53Ga-1M3meLjBC4tiUunOXztfsLQ8w9Exh_K5_jZE2YDjUyewStYxmymGpXKOyaGvrknoLSHRSLS2_pkYzU5X3phpqwe-QTG90ip2CTHiguGbofHYLXq-_jMo10PlY/s0-d/IMG_0312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zuL1xikH9cCYh53Ga-1M3meLjBC4tiUunOXztfsLQ8w9Exh_K5_jZE2YDjUyewStYxmymGpXKOyaGvrknoLSHRSLS2_pkYzU5X3phpqwe-QTG90ip2CTHiguGbofHYLXq-_jMo10PlY/s0-d/IMG_0312.JPG" width="448" /></a></div><br />Erica said she got this, one of twelve tattoos she has, to remind herself "not to toughen up ... you go through some shit and you kinda want to be mean and nasty and callous and it's kind of a reminder to be cool and stay neutral and be nice, no matter what."<br /><br />She credited John Poverty at <a href="http://thickerthanwatertattoo.com/home.html">Thicker Than Water</a> in the East Villlage with this tattoo. Work form John has previously appeared on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2011/10/two-for-tattoosday-elise-remembers.html">here</a>. He now tattoos out of <a href="http://www.goosetattoo.com/artist_page_john_poverty.html">Goose Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn.<br /><br />Thanks to Erica for sharing her softer side with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.9249890486244112" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Erica Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve

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