Matt's Golden Silence

<span id="goog_148539882"><span id="goog_141166478"></span><span id="goog_141166479"></span></span><span id="goog_148539883"></span>I met Matt one afternoon as he stood among the masses at the southwest corner of Madison Square Garden, waiting for a bus out of town.<br /><br />This is his tattoo which he shared with us, covering his upper right arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8kv4Zd-wGuIf379FcKhmEimSl5pqdNENSoxBcD4SGqjZyZQDt6n2rUfU2d3Gl9orJNzn-eOaH-lG6K0tO7MN4CFJrflwFNAu9VplTbBDg5ISxZsgWigoKw5OvW7E0eK87aVjf3M5/s1600/Silence+is+Golden+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8kv4Zd-wGuIf379FcKhmEimSl5pqdNENSoxBcD4SGqjZyZQDt6n2rUfU2d3Gl9orJNzn-eOaH-lG6K0tO7MN4CFJrflwFNAu9VplTbBDg5ISxZsgWigoKw5OvW7E0eK87aVjf3M5/s640/Silence+is+Golden+wm.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br />The message is simple: silence is golden. I love how the side skulls spill off of the front skull, and how the teeth of the primary jaw are fused together.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5XiWCmFZxXQlJbXSIHhJFg6ZItUXik1167l2lPVdC7fwDhHXau6uWZTRJS-UnBV583p-QqGpEVjgSVaNuwXSAbFa-hyC1IFXpxqcIi6uqSzm86SvxfQizboHZSAa6PJj-wrwz1Mt/s1600/Silence+is+Golden+detail+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5XiWCmFZxXQlJbXSIHhJFg6ZItUXik1167l2lPVdC7fwDhHXau6uWZTRJS-UnBV583p-QqGpEVjgSVaNuwXSAbFa-hyC1IFXpxqcIi6uqSzm86SvxfQizboHZSAa6PJj-wrwz1Mt/s400/Silence+is+Golden+detail+wm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Matt attributes this piece to "deep life experiences" and how it serves as a reminder to keep his head on straight.<br /><br />He told me he's "been low and wants to stay higher" and that "keeping what I've done to myself has given me the ability to achieve what I have in life".<br /><br />This tattoo was inked by Loki M. LaChapelle when he was at <a href="http://kaleidoscopetattoo.net/home.html">Kaleidoscope Tattoo & Art Gallery</a> in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Loki now works out of <a href="http://www.mazelcustom.com/">Mazel Custom Tattoo & Piercing</a> in Everett, Massachusetts.<br /><br />Thanks to Matt for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Matt's Golden Silence

I met Matt one afternoon as he stood among the masses at the southwest corner of Madison Square Garden, waiting for a bus out of town. This ...

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