Sarah Channels Emma Goldman

I recently had the intense displeasure of discovering that <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/07/hello-polaroid-goodbye-kodak.html">my camera</a> had broken. For someone whose spare time is spent taking pictures of other people's tattoos, this was a harrowing experience, especially since my BlackBerry's camera is flash-less and takes good pictures under only specific lighting conditions.<br /><br />So what's a poor inkspotter to do? Pass out his card and hope for the best.<br /><br />And despite dozens of cards distributed to many people with cool tattoos, the only one who has really come through for me is Sarah, who I met last Friday on the subway platform at West Fourth Street, as I waited for the D train to Brooklyn.<br /><br />Possessor of several tattoos, the one of Sarah's I spotted was on her inner left forearm. My photo was blurry and, as the D pulled into West Fourth, she handed me her card so I could follow-up with her. Thankfully, she is a woman of her word, and sent me this photo yesterday:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTqz5YAbXXN9Ta9B4k8B8kM5g9_lLKVmpSICtTfDsX2azi-od_PsiyND52Z7aL8Mppw9rXLSPPD1kwWx4ltnHL1_JQEBZNw6-ra08Aefdw9eojtKuE-6D-tDd_JtaQ5QUL_uHk4p3/s1600/tattoobook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTqz5YAbXXN9Ta9B4k8B8kM5g9_lLKVmpSICtTfDsX2azi-od_PsiyND52Z7aL8Mppw9rXLSPPD1kwWx4ltnHL1_JQEBZNw6-ra08Aefdw9eojtKuE-6D-tDd_JtaQ5QUL_uHk4p3/s400/tattoobook.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Since Sarah is a writer and journalist, I'll let her do the talking. You can check out her work at  her website <a href="http://ohyouprettythings.net/" target="_blank">ohyouprettythings.net</a> and/or read her blog at <a href="http://champagnecandy.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">champagnecandy.tumblr.com</a>. Sarah explains:<br /><br /><blockquote><i>It says "It's not my revolution if I can't dance to it"</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YESx_TN_OM6MGpr0Y7CVO8UwmoyDukg7Ha-EOZTJtzqwKvxJ6_etLRU15vrVlCaBy21OG0iIbDxsfG9RKObaTy9aMIeshuuHfCU6eFsXbmowsdXBbGDsn1DmfnYLkNXEHA3J1RGl/s1600/tattoobook+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YESx_TN_OM6MGpr0Y7CVO8UwmoyDukg7Ha-EOZTJtzqwKvxJ6_etLRU15vrVlCaBy21OG0iIbDxsfG9RKObaTy9aMIeshuuHfCU6eFsXbmowsdXBbGDsn1DmfnYLkNXEHA3J1RGl/s320/tattoobook+detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i>The tattoo is my most recent, and it's a paraphrase of a possibly-apocryphal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman">Emma Goldman</a></i> <i>quotation. It's a line that spoke to me the first time I heard it. I'm a political journalist and a feminist activist, and Goldman's always been someone I looked up to. Also, I became a political person through music, and dancing and music have a particular significance for me.</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i>It was done by <a href="http://brooklyntattoo.com/RYOKO.html">Ryoko</a> at <a href="http://www.brooklyntattoo.com/WELCOME_2.html">Brooklyn Tattoo</a> [who we most recently saw inked Julie Powell's tattoo <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/06/julies-crazy-tattoo.html">here</a>] and she's super-awesome...</i></blockquote>As a lover of type tattoos, I had inquired about the font used and Sarah did not disappoint: "the font is <a href="http://www.fontspace.com/david-rakowski/garton">Garton</a> and the words revolution and dance are in <a href="http://www.dafont.com/miama.font">Miama</a>".<br /><br />Thanks to Sarah for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Sarah Channels Emma Goldman

I recently had the intense displeasure of discovering that my camera had broken. For someone whose spare time is spent taking pictures of o...

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