Tattoosday (A Tattoo Blog): Off the Map Tattoo

Today's tattooed poet is Mike Sikkema, a friend of Gina Myers (whose tattoo appeared here), who sent him my way. His piece is not fully completed, but it is still completely interesting: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLYJlBgezH2C7Z4-SZXIJ8JYA41qrPaz4nfDGVAVj8QsChfCdh2zwRCFBB7PiDFcWTudw4VsW7wwzNlKHOhTuU0-xvEOnfXP5JENKdFyESbpLIdHsPVlJ9RhpS_2ho7wXHfZOx1sKs88/s1600-h/mike+sikkema+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324108304855680994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLYJlBgezH2C7Z4-SZXIJ8JYA41qrPaz4nfDGVAVj8QsChfCdh2zwRCFBB7PiDFcWTudw4VsW7wwzNlKHOhTuU0-xvEOnfXP5JENKdFyESbpLIdHsPVlJ9RhpS_2ho7wXHfZOx1sKs88/s320/mike+sikkema+1.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZc06G7FMX-KW_gjrYJa_nRIzTSlzDw40QqyVknOxhXWqp29JJ8Ag8jhADb-sdxtqHQtUIO_F1Bu_VMOav5jxc9qRtIljFMC4P25jTXwIeBIBI7tzSXu5Kt9Q_tus_IQVLas5wExyCwU/s1600-h/mike+sikkema+1b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324108137414276962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZc06G7FMX-KW_gjrYJa_nRIzTSlzDw40QqyVknOxhXWqp29JJ8Ag8jhADb-sdxtqHQtUIO_F1Bu_VMOav5jxc9qRtIljFMC4P25jTXwIeBIBI7tzSXu5Kt9Q_tus_IQVLas5wExyCwU/s320/mike+sikkema+1b.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a> Mike explains the piece: <blockquote><a href="http://www.evahuber.com/">Eva Huber</a> began my birds at <a href="http://www.divinemachinetattoo.com/">Divine Machine Tattoo</a> in <st1:place><st1:city>Buffalo</st1:city>, <st1:state>NY</st1:state></st1:place>, in the fall of 2008. The combination of real and chrome apples, of real and mechanical birds points at where we’re at: the age of remote controlled spy beetles and “vegetarian” meat made from cloned cells. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2KL-GSuTlz5K2RPBKex9fZ-pOUUOi4NgOj8O85XA_r2RiExVBBeGS1bhx4_HW2GPKIQrLYze47U8-dxhLMFf0qglvShfQu9vIRnzIfxhFy6z5xcRFdhSdTCqwn4X6rUinBrvqfq1f7c/s1600-h/mike+sikkema+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324111290346140162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2KL-GSuTlz5K2RPBKex9fZ-pOUUOi4NgOj8O85XA_r2RiExVBBeGS1bhx4_HW2GPKIQrLYze47U8-dxhLMFf0qglvShfQu9vIRnzIfxhFy6z5xcRFdhSdTCqwn4X6rUinBrvqfq1f7c/s400/mike+sikkema+2.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a> The apples and particular types of birds also point to my birthplace, northern Michigan. Another fully robotic bird, as well as a musical staff are on the way.</blockquote> On a side note, Eva Huber appears to now be tattooing at <a href="http://www.offthemaptattoo.com/">Off the Map Tattoo</a> in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Mike didn't mention this, but the but his mechanical bird reminded me a lot of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami" style="font-family: times new roman;">Haruki Murakami's</a> wonderful novel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle" style="font-family: times new roman;">The Wind-up Bird Chronicle</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0SUAmL65CnKIojiV1BV2YTyQSZZovb7m6HLkYKSsf3RVDJxHm0r5KHy62-zRLzHqKbE9mRBesHS890hzMCMy0cADqPpcKY5cAW3ir51CenK7-_NbMZRNlCtnlRXdjsCA9uzbgNLr-Ks/s1600-h/mike+sikkema+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324111509573505490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0SUAmL65CnKIojiV1BV2YTyQSZZovb7m6HLkYKSsf3RVDJxHm0r5KHy62-zRLzHqKbE9mRBesHS890hzMCMy0cADqPpcKY5cAW3ir51CenK7-_NbMZRNlCtnlRXdjsCA9uzbgNLr-Ks/s400/mike+sikkema+3.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a> Thanks to Mike for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday. Please head over to <a href="http://oxypoet.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: times new roman;">BillyBlog</a> to read <a href="http://oxypoet.blogspot.com/2009/04/tattooed-poets-series-day-13-michael.html">one of his poems</a>.

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