The Tattooed Poets Project: Tess. Lotta's Tree Has Her Back

Today's tattoo comes to us from Tess. Lotta, a poet and editor of <a href="http://www.mediacakemagazine.com/">Media Cake eMagazine</a>. She was referred to me by <a href="http://poetrysuperhighway.com/RickBio.html">Rick Lupert</a> over at the <a href="http://poetrysuperhighway.com/">Poetry Super Highway</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBohVbEPGEbx8Mcn5BW9jGYTQ2fHhMEcmS7hZ8H5qMRzk5qjVHAnxDDjNrjqgE0H7MLCcWAGSj2CsDhAuCD2kJjsTebUzQgKZZbxpkOIF-NFw_VGRyXadnHj6uaW4pAu856gbfaJ814_h/s1600-h/Back_Tattoo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310027340863651298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBohVbEPGEbx8Mcn5BW9jGYTQ2fHhMEcmS7hZ8H5qMRzk5qjVHAnxDDjNrjqgE0H7MLCcWAGSj2CsDhAuCD2kJjsTebUzQgKZZbxpkOIF-NFw_VGRyXadnHj6uaW4pAu856gbfaJ814_h/s400/Back_Tattoo.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Ms. Lotta had this piece tattooed "around 1998-99". She noted that, "it took awhile, as it was painful along the spine".<br /><br />She continues explaining the piece:<br /><blockquote><br />"...Most of my work, including this back piece, is done by my dear friend Owen Connell. His shop, <a href="http://parlorf.com/home.html">Parlor F</a>, is located in Seattle ... At the same time I was coming through some heavy shit in my life, our neighbor was chopping down a very healthy, fabulous oak tree. She left it a stump. By the next spring, the stump had sprouted fresh twigs, each waving tiny, green flags at the ends as if to say 'I’m here.' It was a deep lesson for me. I’m lucky to have two trees in my life now: a skittish but big-hearted lemon tree (it was mutilated by an untrained tree trimmer) and a scrappy peach tree that is cranky as hell."</blockquote>Thanks to Tess. for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />Be sure to head over to <a href="http://oxypoet.blogspot.com/2009/04/tattooed-poets-series-day-5-tess-lotta.html">BillyBlog</a> and read <a href="http://oxypoet.blogspot.com/2009/04/tattooed-poets-series-day-5-tess-lotta.html">one of her poems</a>!

The Tattooed Poets Project: Tess. Lotta's Tree Has Her Back

Today's tattoo comes to us from Tess. Lotta, a poet and editor of Media Cake eMagazine . She was referred to me by Rick Lupert over at ...

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