Max at the Mermaid Parade - Where the Wild Things Are

It may be December, but I've been spreading out all the tattoos I spotted at last June's Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, and I'm sharing the last in the 2012 series, which also happens to be the last piece I photographed on that wonderful day at the beginning of the summer.<br /><br />When I saw this guy's tattoo, I just had to stop and ask him about it:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrZkXeduzwgqsChscbZdlsh6RJFuhxupR86RGdrxQ6af8Evg-B9-HLIVXNszz3vwERi5XIBUICMzDjf1FBjnkPffhe750ux2ezJWhIL7jnQwkLHutslt9U80Raz2Bwh4coD0uwVQcQpM/s614/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrZkXeduzwgqsChscbZdlsh6RJFuhxupR86RGdrxQ6af8Evg-B9-HLIVXNszz3vwERi5XIBUICMzDjf1FBjnkPffhe750ux2ezJWhIL7jnQwkLHutslt9U80Raz2Bwh4coD0uwVQcQpM/s640/photo.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br />Appropriately, the owner of this tattoo is Max, which is also the name of the boy at the center of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak">Maurice Sendak's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are">Where the Wild Things Are</a>, the book upon which this tattoo is based. Mr. Sendak, a Brooklyn native, passed away earlier this year, in May.<br /><br />Max explained why he got this tattoo:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"I'd been thinking about getting inked for a long time, like for a good five years and no idea stuck for more than six months. And I have, actually, an original printing of the book from 1963. I grew up with a stuffed Max in my crib and it's always been a part of my life. And one day I was just flipping through and for no particular reason came across this image and locked my finger on it: <i>That's going on me</i>. And I let the thought sit for a little while and a little while later got it, that was three or four years ago and never looked back ... The most exciting part of it, oddly enough for a tattoo, was showing it to my mom because in the book the illustration stops right here [at inside of arm] ... I showed her just this inside and just from recognizing the style, she jumped up in her seat and started clapping and yelled out 'Oh I hope it's that I think it is!' It's a very rare mother-tattoo story."</blockquote>Max had this done by <a href="http://www.skindeeptattoo.com/Alex/alex-tattoo.htm">Alex Dawes</a> who works at <a href="http://www.skindeeptattoo.com/index.htm">Skin Deep Tattoo</a> in Lahaina, Maui.<br /><br />Thanks to Max for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.029346499824896455" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-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 seeing this on another website 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: initial; 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><br /><br />

Max at the Mermaid Parade - Where the Wild Things Are

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Jozi Tatham

Today's tattoo (and remember folks, we're continuing through May 2!) belongs to Jozi Tatham, who was referred to us by the Milwaukee Poet Laureate, Brenda Cárdenas (thanks Brenda!).<br /><br />Her tattoo is certainly amazing:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23_Nxwt0y-U_2HDx8k9vyOWPDUATQeS-V8yrf5hVoFfJh73AM4PKn2u0sQU1dgdqqqiDQmMBmtJLoUOynzgd5KNMdS7MgeJIddrOrkKNXifkIDdOudsABizvKbxiZCJ_kYHd02tBP/s1600/Back_Tattoo_+JOZI.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465681866626408658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23_Nxwt0y-U_2HDx8k9vyOWPDUATQeS-V8yrf5hVoFfJh73AM4PKn2u0sQU1dgdqqqiDQmMBmtJLoUOynzgd5KNMdS7MgeJIddrOrkKNXifkIDdOudsABizvKbxiZCJ_kYHd02tBP/s400/Back_Tattoo_+JOZI.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" /></a><br />Jozi had this tattoo done by <a href="http://www.skinmilwaukee.com/steve.htm">Steve Bossler</a>, who owns <a href="http://www.myspace.com/greenseedstudios">Greenseed Studios</a> in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She had met him originally at <a href="http://www.skinmilwaukee.com/home.htm">Papes Blue Ribbon Tattoo</a> in Milwaukee. Steve splits his time between the two locations.<br /><br />Jozi explains the inspiration behind this tattoo:<br /><br /><blockquote>I have wanted this back tattoo for years now. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060254920">Where the Wild Things Are</a> was my favorite book growing up. Because I have since become a writer, it's extremely important to me to remember the childhood imagination and creativity that we are all born with, but which we often "outgrow". I refuse to grow up and let my imagination slip away, and hopefully having the monsters of creativity tattooed on my body will keep that close to me.</blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZvasTXMP2pvEVh3e4FP_mC-9HkmrqPQbgfmwdOrDmXzBSwC4ZyBY8bTcBwCFTD3K-4K20hA4VyIP-EHeLvmSRiM49vByuZZsoBOwi7JlXHca6AroW2SBRTbCa_ZH1Z9xMxtwJsno/s1600/where-the-wild-things-are.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465684914791848706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZvasTXMP2pvEVh3e4FP_mC-9HkmrqPQbgfmwdOrDmXzBSwC4ZyBY8bTcBwCFTD3K-4K20hA4VyIP-EHeLvmSRiM49vByuZZsoBOwi7JlXHca6AroW2SBRTbCa_ZH1Z9xMxtwJsno/s400/where-the-wild-things-are.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" /></a><br />Please check out one of Jozi's poems over on BillyBlog <a href="http://oxypoet.blogspot.com/2010/04/tattooed-poets-project-jozi-tatham.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Jozi Tatham is currently a poetry MFA student at <a href="http://www.gmu.edu/">George Mason University</a> in Virginia. She hails from Milwaukee, WI where she received her BA and the place which serves as "the inspiration for most of my being thus far." She has been published in newspapers and small publications in the Milwaukee area for poetry and nonfiction.<br /><br />Thanks to Jozi for sharing with us here at Tattoosday!

The Tattooed Poets Project: Jozi Tatham

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Where The Wild Thing Tattoo Is

The day after I met <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/06/jared-shares-his-vegan-tattoo.html">one Jared</a>, I met another, out in front of Madison Square Garden.<br /><br />With a tattoo like this:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL28GVdaqNrXUb8kzy8TD5jbgJHVsEKd1nTrhm-WCioQeNatmzXgGex6xThHBFGTlbFU5lL4Jc83E5y_PKwpsRgNDeCbmbOdKUfc9jGsiumigvUmesqfo4OFGqpJHV40ufTeTeGWHuflg/s1600-h/Wild+Thing.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351229010148440866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL28GVdaqNrXUb8kzy8TD5jbgJHVsEKd1nTrhm-WCioQeNatmzXgGex6xThHBFGTlbFU5lL4Jc83E5y_PKwpsRgNDeCbmbOdKUfc9jGsiumigvUmesqfo4OFGqpJHV40ufTeTeGWHuflg/s400/Wild+Thing.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />how could I not stop him?<br /><br />As one would imagine, Jared loves the book, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are">Where the Wild Things Are</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak">Maurice Sendak</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_VKRS4koQ1E4eQg-VPNittAveFqiK24APrFbkIqaHy6Arry6LsC4uPLyE_O4ld_xi2JdOEfFwp1rJLesO1L6szGtJo5B2qzUr3cqqq1iG2Xt_wS6PK75TfYP-mZbxu1hlI0-vpIaVbw/s1600-h/where-the-wild-things-are_476x3571.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352680582458906770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_VKRS4koQ1E4eQg-VPNittAveFqiK24APrFbkIqaHy6Arry6LsC4uPLyE_O4ld_xi2JdOEfFwp1rJLesO1L6szGtJo5B2qzUr3cqqq1iG2Xt_wS6PK75TfYP-mZbxu1hlI0-vpIaVbw/s400/where-the-wild-things-are_476x3571.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 355px;" /></a><br />The tattoo displays, on Jared's right forearm, one of the "Wild Things" that is in Max's imagination.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJysVabD3XFRGBY8hddcOtn5rbhak4gQAVxgGyoYirqBBZET01h8gaYfag1yab-0zI0W480op7VtxfSVA4ys1hCAxmkJTW4g_LGsc5yiyXisZ5UuDDewxu8FFpcvFZXsXYZF4V69g4o8M/s1600-h/PICT2177.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351231543552612194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJysVabD3XFRGBY8hddcOtn5rbhak4gQAVxgGyoYirqBBZET01h8gaYfag1yab-0zI0W480op7VtxfSVA4ys1hCAxmkJTW4g_LGsc5yiyXisZ5UuDDewxu8FFpcvFZXsXYZF4V69g4o8M/s400/PICT2177.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Jared, who was in town visiting from Boston, has ten tattoos. He had been thinking about getting a <span style="font-style: italic;">Where the Wild Things Are</span> piece for several years and finally had it done by Chris Ford in January 2009. Ford had worked in L.A. but is now in New Jersey.<br /><br />Jared said that he has had a lot of attention from people about the tattoo, in part due to the publicity from the movie adaptation coming out this Fall.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rdlCXt9geBAzov_Ztfto2yMOxGGNjSx2wo3cvVSB1HPNNUVtP1tcHYDxfToiUBNkkyAHZWNlp3nmHV2fWB0Fe8J284USXYcSf6T17K9OZ2sd3NRAZv9qNjLOzVRZjcz1ir3rjQptxnc/s1600-h/wt_poster_1-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352681630810818498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rdlCXt9geBAzov_Ztfto2yMOxGGNjSx2wo3cvVSB1HPNNUVtP1tcHYDxfToiUBNkkyAHZWNlp3nmHV2fWB0Fe8J284USXYcSf6T17K9OZ2sd3NRAZv9qNjLOzVRZjcz1ir3rjQptxnc/s400/wt_poster_1-large.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Thanks to Jared for stopping to talk and share his "wild" tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Where The Wild Thing Tattoo Is

The day after I met one Jared , I met another, out in front of Madison Square Garden. With a tattoo like this: how could I not stop him? As ...

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