Alina's Tattoo Commemorates Being in the Big Apple

I don't normally disturb people while they are working, but I made an exception for Alina, who I met on the outskirts of <a href="http://www.bryantpark.org/">Bryant Park</a> last month.<br /><br />Alina was part of a German movie crew that was filming in the city, and she allowed me to talk to her while she had some down time.<br /><br />She shared this cool tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-h07KSHg0xridFeUcXx3ZheIJ-RXkVidxFUzyMLLYU0GVPZ1DXPzBtJyHqsZk2y6dPA810OljBaB2QpwNFgTrOM4jfXmtC_gVJO9oOBhyphenhyphenkzL950WEYhClO1A2IMk-dGmnxAzZ8BVg5-c/w696-h659-no/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-h07KSHg0xridFeUcXx3ZheIJ-RXkVidxFUzyMLLYU0GVPZ1DXPzBtJyHqsZk2y6dPA810OljBaB2QpwNFgTrOM4jfXmtC_gVJO9oOBhyphenhyphenkzL950WEYhClO1A2IMk-dGmnxAzZ8BVg5-c/w696-h659-no/photo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />She had this done by <a href="https://myspace.com/cookietat2">Cookie</a> at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pops-Tattoo-Emporium/128172557198399?fref=ts">Pop's Tattoo Emporium</a> in Kingston, NY, after her first trip to New York City. "We're shooting movies here every summer," Alina explained, "and this reminds me of being in the Big Apple."<br /><br />Incidentally, we featured work from Cookie almost five years ago <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/10/melanies-traditional-revolvers.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Alina for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2013 Tattoosday.</span></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e72a7e0-c3fe-6aa3-9cc9-a72c7aa8a161" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; 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/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; 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></div>

Alina's Tattoo Commemorates Being in the Big Apple

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The Tattooed Poets Project: Mike Sikkema's Tattoo Blends Natural with Mechanical

<span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">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:<br /></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><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></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><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></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><br /><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Mike explains the piece:<br /><br /></span></span><blockquote><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.evahuber.com/">Eva Huber</a> began my birds at <a href="http://www.divinemachinetattoo.com/">Divine Machine Tattoo</a> in </span></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><st1:place><st1:city><span style="">Buffalo</span></st1:city><span style="">, </span><st1:state><span style="">NY</span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >, in the fall of 2008.</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >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.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span></span><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><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >The apples and particular types of birds also point to my birthplace, northern Michigan.</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Another fully robotic bird, as well as a musical staff are on the way.</span></span></blockquote><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" ><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ></span><span style=""> </span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >On a side note,</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" > Eva Huber appears to now be tattooing at <a href="http://www.offthemaptattoo.com/">Off the Map Tattoo</a> in Easthampton, Massachusetts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Mike didn't mention this, but the but his mechanical bird reminded me a lot of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami" style="font-family: times new roman;">Haruki Murakami's</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> wonderful novel </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle" style="font-family: times new roman;">The Wind-up Bird Chronicle</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">.</span><br /><br /><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><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Thanks to Mike for sharing his tattoo with us here on Tattoosday. Please head over to </span><a href="http://oxypoet.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: times new roman;">BillyBlog</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> to read <a href="http://oxypoet.blogspot.com/2009/04/tattooed-poets-series-day-13-michael.html">one of his poems</a>.</span>

The Tattooed Poets Project: Mike Sikkema's Tattoo Blends Natural with Mechanical

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 ...

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