A Selection of Jorge's Tattoos

I met Jorge last week at the top of the escalators leading from Penn Station to 7th Avenue.<br /><br />He has quite a few, and I took photos of the front and back of his left forearm.<br /><br />The inner part of his arm has this koi design:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqk2WoTGAjrcvTxnBcEZQnZubhAShJmkClGxRUCNaxFfnZXWU_xJw3_ysLNs8NwVyJRVyB6ShNgidAxDm87cgqiO8ykTSPc6_eDGHBFWFHAmHhFtEERM3MBn81i19aU91QI9pIjuJ/s1600-h/Jorge+Koi.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451081515675651714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqk2WoTGAjrcvTxnBcEZQnZubhAShJmkClGxRUCNaxFfnZXWU_xJw3_ysLNs8NwVyJRVyB6ShNgidAxDm87cgqiO8ykTSPc6_eDGHBFWFHAmHhFtEERM3MBn81i19aU91QI9pIjuJ/s400/Jorge+Koi.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />A friend of his did this for him, which he got for luck before going overseas with the U.S. Army to Iraq in 2008. He proudly served with the <a href="http://www.campbell.army.mil/units/101st/Pages/3BCT.aspx">Third Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, 187th Infantry Regiment</a>, also known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/187th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29">The Rakkasans</a>.<br /><br />Jorge loves what he calls his "good luck koi fish" and says "We deployed for 15 months....every time I was tired for walking for 2 or 3 days nonstop, I would look at my tattoo and smile and keep walking...".<br /><br />After returning, he got this tattoo in Nashville:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHRGGGJmkeCyqUxsJeAeBifSFhjdc9OZNLSeHUJGHwlesJGJJejU6fzdlngAnC26zlT-Va33ErKyYWDsszeu9yX7GBB9W4fBI67kqCQUHItMsNxScYwTbWZZ0zmKNBmKMTKg-K-V0/s1600-h/jorge+mask.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451083035144167378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHRGGGJmkeCyqUxsJeAeBifSFhjdc9OZNLSeHUJGHwlesJGJJejU6fzdlngAnC26zlT-Va33ErKyYWDsszeu9yX7GBB9W4fBI67kqCQUHItMsNxScYwTbWZZ0zmKNBmKMTKg-K-V0/s400/jorge+mask.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />This piece was just a very cool design.<br /><br />Bridging these two very different tattoos are two cherry blossoms:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSh7Ii6VrGWKukTUG5DpLaDTtMxP-i8egVHRE_5LOw7MtkuLM35-1CxDiYj3yNkZdBNfUfvcmVIEB8SdVuc5w5Ws3mXY05xdx96zW5jaJiFLRxVM_5LFf-0siiKe3PyXWRnTnon0M/s1600-h/jorge+cherry+blossoms.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451083925940916130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSh7Ii6VrGWKukTUG5DpLaDTtMxP-i8egVHRE_5LOw7MtkuLM35-1CxDiYj3yNkZdBNfUfvcmVIEB8SdVuc5w5Ws3mXY05xdx96zW5jaJiFLRxVM_5LFf-0siiKe3PyXWRnTnon0M/s400/jorge+cherry+blossoms.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Jorge wanted to make sure they didn't get omitted from the post, as these flowers represent his mother and sister.<br /><br />That would have been it for this post from Jorge, except the day after meeting him, he sent me this shot of a tattoo on the upper left side of his back:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTdTfK7kh4_Dmz-ZeSwhx5Dq5qkiwdCnwBHxTE47b7U7tmMkXryrHdImnhjSkFvAD865d3jPHBieMEku82CJbWL1D1GwtESrkCR7-cyUzTCErTso8FnOZd9QNsJEBa3a-XFgcB2AP/s1600-h/Jorge+Peru.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449770097171993954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTdTfK7kh4_Dmz-ZeSwhx5Dq5qkiwdCnwBHxTE47b7U7tmMkXryrHdImnhjSkFvAD865d3jPHBieMEku82CJbWL1D1GwtESrkCR7-cyUzTCErTso8FnOZd9QNsJEBa3a-XFgcB2AP/s400/Jorge+Peru.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 257px;" /></a>He hadn't mentioned this when I met him, so I was pleased to include it in the post.<br /><br />Jorge got this piece at <a href="http://www.fotolog.com/coyotes__tattoo/54701572">Coyote's Tattoo</a> in Lima, Peru.<br /><br />He says this is a tribute to his mother and his Peruvian heritage. It is based on a pure gold artifact found next to a mummy in Peru which he saw on display in the <a href="http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/gold/">American Museum of Natural History</a>.<br /><br />Thanks again to Jorge for sharing so many of his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

A Selection of Jorge's Tattoos

I met Jorge last week at the top of the escalators leading from Penn Station to 7th Avenue. He has quite a few, and I took photos of the fro...

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