Cat's Eyes and More!

Back in March, on a particularly warm end-of-winter day, I ran into two young ladies in Penn Station, one of whom was named Cat. I spotted three of her tattoos almost immediately, and we had a nice discussion about her ink.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNw5FEQx0QLE790P6QfqIb6WJ1Zkl5I5zH9WRll9IY74NuPXiTfNZ4Xk0UW73VFZLuUrr7OTOboht2_mSYiKRmW5begaYlF4zllk8L_khEMom8tt5BnnAGbEGU98-oWCThw7wdtFj3s8/s716/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNw5FEQx0QLE790P6QfqIb6WJ1Zkl5I5zH9WRll9IY74NuPXiTfNZ4Xk0UW73VFZLuUrr7OTOboht2_mSYiKRmW5begaYlF4zllk8L_khEMom8tt5BnnAGbEGU98-oWCThw7wdtFj3s8/s400/photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Cat explains:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"the eyes were my first [tattoos] ... on my eighteenth birthday ... I thought it would be cool to base it on my best friend's cat ... I got it just because, I'm Cat ... get cat eyes on my back, why not? It was a birthday present..."</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNM_fkGhFr0wCdxQXoys_vk2_D2GxA9ko7efTKiDsMu1MuxtHRYtvUnvoKYHq_aqo-ckxs7Nlv4Z3KfdB1-rqpszguuAKow4xRQA335YltVFttqoqL97k4bmQo3M7J0omQnjnKNdF_7p8/s687/IMG_0170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNM_fkGhFr0wCdxQXoys_vk2_D2GxA9ko7efTKiDsMu1MuxtHRYtvUnvoKYHq_aqo-ckxs7Nlv4Z3KfdB1-rqpszguuAKow4xRQA335YltVFttqoqL97k4bmQo3M7J0omQnjnKNdF_7p8/s400/IMG_0170.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />And the name of her friend's cat? Sushi. You know I just had to ask.<br /><br />The next tattoo she got was this piece on her left arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcUH3l-DW22muPMk9ftRakmoYQq7TDEOmn4Lnxlo66p9PTNXOlGvHxP7-FQ4i2OV0AtyXh3l8YAUY1Y01n_t_QVbaQbBXUD5xtrpfiu0pXzhLy_5Xrj9OeqxVFlnhnlvZUtN1WAH-lhE/s615/IMG_0174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVcUH3l-DW22muPMk9ftRakmoYQq7TDEOmn4Lnxlo66p9PTNXOlGvHxP7-FQ4i2OV0AtyXh3l8YAUY1Y01n_t_QVbaQbBXUD5xtrpfiu0pXzhLy_5Xrj9OeqxVFlnhnlvZUtN1WAH-lhE/s640/IMG_0174.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><br />This is based on the art by <a href="http://www.kurthalsey.com/">Kurt Halsey</a>. Cat elaborates:<br /><br />"It's just always been a favorite of mine. I saw [Halsey] down in Philly and that one was my favorite print." Of course, it helps that the girl in the illustration is holding a cat.<br /><br />On her opposite arm is this tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtgGOTQWnErQxJw9oKdTjekoOjRjXWfL7e1Yd47SA02y7xK73dFuhz_72nji1wFaiAJq3liU30aMF8UALg0xBHXgJZpFeIBsUY34hqk6fkxNYiN6v5l9_U1bFWF6SHuHFqJWQ7iPrObo/s614/IMG_0176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtgGOTQWnErQxJw9oKdTjekoOjRjXWfL7e1Yd47SA02y7xK73dFuhz_72nji1wFaiAJq3liU30aMF8UALg0xBHXgJZpFeIBsUY34hqk6fkxNYiN6v5l9_U1bFWF6SHuHFqJWQ7iPrObo/s640/IMG_0176.JPG" width="364" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is based on the work of <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/">Garance Doré</a>, a fashion photographer. She's just a huige fan and loves this illustration in particular.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;">All of the tattoos were done by <a href="http://www.transcendtattoo.com/Tattoos/Nick_Trammel/">Nick Trammel</a> at <a href="http://www.transcendtattoo.com/index.html">Transcend Tattoo</a> in Branford, Connecticut</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;">Of course, when I was looking back at the photos I took of Cat's tattoos, I noticed in the Kurt Halsey-illustrated piece that the word "saying" was inked on her ribs. It was peeking out from under her top. Of course, I had to ask and Cat obliged by sending me a photo of the whole tattoo:</span></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVexPxgZAvOB0A_6Llgc1sjtXkTfyfSP-j_K974o-jPC35jMCdnNRr1X2iL7-dcfKpgp_EuHUkxf26z3USIFpr4H_2Lzkd8B7yJPTJV7NWG9AsJAtQU-b5rEXEBhyvlRfEdTMzXYaJPBY/s640/photo+%281%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVexPxgZAvOB0A_6Llgc1sjtXkTfyfSP-j_K974o-jPC35jMCdnNRr1X2iL7-dcfKpgp_EuHUkxf26z3USIFpr4H_2Lzkd8B7yJPTJV7NWG9AsJAtQU-b5rEXEBhyvlRfEdTMzXYaJPBY/s400/photo+%281%29.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />I'll let Cat explain in her own words:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"T<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #222222;">he one on my ribs is from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Isherwood">Christopher Isherwood</a> book <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Single_Man_%28novel%29">A Single Man</a>. The quote is 'waking up begins with saying am and now.' It's my favorite book and for me it's just a reminder to live in the moment and not get caught up with the little things. It sounds cheesy but when I got the tattoo I was in a weird place so I like having the reminder close to me."</span></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to Cat for sharing all of these tattoos with us on Tattoosday!</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.918); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.755811650538817" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-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 reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. 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