Happy 2023! Here it is. The first day of the year. The day when so many people think of the changes they have to make, to the new goals they have to achieve. I would approach it differently though. Rather than looking at an entire year, feeling the pressure of the 365 days that demand progress, I would take it day by day. Make this day a bit better than yesterday and seek to adjust gradually. I believe more in the consistency of change than in the speed with which is happening.
All of this being said, I continue my posting series connected to my tattoo journey.
This is a swallow that I have made on fakeskin with really fine needles. 3RL and 1RL. This means 3 round liner and 1 round liner, the numbers indicating the amount of needles.
I admit that I love working on details yet I am aware that transferring this design on the skin would mean some adjusting. The stippling technique takes less time when done with a tattoo machine, making my rotring pen look obsolete.
I have been quite busy in the pre-holidays season. I enjoyed it as working extra made my mind forget about certain things and focus on the task at hand. I can see why so many people seek refuge in work, as it can help with avoiding things. Temporarily at least.
I decided I would like to document my journey here in Denmark. Not for popularity or followers. Just for me. Like keeping an oracle. So I have made the courage and made a clip, telling the long story short. I did it today, as I wanted to start a 2023 in a brave manner. Still sleepy, I have made some mistakes in the clip but I decided to not edit and to post the entire thing because I want to look at it 10 or 20 years from now and smile .
I also realize how time consuming self-promoting can be in a new country. To make a page, to post the tattoos, to make and edit clips and photos. I often have moments when I detach and somehow feel that I do not want to be consumed by the race towards "to be known" trap. Because using too much social media can and will consume anybody. I also realize that I mostly enjoy the journey as it is, without being attached to a country or to a place. It is relaxing as I am no longer worried if this works out on the long term or not. I am mostly focused on being better in tattoing today than I was yesterday. I compete with myself, not with anybody else.
I consider to buy a higher quality tattoo machine and to invest in myself more this year. I noticed that as I am healing I love to spend more time by myself. I can be one happy hermit. I am even more selective now and I learned to say no to people that I feel I do not want to spend time with. I believe that this is important in any career: time management. To learn whom and to what you give time to. To be with people who make your soul feel good.
I hope you had a wonderful New Year and may this year bring you to a better version of yourself!