marisa_dimattia

Reuters took this pic of me at the London Tattoo Convention and it was picked up by Hong Kong and Italian press as far as I know.

I have mixed feelings about the image. I look ... old ... but my tattoos still look great.

I love my tattoos. I love my husband who did my tattoos. I love how needles inject pigment in skin and the pain washes away the To-Do list in my brain and brings on a forced meditation so that I'm completely relaxed when the buzzing stops. It's been two and a half years since I've been tattooed. I guess that's why I've been so stressed.