It was 1989, and upon his return from attending a tattoo convention in New Orleans, Corey got a break from the one and only Jack Rudy, who gave him a job at Good Time Charlie’s Tattooland in Anaheim, California. It was there that Corey met Dick Warsocki and began traveling and working the tattoo convention scene. Things changed for Corey in 1987 when Fat George gave him his first big break tattooing at Fat George’s Tattoo Gallery in La Puente, where he worked with George and Mark Mahoney. He knew his days of slinging tattoos out of a shoe box were numbered and that he would soon be hammering out ink with one of the strong machines they were using at Spotlight. Spotlight Tattoo was the hardest punk rock tattoo shop in Hollywood, and Corey was intrigued by the hand-drawn skulls and other tattoo designs on the walls. He used to carry his homemade contraption around in a Vans shoe box with a bottle of Pelican ink.īy 1983, Corey ventured out to Hollywood and found himself at the first real tattoo parlor he had ever set foot in, Spotlight Tattoo, run by the venerable Bob Roberts. This inspired Corey to build his own tattooing machine, which consisted of a fish tank pump motor, a bent toothbrush, the tip of a Bic pen, and some guitar string as a needle. So he carved out his first tattoo on himself using a needle with thread wrapped around it. In 1982, a fifteen-year-old Corey Miller was playing drums in a punk rock band and he decided he needed a tattoo.
( Get it here.)Ĭheck out even more of Lithograph’s temp lit tattoos and maybe splurge on this TS Eliot quote: “Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?” Just remember, it’s only temporary.Ask premier tattoo artist Corey Miller how he got into the tattoo business, and he will probably tell you it was 'by hanging around the wrong people.' And if you have a sense of humor and you get it, he may tell you the real story.
But for any avid bookworm, no truer words have ever been written. Of course, Miss Bingley isn’t very interested in reading after all she’s much more focused on Mr. While Elizabeth is Pride and Prejudice’s protagonist and is one of the most likable, intriguing characters in the Western canon, it’s the detestable Miss Bingley’s exclamation that has become one of Jane Austen’s most famous lines. However, there is no one - I repeat, no one - who can deny the brilliance of one of the Bard’s more brooding play, Hamlet. This quote from Lord Polonius is particularly on point. Maybe, like me, you loved Romeo and Juliet and were especially fond of the balcony scene, but that’s unlikely given how many people complain about the superficiality and downright fickleness of Shakespeare’s young, star-crossed lovers. I think we can all understand the struggle of wanting to escape our own histories but constantly being pulled toward our memories. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” This Gatsby quote is one of my all-time top-10 sentences from classic literature. ( Get it here.)įor the girl who lives life on the edge, loves Jack London and everything about White Fang. It’s always nice to be reminded of the basic principles of life, and that’s what Huck does best-especially when his words are written on your arm. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck’s childlike innocence is sometimes refreshing and even exhilarating, especially when contrasted with Tom Sawyer’s deceit. (Talk about low commitment.) Maybe they can help you decide if “my bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep” means enough to you to have Shakespeare’s words explicitly define who you are to the outside world. Check out these awesome temporary literary tattoos, courtesy of Lithographs, where a set of two will only set you back $5. But even if there is a new tattoo removal cream soon to be going the market, should we really go through the pain of getting inked without knowing if we plan to keep it forever? Thankfully, now there’s a way to see if you want The Great Gatsby on the nape of your neck for all the days.
Of course, I’m pretty noncommittal, so I could just be over-thinking things. Or so we think, but maybe it’s a good idea to test that hypothesis before permanently tattooing anything anywhere, even an incredible quote that changed our lives.
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