Tattoos under the skin
Under the skin
It’s the way we choose to express our lives
The story behind the tattoo
It tells the story of our life
1.
My tattoo means a lot to me
Because the tattoos I got were of my parents, my home, and my dog.
By the way, can you find my dog?
What do you think my parents will do when they see this tattoo of mine?
This is the place where I grew up
To find photos of my home for the tattoo artist
It really took a lot of effort
because...
On the afternoon of June 28, 2017
Propane leak blew three floors of my home into smithereens
My parents and my dog left with the house.
As you can see, in this accident
Everything most precious in my life was burned to ashes with this explosion
I want to tell you through my story
no matter what happened
We all have to regain ourselves
Go forward and keep going
2.
Growing up, my father always had his trademark big glasses and thick beard.
Today after my father passed away, I went to get a tattoo to commemorate him.
Yes, it’s the familiar glasses and beard!
3.
Postpartum depression leaves my wife breathless
But in my eyes, she is like the person I just met
The little girl who makes my heart beat everywhere
To support my wife in fighting the smog
I decided to get a tattoo about us
4.
I only have this tattoo
This was my grandfather Matthausen's soldier number from World War II.
The day after my grandfather's funeral
I told my tattoo artist about my grandfather and what it meant to me
The whole tattoo process only took me as long as it took me to type this paragraph
When I'm ready to pay,
The tattoo artist said to me
This is the most important tattoo I have done in 12 years
So I don't want to take your money
Finally she took a picture of me
And I gave her the photo I brought of my grandfather
This story will live on forever...
5.
Mom left us a few weeks ago
Yesterday I got my first tattoo
Mom often uses sticky notes to express her love for us.
I chose one of them and made it a tattoo
6.
I have a daughter who is hearing impaired.
She usually needs to wear a cochlear implant all the time
To keep her from feeling lonely
I got a cochlear implant tattoo just like hers.
7.
The unfortunate experience did not crush our family
A positive and optimistic attitude is our weapon to defeat the disease
To enhance my son’s self-confidence
I got a tattoo that looked exactly like his cancer scar
Hopefully he won't have to worry about this scar as he grows up
8.
My son passed away last year
In the midst of great grief with my wife
We even forgot his smiling face
Revisit the video recording his growth every day
Finally on this day,
I tattooed his smile of sonic tattoo
I want his voice to stay in my heart forever
9.
after father died
While tidying up his study, I found an almanac
Discovered the words he wrote when I was two years old
"I'm proud of you, love your daddy"
And made a tattoo
10.
Grandpa plotted the longitude and latitude of my home for me
It is my key to open the door to the geographical world
I take his teachings to heart
become a geographer
Just like grandpa used to be
