Tara's Stunning Tattoos Represent Clarity and Freedom

I was riding my bike along the water and the Belt Parkway in South Brooklyn last month, when a woman passed me on her roller skates, headed in the other direction.<br /><br />I quickly reversed directions and caught up with her because I wanted to ask her about her half-sleeve:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN7qOdxCIJ-hVfEUZ5pxgF_NHAlE4tmBZX3vfGcoHbI5Mx8yZ4XP2KYmtzNIQwIgZTKqZMRJGXHKlX6ti65maaBQRInMEh4_oyuVJnjYB47MP3fAfgoQaW_IYHeVTjLPPfqSeftaXjWs/s1600/skate+ink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN7qOdxCIJ-hVfEUZ5pxgF_NHAlE4tmBZX3vfGcoHbI5Mx8yZ4XP2KYmtzNIQwIgZTKqZMRJGXHKlX6ti65maaBQRInMEh4_oyuVJnjYB47MP3fAfgoQaW_IYHeVTjLPPfqSeftaXjWs/s640/skate+ink.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br />It's really quite stunning, and I was interested in who was the artist responsible for this work. Tara credited <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/christian-masot/">Christian Masot</a> at <a href="http://www.silkcitytattoo.com/">Silk City Tattoo</a> in Hawthorne, New Jersey. I've seen a lot of cool stuff come out of the shop and Christian was responsible for the work on the last two people I've met having been inked there. Check out all the Silk City work that has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Silk%20City%20Tattoo">here</a>.<br /><br />As for Tara, she's a Roller Derby Girl, who skates under the handle PMA, with the number 24/7,  because she has a Positive Mental Attitude, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.<br /><br />She explained, "I was going through a lot of stuff in my life a couple years ago and finally I had clarity ... so the lotus symbolizes ... clarity."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_Xeak5LF6TJyd74fATf-vlWhyjc9JOvzNCqvuuv6SkbLVEfB0KSjfJc6BoI6FYhq7LaG6pVsRu_INajHdKas1xSCsBziIin5di0ADxUxoOdkt7M2wXho80H5XE6xS4keq88cWUkHl_s/s1600/skate+ink+detail+flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_Xeak5LF6TJyd74fATf-vlWhyjc9JOvzNCqvuuv6SkbLVEfB0KSjfJc6BoI6FYhq7LaG6pVsRu_INajHdKas1xSCsBziIin5di0ADxUxoOdkt7M2wXho80H5XE6xS4keq88cWUkHl_s/s640/skate+ink+detail+flower.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br />As for the butterfly, Tara told me that her butterflies "symbolize change and freedom."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKjIT3CIG9nPEReg-6a_rZt1kl5CxOry1OXGBIctjjH-1nvgQtSxHwbDB1u-4JO2msKAuqJ6GdVk7tcnFNIElTiydRHUTwSNDveodWL4zhqQ4meZuE3NuOyuw8jhrhm5xTUE8BwypFg0/s1600/skate+ink+detail+butterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKjIT3CIG9nPEReg-6a_rZt1kl5CxOry1OXGBIctjjH-1nvgQtSxHwbDB1u-4JO2msKAuqJ6GdVk7tcnFNIElTiydRHUTwSNDveodWL4zhqQ4meZuE3NuOyuw8jhrhm5xTUE8BwypFg0/s640/skate+ink+detail+butterfly.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br />Tara elaborated, saying that she brought three pictures in for reference [there's a monarch butterfly on her inner arm] and Christian "made it his own," in part by adding the design that represents the wind.<br /><br />When I asked Tara how many tattoos she has, she said, "I lost count."<br /><br />Thanks to Tara for sharing these stunning tattoos with us here on Tattoosday! Keep on skating with that positive mental attitude!<br /><br />If you want to see more of Tara's ink, you can glimpse it on various videos on her YouTube channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MissLiz13">here</a>. She talks a lot about Vegan and Gluten-free recipes. I'm including one below that features her skating on the Shore Road promenade where I met her:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="314" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uJi1OiS8ExM" width="500"></iframe><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">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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Tara's Stunning Tattoos Represent Clarity and Freedom

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