tattoo

I’ve always been a big fan of the Hamsa so I was immediately drawn to this tattoo. The owner of this tattoo was awesome in a super carefree way. I asked if the tattoo had any special meaning and she replied: “I’ve always wanted a hamsa tattoo and I was in Thailand and got drunk and had a sketch of the hamsa so I decided to get it”.  So simple. I’m sure people will probably say, getting a tattoo while drunk in Thailand may not be the smartest move in the world but I still like it.  Although, those people may have a valid point…

Unfortunately, this woman’s bus came along right after I begged her to let me take this photo so I wasn’t able to ask her any questions about the background of the tattoo. Ed note: It is a hell of a lot harder to get people to let me take photos of their tattoos than I anticipated. So, this tattoo is my favorite one yet. It reminds me a little bit of the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. And the sun of course just rocks.

So it occurred to me I’m always looking high and low for cool murals and wham, I realized I walk by cool art all the time. So I thought as it gets warmer I’ll be seeing more and more so why not feature some interesting tattoos? So this is Bob’s arm. He plays in a band called Roxie Heart and the tattoo was inspired by a song he wrote called, you guessed it, “Broken Wings Can’t Fly.” You can catch his band May 11th at Asylum in Adams Morgan. Check out an extremely proud Washingtonian after the jump.
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