Comments on: Lurid scapulæ http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: milovoo http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-142515 milovoo Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:57:54 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-142515 <p><i>Also interesting to note, the last I heard I dont think he was tattooed himself.Something about getting tatooed by someone with a clean slate is unsettling.</i></p> <p>I do feel a bit awkward speaking for him, but we discussed while I was getting mine (we had a lot of time) and he says that he prefers to work his detailed tattoos on pale skin, that's why he moved his business from India to the US. From what I recall a similar rationale applies to his own personal lack of tattoos. He could also have been totally BSing me as he is a pretty funny guy.</p> <p>(But I know it didn't have anything to do with the relative talents of other artists)</p> Also interesting to note, the last I heard I dont think he was tattooed himself.Something about getting tatooed by someone with a clean slate is unsettling.

I do feel a bit awkward speaking for him, but we discussed while I was getting mine (we had a lot of time) and he says that he prefers to work his detailed tattoos on pale skin, that’s why he moved his business from India to the US. From what I recall a similar rationale applies to his own personal lack of tattoos. He could also have been totally BSing me as he is a pretty funny guy.

(But I know it didn’t have anything to do with the relative talents of other artists)

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36601 Manish Vij Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:02:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36601 <blockquote>Someone who's going to bleed you better have gone thru the same experience...</blockquote> <p>There's something very Angelina-Billy Bob about all this ;)</p> Someone who’s going to bleed you better have gone thru the same experience…

There’s something very Angelina-Billy Bob about all this ;)

]]> By: Janeofalltrades http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36534 Janeofalltrades Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:20:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36534 <blockquote>I'm not saying you, I'm saying it's perfectly plausible why Gupta isn't inked.</blockquote> <p>Ah gotcha...I can't speak for the hardcore types but for a lot of people it's all about the utopian feeling of being connected to the tatooer, it's a little addicting and people who've bled and been inked are like a weird cult. Someone who's going to bleed you better have gone thru the same experience and loved it :-) or something like that...</p> I’m not saying you, I’m saying it’s perfectly plausible why Gupta isn’t inked.

Ah gotcha…I can’t speak for the hardcore types but for a lot of people it’s all about the utopian feeling of being connected to the tatooer, it’s a little addicting and people who’ve bled and been inked are like a weird cult. Someone who’s going to bleed you better have gone thru the same experience and loved it :-) or something like that…

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36528 Manish Vij Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:02:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36528 <p>I'm not saying <i>you,</i> I'm saying it's perfectly plausible why Gupta isn't inked.</p> I’m not saying you, I’m saying it’s perfectly plausible why Gupta isn’t inked.

]]> By: Janeofalltrades http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36527 Janeofalltrades Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:01:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36527 <blockquote>If you're highly discriminating, why trust a tattoo by anyone else? It's optional after all, not like a surgeon who absolutely requires surgery by a third party.</blockquote> <p>This could really apply to anything in life. Alas we all don't have the kind of spare time it would require to be an apprentice at and clock in experience hours and get licensed in the art of ink. So we all just go to those that are good at it and understand it (hence the freakish feel about a clean slate) It's like we don't really need to go out to eat but we do and perfer it to be someplace good :-)</p> If you’re highly discriminating, why trust a tattoo by anyone else? It’s optional after all, not like a surgeon who absolutely requires surgery by a third party.

This could really apply to anything in life. Alas we all don’t have the kind of spare time it would require to be an apprentice at and clock in experience hours and get licensed in the art of ink. So we all just go to those that are good at it and understand it (hence the freakish feel about a clean slate) It’s like we don’t really need to go out to eat but we do and perfer it to be someplace good :-)

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36521 Manish Vij Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:25:02 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36521 <blockquote>Something about getting tatooed by someone with a clean slate is unsettling.</blockquote> <p>If you're highly discriminating, why trust a tattoo by anyone else? It's optional after all, not like a surgeon who absolutely requires surgery by a third party.</p> Something about getting tatooed by someone with a clean slate is unsettling.

If you’re highly discriminating, why trust a tattoo by anyone else? It’s optional after all, not like a surgeon who absolutely requires surgery by a third party.

]]> By: absolutgcs http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36516 absolutgcs Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:09:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36516 <p>his work is pretty awesome. i've always wanted to get an om tatoo but i can never get a straight answer about how "allowable" it is for a brahmin.</p> his work is pretty awesome. i’ve always wanted to get an om tatoo but i can never get a straight answer about how “allowable” it is for a brahmin.

]]> By: Bong Breaker http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36480 Bong Breaker Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:52:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36480 <blockquote>Lurid scapulæ</blockquote> <p>Long live diphthongs. Long live creative Guptas. (and long live Pardon My Hindi and Manish too, very cool posts as of late!)</p> Lurid scapulæ

Long live diphthongs. Long live creative Guptas. (and long live Pardon My Hindi and Manish too, very cool posts as of late!)

]]> By: Janeofalltrades http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36462 Janeofalltrades Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:58:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36462 <p>Anil rocks :-) and I got ink to prove it...especially for desis this is a service not available elsewhere. I sent a friend to him to get the gayatri mantra around his arms and he did a fantastic job. Anytime you have non desis doing sanskrit it can get hairy. Thank god for Anil.</p> Anil rocks :-) and I got ink to prove it…especially for desis this is a service not available elsewhere. I sent a friend to him to get the gayatri mantra around his arms and he did a fantastic job. Anytime you have non desis doing sanskrit it can get hairy. Thank god for Anil.

]]> By: Ang http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/01/lurid_scapul/comment-page-1/#comment-36456 Ang Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:00:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2593#comment-36456 <p>Holy shit! He's good!!!! An artist!</p> Holy shit! He’s good!!!! An artist!

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