I'm going to preface this with the statement that this is absolutely not a gripe about how A.I. came to have the ability to do art. That is another subject for another time. Anyway... There was a time not so long ago, when a client would come in for a consultation, and if they couldn't find exactly what they were looking for, they'd bring along their own art. Sometimes it was ultra basic circles, arrows and rectangles (basically, I want this in this circle, and this in that

"why just that date? It’s so… final. And most likely, it’s a reminder tied to pain. It’s an end date."

She giggled at me. "What am I supposed to do... just walk into a place and say 'Can I see your portfolio?'" "Yes!"

Hand Poked tattoos have been around for thousands of years. Are they really as temporary as online spaces are saying? Probably not.