InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 47 | Page 6

InkSpot - What “InkSpires” You? “I’m inspired by beauty and art. And that translates into what ‘InkSpired’ means to me. Anything can be expressed in the form of a tattoo.” -Monica Sims “Since I was a kid, I’ve always loved the way art looked on my skin. I would draw, paint, and color things all over myself. No one can take away that type of expression for me; it’s mine. Now that I’m older, tattoos hold the same kind of significance for me.” -Heather Dean “‘InkSpired’ means having the fortitude to wear a permanent story on your body. Leaving that story out in the open for all to see and interpret how they see fit, with no care to how they see or feel about it. Mapping one’s life as it comes and inevitably goes. Whether it’s a direct story of my journey or it’s the things that my heart beats to. It’s my way of being a living, walking work of art. Art that I and only I have. It’s my uniqueness proclaimed to all; it’s my journal.” -Joel Strothoff “I think it means taboo freedom. Our society believed that tattoos were for military or prisoners. Now it’s a free expression of art on skin. And most times it’s a conversation starter.” -Danielle N Leroy Scott “Literally...the words freedom, love and faith are tattooed on me for my children - Freedom Ray, Elijah Faith and Tiki Love.” -Dale Tolmich 4 InkSpiredMagazine.com