Four and a half hours in twenty three seconds – A tattoo timelapse

As an early birthday present to myself I got a new tattoo to add to my growing collection.

This one is special for a couple of reasons:-
The birthday it marks is one of those “big” ones that frankly is disturbing the hell out of me, I know it’s just a number but the less said about it the better.
It is a buddhist quote because my involvement with Buddhism which began over 10 years ago was like taking the red pill – once I’d heard the words I knew nothing would ever be the same again.
It’s in (a stylized version of) Hindi to celebrate the years I have spent in Mother India the country that after all my wandering is still easily my favorite country in the world and feels on some deep level more like home than anywhere.
Unlike all my other tattoos it’s in a place where everyone will see it which is my way of finally saying, screaming “fuck you” to everyone who has ever judged me by the way I look.

So, in celebration and to mark the event of getting it a short timelapse compressing the 4 1/2 hours it took into 23 seconds.

Oh and the meaning?
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger”

The hilarity of which will not escape anyone who knows me.

Huge thanks as always to Abdullah Taqy, my tattooist and dear friend.

Big thanks also to Billy Gomez for the music “Act 1”
soundcloud.com/mindtouchbeats

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