Easy Guts

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Every corner 

and room of a house 

will carry memories, 

make these the most 

pleasurable times you 

shared with your family.

      Anthony Liccione

If you build the guts 

to do something, anything, 

then you better save enough 

to face the consequences.

Criss Jami

There is a moon, that rests 

in the quiet corners

of a lover’s lips.

   Sanober Khan

༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༄༆

 Love You, 

   Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Traditional Polynesian Tattooing 

Link

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Tattooing; Honolulu

Stroll Waikiki With Me

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Spring: The music of

 open windows. "

                         Terri Guillemets

 " Love the life you live

live the life you love. "

                           Bob Marley

Click on the Kite!

" Never be in a hurry; 

do everything quietly 

and in a calm spirit. 

Do not lose your 

inner peace for 

anything whatsoever, 

even if your 

whole world 

seems upset. "

             Saint Francis de Sales

I'm working on it,

How about You?

Just making it

a goal

clarifies things

I think.

Linking to

Wednesday Around the World

Thank YOU

for Being an

Important Link!

                          Fondly, cloudia

Sailor Jerry Tattoo God Father

A    L    O    H    A  !

“ People take 
different roads 
seeking fulfillment 
and happiness. 
Just because they’re 
not on your road 
doesn’t mean 
they’ve gotten lost. ”


 Dalai Lama

 "I never feel age...
If you have 
creative work, 
you don't have 
age or time."

Louise Nevelson

Rollo was running the shop
while I was driving my taxi
through these streets.
See my Hawaii taxi & life novel
HERE

Tattooing
was invented in Polynesia
and sailors were the first westerners
to get tattoos as mementos of their voyages.

Honolulu Town and her Harbor have been
Crossroads of the Pacific
since the 1700s,
especially for sailors.

A key figure in modern tattoo art
is Sailor Jerry
[Norman Keith Collins]
and he worked his iconic magic
right here in my town.
Down in Chinatown,
just off of Hotel Street,
Sailor Jerry tattooed many
many people, and his art
traveled around the world.
Much of what is familiar
about 20th Century skin art
flowed from his pen.
WWII insured that his
tattoos would "die"
in virtually every battle
of the Pacific,
and live
in every state of the USA.
[And Beyond]
Today, "his" shop
is still working it's art
albeit under a different name.

Do YOU have or want
a tattoo? Of What?

Fondly, 
                       your tattooed lady, cloudia

Traditional Polynesian Tattooing - TATAU

A  L  O  H  A !

Saturday, I went to the Tattoo Expo.

Here is a contemporary tattooing scene,

see the tattoo guns

 in the artists' hands?

I specifically went to observe

traditional Polynesian Tatau methods.

Tatau refers to the sound of tapping.

 "The word "tattoo" was brought to Europe 

by the explorer James Cook,

 when he returned in 1771

 from his first voyage to Tahiti and New Zealand.

 In his narrative of the voyage,

 he refers to an operation called "tattaw" 

Wikipedia

(Play Da Song)

These ladies are doing traditional tattooing 
without machines

She is tapping the inked "comb"

with a tapping stick. Tap. . . Tap. . .

Tap. . . .

Gloves and sanitary rules are in effect,

and see, her comb is metal!

This artist is doing Samoan Tattooing.

See the movement-

click on his card

The tapping stick
 is ghostly in this shot

Keone Nunes has breathed new life

 into the Hawaiian Tattoo.

His tribal patterns MEAN something,

 honoring his

ancestors and culture.

LINK

Concentration

His hand tools look 
much as they might have

in pre-contact Hawaii

Polynesian Tattooing

 takes a "village"

Some folks had more fun

 than others.

Hear and see some action:

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                                                                   cloudia

Mighty Mighty Turtles

A L O H A, 

                    Turtle Fans !

 

 King Dragon Turtle

" You must welcome change as the rule

but not as your ruler. "

Denis Waitley

 Friends Who Never Leave / Self Portrait

" A tattoo is a true poetic creation,

and is always more than meets the eye. 

As a tattoo is grounded on living skin,

so its essence emotes a poignancy 

unique to the mortal human condition.  "

V. Vale and Andrea Juno,

Modern Primitives

So WHAT?!  Can't EAT them!

" Find your place in the sun.

Especially if it happens to be on that nice pile of warm, clean laundry."

Miss Kitty

'^'

Diamondback terrapins have left the waters
of Jamaica Bay (off New York City)
to lay their eggs for centuries, 

long before we ever learned to fly 

or built JFK Airport.

They see no reason to change now! 

Last week, the annual Airport Turtle Roundup commenced,

spawning Tweets,
  and lots of bemused news stories
about fast jets and slow turtles.

All the world loves a MoM!

Meanwhile, here in Hawaii, 
officials are reassessing the status of the
HONU,

the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle.

So scarce in the 1970s
that they were put on the Endangered List,

these beloved creatures are now common in our waters,

perhaps even eating enough Limu (local sea 'weed')

to imbalance the reef eco-system.

Brace yourself:
there is even talk of allowing a LIMITED catch

by Hawaiians for cultural and subsistence purposes.

It will NOT be open season on turtles!
(Though the whole idea makes me queasy)

So turtles are doing fine.

In fact, they RULE!

You got a problem with that,

Kitty?

        What say YOU?  cloudia