Sailor Jerry Tattoo God Father

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“ 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

Honolulu SkyWatch

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" If 
I could wake up
 in a different place, 
at a different time,
 could I wake up 
as a different 
person? "

Chuck Palahniuk

 “ The way  to 
change others’ minds
 is with affection, 
and not anger.”

Dalai Lama

" Never 
waste your time 
trying 
to explain 
who you are 
to people who 
are committed to

misunderstanding you. "

Anonymous



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Trees Speak in Leaves

Like Books Do

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" All religions, 

arts and sciences 

are branches of 

the same tree. "

Albert Einstein

" We are formed and 

molded by our 

thoughts. -

- Those whose minds 

are shaped by 

selfless thoughts 

give joy 

when they speak 

or act. 

- Joy

 follows them

 like a shadow that 

never leaves them. "

 Buddha 

" Never be so 

narrow-minded 

that you pass a 

group of trees without 

pausing, 

to catch their 

latest whisper. "

Karen Sather

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The Wake of Blessing

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" “Compassion 
is the radicalism 
of our time.” 

 Dalai Lama 

Do You see the WAKE left by these boats?


Give 
to every other 
human being 
every right 
that you claim 
for yourself. "


Robert Ingersoll

 “If you think 
you are too small
 to make a difference, 
try sleeping 
with a mosquito.”

 Dalai Lama


`^'

Walking 
along the sidewalk
in the wake
of a smoker

I rush ahead
leaving him
in my wake
of blessings.

What do YOU
leave in YOUR
wake?

One little kindness
can change a person's
day,
or even save a
life.

My soul crests
the wake of blessing
multiplying
passing on
in every direction.

May YOU
be drawn in
to a Spiral
of Comforts!

                      Warmly, cloudia

The Other Honolulu: CHINATOWN

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Remember to click on these photos

" Wherever you go, 
go with all 
your heart. "


Confucius

Mendonca Bldg 1901
Link

" We must be willing 
to get rid of the 
life we've planned, 
so as to have 
the life 
that is waiting 
for us. "


Joseph Campbell

Lion Dance Blessings

" Let the beauty 
of what you love, 
be 
what you do. "


Rumi

Kwan Yin

" The end result 
of kindness is 
that it draws 
people 
to you. "


Anita Roddick



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What a Difference

a FRIEND Makes

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Pink Life With Boats


I still believe
that above all things
physical,
it is more important
to be beautiful
on the inside -
to have a big heart,
and open mind,
and a spectacular
spleen. "

Ellen DeGeneres

Orange Horizons

" Far clouds 
of feathery gold,
Shaded with 
deepest purple, 
gleam
Like islands 
on a dark blue sea. "


Percy Bysshe Shelley

Sure, Just Ignore me!

" What a delight it is 
to make friends 
with someone 
you have 
despised. "


Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

=^..^=

How
was Your
weekend?

I spent time
with friends;
Hope You
did too.

That makes
all 
the difference!


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i Heart Macos

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" Discovery

 is seeing what 

everybody else has seen,

and thinking 

what nobody else 

has thought. "

 Albert Szent-Gyorgi

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