Finished trophy dragon #trophydragon #uncoollikeyou #hefe  (Taken with Instagram)

Finished trophy dragon #trophydragon #uncoollikeyou #hefe (Taken with Instagram)

Perfect. I wish i could say this to some judgemental people without kids.

Perfect. I wish i could say this to some judgemental people without kids.

Tattooed boyfriend face. Decided on and done in an hour bitches.

Tattooed boyfriend face. Decided on and done in an hour bitches.

I’ve done too many cancer ribbons lately. Glad to give people a good memorial though (Taken with Instagram)

I’ve done too many cancer ribbons lately. Glad to give people a good memorial though (Taken with Instagram)

Finished these the other day #tattoos

Finished these the other day #tattoos

Progress on my good friend Alyss #tattoo

Progress on my good friend Alyss #tattoo

arcanavitae:

Sokushinbutsu - Buddhist ritualistic self-mummification
For 1,000 days (a little less than three years) the priests would eat a special diet consisting only of nuts and seeds, while taking part in a regimen of rigorous physical activity that stripped them of their body fat. They then ate only bark and roots for another thousand days and began drinking a poisonous tea made from the sap of the Urushi tree, normally used to lacquer bowls. This caused vomiting and a rapid loss of bodily fluids, and most importantly, it made the body too poisonous to be eaten by maggots. Finally, a self-mummifying monk would lock himself in a stone tomb barely larger than his body, where he would not move from the lotus position. His only connection to the outside world was an air tube and a bell. Each day he rang a bell to let those outside know that he was still alive.

arcanavitae:

Sokushinbutsu - Buddhist ritualistic self-mummification

For 1,000 days (a little less than three years) the priests would eat a special diet consisting only of nuts and seeds, while taking part in a regimen of rigorous physical activity that stripped them of their body fat. They then ate only bark and roots for another thousand days and began drinking a poisonous tea made from the sap of the Urushi tree, normally used to lacquer bowls. This caused vomiting and a rapid loss of bodily fluids, and most importantly, it made the body too poisonous to be eaten by maggots. Finally, a self-mummifying monk would lock himself in a stone tomb barely larger than his body, where he would not move from the lotus position. His only connection to the outside world was an air tube and a bell. Each day he rang a bell to let those outside know that he was still alive.

(Source: cpelech, via yourealwaysonthetipofmytongue)

So happy with this finished piece #tattoos (Taken with Instagram)

So happy with this finished piece #tattoos (Taken with Instagram)

Ol Dandy I did today #tattoos

Ol Dandy I did today #tattoos