In the strangest of places

I was at my regular piercing shop (Foundation Body Arts) on Friday the 13th to get a couple of flash tattoos. If you didn't know, most tattoo shops do special events every Friday the 13th where the artists draw up new sheets of designs, often with a Friday the 13th theme, and offer them at a discount. Some shops make a bigger event out of it than others. For example, my regular tattoo shop (Lion's Paw) will end up having artists tattoo well into the night.

I'd gotten one tattoo at Foundation before, but it wasn't until Friday the 13th that I was laying on a table in the right direction to notice something amazing hanging high up on the wall. An absolutely pristine print of the famous Duran Duran Rio album cover by Patrick Nagel! You know, the one that's incorporated into my back tattoo.





I told my piercer Ben, jokingly, that if that print should ever go missing, that it wasn't me. He said I could have it! I suggested a trade and sent him some photos of some of my old orange artwork that doesn't really go well in the new orange bathroom. He liked it so I took it over there today on my way to teach a class. I can hardly believe I have this incredible print in my collection now.



It's in perfect shape, unlike my others which have all seen better days. It'll be hard to decide where to put it. There's plenty of space in my room, but I want people to see it!