completion.....

Completion....according to Merriam-Webster is...the quality or state of being complete.

I am a work in progress like many of my tattoos. When one of these is completed I feel a bit more completed. I do know that I will not be complete until death but until then I can appreciate the road to completion and evolution as each piece of my body art is completed. I just recently finished a sleeve, well the outside part of the sleeve, hee hee. Wow! It was a 7 month process. Not because I have to travel but because I own a tattoo studio Do you eve have any idea how hard it ts it get an appointment at your own studio??? Even worse with your dear hubby! ha! Luckily with this sleeve it was my Goddess sleeve and I devoted my arm or more like donated my arm to our goddess artist Carla Daniela. (Dany). Thing is she moved away about 30 minutes up the road about a month ago so there was a bit of a crimp in our plans but it worked out.

Not meaning to we started this goddess sleeve of a phoenix on the full moon after the spring equinox...very meaningful to me. I am turning 40 this year and it meant the world to me to get a symbol of the inner transformation that I feel. Each consecutive session ended up being on a full moon without meaning too. Several times I walked out and saw her in her full beauty (the moon not Dany.haha) I was amazed that once again we had a session at this powerful time of the month.

Cherry blossoms are carried by Japanese winds from my wrist to lifting the reborn phoenix to another dimension of life (to be continued on my backpiece of a Ganesha in another fantasy galaxy plane). To have this piece finished was a threshold for me. Its almost Samhain which is a Celtic holiday that is very special to me and also Day of the Dead here in Mexico. This is a time to touch base with your ancestors as well as your inner self. For me to complete this design and sleeve was a completion of inner work I am doing for myself this 40th year of life (as well as the 11th year of being with my soulmate).

I believe anyone who really creates tattoos as a ritual for themselves with a deep inner meaning can relate to this. Its an outer landmark of inner progress. I wish it for all with or without tattoos.