Seth Womble

While most of you won’t watch this whole vid or read this, it’s important to me and I’ve got something to say about it.

Hard to put this into words but, ima give it a shot…

First of all, thank you so much @chanelvis @littletsunamitattoo

You are an exceptional human, artist, and all around boss babe that I’m lucky to call a friend. Thank you for your time, heart, and our D&Ms. I am so grateful for this experience and lifetime memento that commentates not only my life but our shared time/conversations.

I could give an in depth explanation about the meaning behind this work, but it’s for me to understand and for you to stay curious. Honestly, I don’t really care what you think, which is a big deal for me.

I spent a lot of my life caring how people saw/thought of me, to a crippling degree sometimes. I am a pleaser and an empath by nature. To do something like this for my self was a real flip of the script, and I am proud.

I can tell this was a long process through a tough and transitionary part of my journey and career as a commission based artist.

After 27 years of working on walls (among other things) my body has started letting me know I’ve gotta find some other ways to work. It’s not been easy and I’m still searching and knocking on many new doors. *Let me know if you want/need any videography or private lessons in art, murals, guitar, uke, diving, foiling… 😜

Another fascinating thing I can tell you is this was legitimate therapy for me. I did an experiment with my Garmin watch that tracks biometrics. I felt relaxed and very calm during these sessions and wanted to test that with quantifiable insights.

My heart rate would drop below my sleeping rate as soon as I was on the table, sometimes into the upper 40bpm.

I couldn’t believe it, so I tested it 2 more times with the same results. I came out of each of these sessions feeling renewed and invigorated at a time when I was VERY stressed with the projects I was involved in. I don’t think this happens for everyone getting tattooed, but it definitely happened for me.

…and I think that’s about all I wanna say.

🤘❤️🤙

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