The other day Dominic posted about the gift we received from Chris Conley of Saves the Day. Last night it finally came to fruition.
Let me start at the beginning...
A couple of years ago the Saves the Day song "This is not an Exit" gained a special place in our hearts and lives. The words in that song have meant more to us than any other. Later, when Dominic and I agreed to getting tattoos as a symbol of our commitment to eachother it seemed appropriate to have that title be the symbol. Just weeks after we made that decision Saves the Day was playing a show at the Aztlan Theater. We attended the show and as always had an amazing time. After the show we met up with Chris. We told him how much that song means to us and asked if he wouldn't mind writing it in his handwriting. He graciously obliged. That moment that we shared with him, the words we exchanged, the connection we made is forever burned in my mind, and now inked on my skin.
It being my first and probably only tattoo I feel the need to describe the experience...
First, we weren't even going to get tattooed last night we were just going to get consultations. To our surprise the tattoo artist wanted to do it right away! The artist we had chosen was a guy called Fish at Think Tank Tattoo. We chose him only because we'd seen, and fallen in love with, his artwork on their website. I couldn't have been happier with our choice. He took his time to make the tattoo look exactly as Chris had written it. Fish understood that it wasn't "just text" as so many tattoo artists had described it. It was an amazing experience for so many reasons. We even had the privilege of purchasing some of Fish's artwork that had drawn us to him in the first place. I can't thank him enough for his time, patience, and kindness.
Comments (7)
That is very cool, once they are all healed up post some picts of the tattoos.
Yippie for the both of you.
Posted by Dan Mayer | April 14, 2006 10:39 AM
Posted on April 14, 2006 10:39
That is freaking amazing guys. Love it. I want to see the final product too.
Posted by Caruso | April 15, 2006 10:28 AM
Posted on April 15, 2006 10:28
i leave you in suspense. haha
Posted by nicole | April 15, 2006 11:47 AM
Posted on April 15, 2006 11:47
tattoo clowns on chest? hmmm. i heard what ya'll said. c u in sept.
Posted by ismael | April 15, 2006 12:54 PM
Posted on April 15, 2006 12:54
the asshole that fired you is going to be bitch slapped like a 2 dalla ho one of these days. I'm thinking maybe sometime in sept. laterz...
Posted by ismael | April 15, 2006 1:05 PM
Posted on April 15, 2006 13:05
Rad! I'm glad you guys got it done so perfectly...and we'll see how long it's your "probably only tattoo", haha. :)
Posted by scott | April 16, 2006 11:54 AM
Posted on April 16, 2006 11:54
Yeah, Scott, that's what everyone says but I honestly dont know if the opportunity to get something as meaningful will ever arise again. We'll see I guess. But this is going to be hard to top.
Posted by nicole | April 16, 2006 4:10 PM
Posted on April 16, 2006 16:10