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TATTOOS AND GOOD INTENTIONS

NEW YEAR – NEW LUCK?

A NEW BEGINNING WITH AND WITHOUT A LASTING IMPRESSION

The New Year has begun, and we are again packed with intentions, visions and self-optimization. With the champagne glass in your hand and a little tipsy, you announce your New Year's resolutions on New Year's Eve. Well, the new year is already a few days old – what does the first interim report say? Do we still regularly jog twice a week? Can we endure without the habitual cigarette? Is fasting still easy, do we cycle instead of car to go shopping? All the good intentions are certainly justified – but doesn't it allstart with the crux that the resolutions are subject to a certain durability, that they can only be sustained in a limited time frame? That the memory of the "good idea" fades and evaporates by the end of the month at the latest?According to a psychological study, only 8 percent of all those who set new goals on New Year's Day achieve a reasonably continuous and useful implementation of their ideas.Why is that? A good reason why resolutions on New Year's Eve fail is that the objectives set here are taken out of a negative attitude. The resolutions are intended to enhance what is considered to be deficient and inadequate in itself. And now improvements are being vowed. It would have to be jogging, then I would be such a much better person. When I give up chocolate altogether – only then comes my dream figure. Goals that arise out of the feeling that I am not good enough or cannot keep upare doomed to failure in the first place! Because they arise from areas we see ourselves lacking in. Self-optimization without heartfelt self-consideration and understanding of one's own abilities and individual personality does not work. If I want to change something, I need to know my why! Needing a really existential reasons, impressive pictures and memories!

This is where the tattoo comes in. When it comes to tattooing, we have the situation where we want to make a lasting change in our appearances with a motif, symbol, an aesthetic expression or an image. This change remains. It can also serve as a reminder of a particularly intense moment in life, whether isbe painful and joyful. In this way we can always remember something that has filled life with meaning.Before a tattoo occurs, there is always a conversation about how and why a tattoo should be done. We at "Tattoo Anansi" often feel a tattoo should be a symbol for a new beginning.This could then, for example, be represent as a butterfly motif, because as we know the caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly.Or do you want to walk, through life, more courageously from now on? Then this Spanish expression ismade for you. "Sin miedo" which means "without fear".

No matter what the tattoo ends up being, it will definitely remind you of your most important goals for a lifetime.Tattoos can also be a sign of an end to a relationship, so that a new beginning becomes possible. SelenaGomez, for example, manifested the end of her relationship with Justin Bieber in a tattoo. A new phase of life was engraved here. "Love yourself first," it says under her armpit. This was an announcement for a new chapter in life – without Justin Bieber.The topic of tattoos and new beginnings can also be viewed from a completely different perspective. Think about how often a tattoo is used to visually alter scars and other injuries so that the supposed traumas shine in a new, more positive light. Scar-covering tattoos can generally be of great help to people who suffer from disfiguring scars or who are reminded of traumatic experiences by their scars. These include, for example, burn scars, scars from accidents, scars due to violence, incised scars, surgical scars of all kinds, such as after a cesarean section, but also annoying stretch marks. A tattoo can work wonders here – and a fresh start.Let's be clear: If you want a new beginning in your life, think carefully about how you want to implement it. What reminds you why you want a fresh start. Something to help you stick to your new resolutions. A symbol that represents your new life challenge. Here, a tattoo can create a lasting impression – and always provide motivation to implement the vision of your life. Get stung – and stay on your own path.
Text: Julian Bachmann

NEW YEAR – NEW LUCK?

A NEW BEGINNING WITH AND WITHOUT A LASTING IMPRESSION

The New Year has begun, and we are again packed with intentions, visions and self-optimization. With the champagne glass in your hand and a little tipsy, you announce your New Year's resolutions on New Year's Eve. Well, the new year is already a few days old – what does the first interim report say? Do we still regularly jog twice a week? Can we endure without the habitual cigarette? Is fasting still easy, do we cycle instead of car to go shopping? All the good intentions are certainly justified – but doesn't it allstart with the crux that the resolutions are subject to a certain durability, that they can only be sustained in a limited time frame? That the memory of the "good idea" fades and evaporates by the end of the month at the latest?According to a psychological study, only 8 percent of all those who set new goals on New Year's Day achieve a reasonably continuous and useful implementation of their ideas.Why is that? A good reason why resolutions on New Year's Eve fail is that the objectives set here are taken out of a negative attitude. The resolutions are intended to enhance what is considered to be deficient and inadequate in itself. And now improvements are being vowed. It would have to be jogging, then I would be such a much better person. When I give up chocolate altogether – only then comes my dream figure. Goals that arise out of the feeling that I am not good enough or cannot keep upare doomed to failure in the first place! Because they arise from areas we see ourselves lacking in. Self-optimization without heartfelt self-consideration and understanding of one's own abilities and individual personality does not work. If I want to change something, I need to know my why! Needing a really existential reasons, impressive pictures and memories!

This is where the tattoo comes in. When it comes to tattooing, we have the situation where we want to make a lasting change in our appearances with a motif, symbol, an aesthetic expression or an image. This change remains. It can also serve as a reminder of a particularly intense moment in life, whether isbe painful and joyful. In this way we can always remember something that has filled life with meaning.Before a tattoo occurs, there is always a conversation about how and why a tattoo should be done. We at "Tattoo Anansi" often feel a tattoo should be a symbol for a new beginning.This could then, for example, be represent as a butterfly motif, because as we know the caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly.Or do you want to walk, through life, more courageously from now on? Then this Spanish expression ismade for you. "Sin miedo" which means "without fear".

No matter what the tattoo ends up being, it will definitely remind you of your most important goals for a lifetime.Tattoos can also be a sign of an end to a relationship, so that a new beginning becomes possible. SelenaGomez, for example, manifested the end of her relationship with Justin Bieber in a tattoo. A new phase of life was engraved here. "Love yourself first," it says under her armpit. This was an announcement for a new chapter in life – without Justin Bieber.The topic of tattoos and new beginnings can also be viewed from a completely different perspective. Think about how often a tattoo is used to visually alter scars and other injuries so that the supposed traumas shine in a new, more positive light. Scar-covering tattoos can generally be of great help to people who suffer from disfiguring scars or who are reminded of traumatic experiences by their scars. These include, for example, burn scars, scars from accidents, scars due to violence, incised scars, surgical scars of all kinds, such as after a cesarean section, but also annoying stretch marks. A tattoo can work wonders here – and a fresh start.Let's be clear: If you want a new beginning in your life, think carefully about how you want to implement it. What reminds you why you want a fresh start. Something to help you stick to your new resolutions. A symbol that represents your new life challenge. Here, a tattoo can create a lasting impression – and always provide motivation to implement the vision of your life. Get stung – and stay on your own path.
Text: Julian Bachmann

Italien:​

  • 30.06.-02.07. Summer Tattoo Festival No.8

  • 05.08.-06.08. Garda Tattoo Event

  • 18.08.-20.08. Tunjo Tattoo Fest

  • 15.09.-17.09. Millennium Tattoo Show No.6

  • 15.09.-17.09. Cagliari Tattoo Convention No.13

  • 22.09.-24-09. Bergamo Tattoo Expo

  • 22.09.-24-09. Torino Tattoo Convention No.12

  • 29.09.- 01.10. Urban Land Tattoo Expo Roma

  • 29.09.-01.10. Mima Tattoo Convention No.5

  • 13.10.-15.10. Genova Tattoo Convention No.16

  • 14.10.-15.10. Roma Tattoo Expo No.23

  • 20.10.-22-10. Ferrara Tattoo Convention No.5

  • 27.10.-29.10. Passion Art Tattoo Convention Bolzano No.16

  • 04.11.-05.11. Chiuduno Tattoo Weekend

  • 10.11.-12.11. Ancona Tattoo Expo No.2

  • 10.11.-12.11. Palermo Tattoo Convention No.9

  • 11.11.-12.11. Trieste International Tattoo Expo No.14

  • 11.11.-12.11. Catania Tattoo Convention No.5

  • 01.12.-03.12. Florence Tattoo Convention No.13

  • 08.12.-10.12. East Coast Tattoo Convention No.17

Spanien:

  • 16.06.-18.06. Anime Tattoo Expo, Fire de Barcelona

  • 30.06.-02.07.23 Asturias Tattoo Expo No.8

  • 08.09.-10.09. Ibiza Tattoo Convention No.4

  • 15.09.-17.09. Gaia Tattoo Expo No.3

  • 06.10.-08.10. Barcelona Tattoo Expo No.26

  • 27.10.-29.10. Alicante Tattoo Convention No.5

  • 03.11.-05.11. Pamplona Tattoo Expo No.5

UK:

  • 08.07.-09.07 . Bristol Tattoo Convention

  • 22.07.-23.07 . Ink And Oil Tattoo Convention

  • 29.07.-30.07. Great Western Tattoo Show

  • 19.08.-20.08. Cornwall’s Tattoo Convention

  • 19.08.-20.08. Tatcon Blackpool

  • 26.08.-27.08. Big London Tattoo Show

  • 16.09.-17.09. Buckley Ink Tattoo Convention

  • 23.09.-24.09. Sheffield Tattoo Festival

  • 30.09.-01.10. Tattoo Trojans Doncaster Tattoo Convention

  • 07.10.-08.10. Locked up Tattoo Convention

  • 14.10.-15.10. Halloween Tattoo Bash

  • 11.11.-12.11. Wrexham Tattoo Show

Österreich:

  • 02.09.-03.09. Tattoonika

  • 14.10.-15.10. Wildstyle & Tattoo Messe Kapfenburg

  • 21.10.-22.10. Wildstyle & Tattoo Messe Linz

  • 28.10.-29.10. Wildstyle & Tattoo Messe Salzburg

Schweiz:

  • 01.09.-03.09. Lugano TI – Tattoo Convention No.24

Frankreich:

  • 16.06.-18.06. Epinal Tattoo Show

  • 17.06.-18.06. Asian Festival Tattoo Show

  • 01.07.-02.07. Caen Tattoo Show

  • 08.07.-09.07. Rock Tattoo Spirit

  • 15.07.-16.07. Sermaize Tattoo Convention

  • 19.08.-20.08. Deauvile Tattoo Festival

  • 01.09.-03.09. Montauban Tattoo Show

  • 01.09.-03.09. Ink’n’Roll Chateauroux Tattoo Festival

  • 02.09.-03.09. The 70’s Tattoo Show

  • 09.09.-10.09. Jura Ink Park

  • 09.09.-10.09. Dentelle Ink Alençon

  • 09.09.-10.09. Champagne Tattoo Event

  • 09.09.-10.09. Limoges Tattoo Show

  • 15.09.-17.09. Univers Tattoo Convention

  • 16.09.-17.09. Circus Tattoo Show

  • 16.09.-17.09. Kustom Festival & Tattoo

  • 16.09.-17.09. Perpignan Tattoo Convention

  • 22.09.-24.09. Nantes Tattoo Convention

  • 23.09.-24.09. Isere Tattoo Show

  • 23.09.-24.09. Girl Ink Tattoo Show

  • 30.09.-01.10. Perigueux Tattoo Expo

  • 30.09.-01.10. La Maison d’Encre

  • 07.10.-08.10. Convention Tatouage de Bourges

  • 14.10.-15.10. Poitiers Tattoo Convention

  • 13.10.-15.10. Chalons en Champagne Tattoo Show

  • 20.10.-22.10. Evian Tattoo Show

  • 21.10.-22.10. Biarritz Tattoo Fest

  • 21.10.-22.10. Fabulous Tiki Weekend

  • 21.10.-22.10. Bourg-en-Bresse Tattoo Convention

  • 21.10.-22.10. The Team Miss P’ink Tattoo

  • 28.10.-29.10. Cahors Tattoo & Geek

  • 03.11.-05.11. Sugar Ink Tattoo Convention

  • 11.11.-12.11. Love Tattoo Festival

  • 18.11.-20.11. Potopistons Tattoo Convention

  • 18.11.-19.11. Salon du Tatouage Clermont

  • 25.11.-26.11. Troyes Tattoo Convention

  • 01.12.-03.12. Merry Christmas Tattoo Show

  • 02.12.-03.12. Nohell Tattoo Show

  • 02.12.-03.12. Tarn Tattoo Convention

Dänemark:

  • 22.09.-24.09. Hans Christian Andersen Tattoo Convention No.6

  • 27.10.-29.10. Nordic Ink Festival No.12

Bulgarien:

  • 16.09.-17.09. Bulgaria Tattoo Expo VIII

Belgien:

  • 25.08.-27-08. INKJUNX

  • 02.09.-03.09. Craboutcha Tattoo Festival

  • 02.09.-03.09. Tox Cit’Ink No.10

  • 23.09.-24.09. Brügge Tattoo Convention No.2

  • 07.10.-08.10. Skin Art Expo No.14

  • 14.10.-15-10. Mons Tattoo Convention No.5

  • 28.10.-29.10. Hasselt Tattoo Convention No.2

  • 28.10.-29.10. Kempen Tattoo Convention No.3

  • 10.11.-12.11. Brüssel Tattoo Convention No.13

Tschechische Republik:

  • 16.09.-17.09. Haná Tattoo Expo No.5

  • 18.11. Pardubice Tattoo Event No.8

Irland:

  • 28.07.-30.07. Maiden City Tattoo Convention No.11

  • 29.09.-01.10. Dublin Tattoo Convention No.22

  • 21.10.-22-10. Wild Atlantic Tattoo Show

Irland:

  • 25.08.-27.08. Baltic Tattoo Convention No.5 ^

Luxemburg:

  • 21.10.-23.10. Vianden Tattoo Convention No.23

Niederlande:

  • 15.07.-16.07. Ink Panthers Tattoo Convention No.2

  • 15.09.-17.09. Amsterdam Tattoo Convention No.17

  • 23.09.-24.09. Ink and Cutz Tattoo Convention No.6

Polen:

  • 01.07.-02.07. Warsaw Tattoo Convention No.10

  • 02.09.-03.09. Katowice Tattoo Konwent

  • 16.09.-17.09. Opole Tattoo Expo No.5

  • 14.10.-15.10. Hagen Tattoo Convention

  • 25.11.-26.11. Lodz Tattoo Konwent

Portugal:

  • 05.10.-08.10. Lisbon Tattoo Rock Fest No.16

Rumänien:

  • 01.09.-03.09. Constanta Tattoo Convention

  • 20.10.-22-10. Bucharest Tattoo Convention No.11

Schweden:

  • 06.08.-13.08. Ink Needle Tattoo Convention

  • 25.08.-26.08. Minicon

  • 01.09.-03.09. Stockholm Ink Bash Tattoo Convention No.26