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badly wanna get a tattoo from her š
Whang Od Oggay is perhaps the Philippines last traditionalĀ ābatokā or hand-tapping tattoo artist. 101 years old, she has been tattooing since 15, and uses just three materials; a thorn from the pomelo tree, coal scraped off pots to be used for ink, and water. She is a Butbut woman who is part of a larger Kalinga ethnic group in Tinglayan, northern Philippines. Batok was traditionally reserved for male Butbut headhunters who had successfully protected the village or killed an enemy. The tattoos were also an aesthetic necessity for the women. Traditionally, when a Butbut woman was tattooed, the family of the woman is obliged to pay the tattoo artist a piglet or bundle of harvested rice, demonstrating the high value of the art. A traditional Kalinga tattooist or mambabatok would tell peoples fortunes and chant when creating a tattoo. She says she will continue to tattoo for as long as she can see.
āIām tired of everybody. Please forgive me.ā
ā Ernest Hemingway
I canāt exactly describe how I feel but itās not quite right. And it leaves me cold.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (via quotemadness)
Anywhere.
āI never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness.ā
ā Jane Austen
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āI have too many romantic fantasies and they make me sad.ā
ā Graham Coxon
Marilyn Monroe on the set of "Bus Stop" (1956).
ELLIE WILLIAMS being a disaster lesbian. The Last of Us Part II (2020)
āI am going to marry somebody that makes me feel like a poem.ā
ā Lee Smith
āIt may be the wrong decision, but fuck it, itās mine.ā
ā Mark Z. Danielewski
12am tots
kissing? like from the mitski song?
idk why this song makes me have butterflies
an entire #mood by Rubi Rose | @thecultureā
i just watched the whole season for only 1 night and im silently crying rn
New OTP that has ruined me. If you havenāt watched 11.22.63, go do that now. Jake and Sadie are perfection. Their story is beautiful and heartbreaking, but amazing nonetheless. I mean look at the way they look at each other, like nothing else exists. Watch this show. I promise you wont regret it.
Dancing is l i f e