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Today, on the wonderful Citizen Radio with Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny, the featured interview is with Guy Aitchison, “tattoo artist and philosopher” as they call him.

You can hear that interview streamed through Breakthruradio.com.

The “tattoo artist and philosopher” tag is fitting as the podcast touches upon everything from why Guy became a tattoo artist to tattoo myths to fighting greed and commercialism to scientific studies on human behavior to … it gets deep, man. And that’s good because it allows the personality of an iconic tattoo artist to show through beyond the usual questions on tattoos and technique. You feel like you’re really getting to know the artist, and that’s a credit to Allison and Jamie for their light but smart interview style–and all while Jamie is getting his half-sleeve by Guy.

It’s an enjoyable listen even when the conversation gets most serious, and I learned a few things (and will be buying a subscription to New Scientist magazine, which Guy quotes at length).

For more on Guy, hit Hyperspace Studios. You can also see his latest work, shown here, on his Facebook fan page.

Our beloved tattoo and poetry journal, Holly Rose Review, has published its last issue but it leaves on its strongest note ever. As always, the poetry is finely curated by Editor and Publisher Theresa Senato Edwards, and the words are illustrated by the tattoo work of Luba Goldina, Maxime Lanouette, and Sean Herman.

The theme of this issue is Worry, as Theresa explains:

The poems share worries of all sorts: impending storms, the world ending, death, failure, germs, and aging. There is also an underlying motif of what transpires in dreams or when one lacks the capability to have them. There are questions of love, of living dishonestly, of
inequality, even a subtle query of the laws of physics.

The art
stuns us with facial expressions; well, let’s face it (pun intended),
the face is the first place where worry seems to land. And there is a vibrancy in the art, capturing
the landscape of worlds filled with a tugging, terror, both real and surreal.

We’re sad to see such a wonderful publication come to an end, but grateful for a project that brought our favorite art forms together so fluidly.