How many of us wake up breathless? How many of us feel like we are 20 going on 40? How many of us feel like we should have done more by now? But could we give up everything for the chance to change? This is the story of David. David is a tattoo artist at Chronic Ink. He makes it look easy, he has life figured out. If you ask David who he is, he would say, “I’m a tattoo artist”. And, just in the way he says it you feel he’s good at what he does because he’s so serious, and he says it in a way that you know he doesn’t take who he is lightly, that he’s not here to just be ordinary. If you ask him what’s next, he would say “I’m not satisfied with my craft. Before I just wanted to be a tattoo artist. Now that I am one, I want to perfect my craft”. Again, the way he says it you don’t doubt him. You wonder if he knows something you don’t, like he has his entire life mapped out; like a subway map, and he clearly knows where he is, and where his next stop should be. When you meet David, you can’t help but think he is different than the rest of us. Like this guy was born knowing who he wanted to be. You scoff at how sure he is of himself, as if life was that easy. But, if you ask David why he is so sure, he will tell you, “I’m 30 years old. This is my last stop. I have to see how far I can take this.” Then, you start to see the glimpses of a man who’s tried many things, whose life doesn’t resemble a straight line map, but more like a scavenger hunt that’s led to many surprises and heartaches. The further you dig, you realize that his first job at 17 years old was facepainting for kids at Wonderland. Then he worked retail (like so many of us do) for 4 years selling denim at Over the Rainbow. Follow that up with another 2 years as a teller at TD bank, a painting studio for a half year, a hair salon for 3 years, and then finally a restaurateur for four years before coming full circle from his facepainting days to tattooing at the ripe age of 29, you start to wonder if the breathless one should be him. (Continue on next post) (at Chronic Ink Tattoo Shop Toronto)
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