Mom opens family-friendly tattoo shop(Rhyann lee)
Summary:
Four years ago, Beth Cirami walked into Malissa Booth's tattoo shop, mournful and anxious. Her brother had just died of leukemia, and she wanted something to remember him by.She'd gone to other tattoo shops in the St. Louis area and when she tried to explain her story -- why she was getting her first tattoo at age 37, what it meant to her -- it felt like no one listened. They told her to flip through a book and pick a drawing she liked; it just didn't feel right.
"This was a very personal piece for me. I needed that work of art," Cirami said.She had heard about Booth's shop, Madame Voodoo's House of Ink in Warrenton, Missouri, and decided to stop by. She told Booth that her brother died at age 45, and she wanted to honor him in some way.
Cirami left Booth's shop with a pinstripe tattoo adorned with the initials of her children and a picture of a heart glass her brother gave her before he passed away. It was exactly what she wanted.
In booth's shop, there are no photos of nude girls. Instead, there are colorful paintings of wildflowers, abstract shapes, and warped skulls, it's reminiscent of Creole artwork hanging in the French Quarter of New Orleans, a place where Booth says she draws artistic inspiration. Booth said "(Tattooing) is not a job. It's an adventure. I have no idea what each day brings and I like helping people, giving them beautiful works of art that they can be proud of."
Analysis: I love how Booth enjoys her job she isn't just doing it for money! She is doing it because she loves what she doeshttp://www.cnn.com/2013/10/14/living/irpt-aj-family-friendly-tattoo-shop/index.html?c=us&page=0
I think that this is a really great outcome, having that heartache but then finding a way for you and others to appreciate and memorialize the things that you love. The way that it's described shows how much this place means to her and how much she cares for what she makes for people and I really respect that.
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