dear reader,

the heart is an endless waterfall. it pours & pours & pours. though i grew up in the panhandle of florida, my heart now resides in Gainesville. some things about me.. hmm. i like to make art and things! i love my friends. i have 2 little dogs who i love sO much. this year (2026) i was diagnosed AuDHD. I made my first stick and poke tattoo at the tiny age of 15 (yes i was listening to the front bottoms when i made it.. and i still do lol). now at the age of 29, i guess i can say i am well versed in the craft. i have expanded my tattoo practice to include machine and color, which i am very excited about! tattoo has given me so much (everything) in this life, and i love it more than i can articulate. for me tattoo has been something like the sun peaking through a cloud, or a favorite song. it warms my heart, i just never get tired of it. ummm , yeh ! it is my hyperfixation lol.

deeper than that, through all of my endeavors i hope to thoughtfully share and encourage the exercise of authenticity, autonomy and self expression. so much of modern life is spent distracting ourselves from feeling. so much so that now we find ourselves afraid to feel, or afraid to be ourselves. but i think we don’t need to be afraid. i think we can be ourselves, and it is beautiful when we do that. we can feel our feelings, and it will be okay. forward movement begins with radical honesty. okay well i sort of went on a tangent so i am going to stop now.

love,

j