Heart and Throat Chakras Tattoo

Peter Tran, an American-Vietnamese tattoo artist based in Los Angeles, picked me up 11:00 AM. We crossed EDSA and went to his Cubao residence, where he has a multi-purpose space functioning as his studio for photography, painting, and tattooing.

I'd been wanting to have a tattoo of a lotus flower in the middle of my chest for the longest time.

Peter designed this double skull on a lotus flower for my heart chakra with bamboo trees rising to my throat chakra for me.

I arrived home 4:20 PM. By that time Benjie had completed cutting the aperture on the staircase wall.

Love that tattoo. I can't wait for it to heal. May I not wish death to enemies, because the goddess who lives in cemeteries is my mother.

American-Vietnamese tattoo artist Peter Tran with his custom-made, shamanic walking stick. In the background are his artworks.

Inside Peter's unit

A cup of superb, Vietnamese coffee

 Peter's portfolio of tattoos and photographs

Peter shows an electronic study of the tattoo he designed for me.

The ritual begins.