Spent most of my morning with Coca on the patio outside the studio barefoot under the winter sun having a meeting about our next project...it feels good to be in action with her again... Cooked  a simple yet tasty lunch for both of us afterwards and saw her off to her next big meeting today with the presentation we prepared during the morning...hopefully it will be fine... After too many days tattooing without a break I'm dedicating the next couple of days to other things that also require my attention and care...and somehow everything flows smoothly and the days are productive and fun... As I write I can see my garden , well it's more like an attempt to have my own tropical forest at home...green all over the place...I can also hear all kinds of birds outside and with the acoustic gypsy guitar playing it's hard to believe that I'm in the middle of one of the most chaotic and polluted cities in the world...I could very easily believe that I'm fortunate enough to be enjoying a peaceful afternoon on a farm in central Brazil... by the end of the week tattooing starts again and as I look at my schedule I realize that in practically 3 more months the year of the boar is over...yet to me what matters is that if the year ended today I would for sure have a smile on my face convinced that it was a good one... (more...)

IT'S A PERFECT SUNDAY MORNING...AND ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR IT'S WINTER...ACCORDING TO NATURE IT'S NOT...THE MORNING LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE SUMMER... I'M IN BED WATCHING THE ITALIAN FORMULA ONE RACE AND READING MY SUNDAY PAPER...I HAVE TO SAY THAT POLITICALLY BRAZIL IS A VERY UGLY PLACE RIGHT NOW...BUT I GUESS THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO MOST COUNTRIES ABOVE OR BELOW THE EQUATOR THESE DAYS...(still that does not ruin my morning) ONCE THE RACE ENDS I'LL START WORKING ON A COUPLE OF DESIGNS AND SPEND THE REST OF MY SUNDAY JUST LIKE I DID ONE WEEK AGO...BY THE OCEAN WORKING ON THE DESIGN FOR THE TATTOO YOU SEE ON THESE PHOTOS NOW... AND JUST LIKE THAT MY DAYS IN BRAZIL FLOW WITH PEACE AND RHYTHM... (more...)