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Stevie Varin
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So ye can sell $20 sw*stika shirts and make his wife walk a red carpet naked, but Britney spears gets put on conservatorship. Uh-huh
February 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Imagine having so few friends outside your own ethnic group, so little tastes outside what you already know, that acting like you can’t understand a different accent in English is some kind of flex. I love accents and relish in the differences in English spoken across the globe. (1)
February 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Got a fun walk-in today!
#sanfranciscotattooartist #sftattoo #northbeach #snake #bayareatattooartist
February 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Part healed/part fresh amazing night sky. Some of my favorite stuff to do! 🖤💙🌌💜🖤
#colortattoo #watercolortattoo #finearttattoo #brushstrokes #nebula #space #galaxy #sanfrancisco #tattooartist #bayarea
January 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Really fun hummingbird!

#watercolortattoo #colortattoo #sanfrancisco #bayarea #tattooartist
January 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
stevielichous.bsky.social
Super fun pomegranate on a sternum!
Colorful tattoo of a pomegranate cracked open at the bottom with 6 seeds falling out
January 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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"It is my nature..." 🦂🐢

Scorpion and turtle tattoos, by @stevielichous.bsky.social

Like the scorpion, humans have compulsions they can't repress, even when it is in their best interest...

I can't change others, but I can use my own strength to protect myself.

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Inspired by the fable of the scorpion and the turtle, which is a variation on the more common version featuring a frog in place of the turtle. In the standard version, a scorpion wants to cross a river. Because it can’t swim, it asks a passing frog to carry it across on its back. The frog hesitates, concerned that the scorpion will sting. The scorpion reassures the frog: “If I sting you, we both die—you have nothing to worry about.” The frog is convinced, but halfway across the river, the scorpion stings it. “Why?” gasps the frog, as they both drown. “I couldn’t help it,” says the scorpion. “It’s my nature.” In the turtle variation, the scorpion still (tries to) sting, but scrapes harmlessly off the turtle's shell, leaving the turtle peeved but unscathed. Like the scorpion, humans have compulsions they can't repress, even when it is in their best interest. I see this as a story about trusting your intuition (and not allowing others to convince you otherwise), anticipating & mitigating risk, and showing kindness while enforcing boundaries. I can't change others, but I can use my own strength to protect myself, trying to be a turtle instead of a frog.
January 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM