INK
I’ve never been much for regrets, which is one of the reasons I love tattoos so much. I’ve currently got 3, ranging from the very small to the pretty big, and I’m antsy for more. What are tattoos but pure, unbridled, expression? No matter what comes later, at that moment, you lived it, you felt it, you meant it.
Mr. Powazek’s take on getting his first tattoo sums it all up:
We all have tattoos already, of course. They’re our stories, our mental scars. The things we carry around with us, just under the surface. Your first breakup is always there, just around the corner in every relationship that comes after. Tattoos like this may not be seen, but they’re just as permanent.
…
Life is about collecting scars. Some of the scars are internal, some are external. Some you show to the world, some just to the ones you love. Some are forced upon you, and some you choose. It’s the collecting that’s important. If you don’t have scars, you’re not living.
Viva la Vida.
![Put three very vocal black Brits together, add a North London hairdresser, Guido Palau, and stir with New Yorker Steven Meisel, and what do you get? A very, very loud shoot. We laughed, ribbed each other, and talked about the old days, but most of all we created a story that reflected black dreams and aspirations. There was no hip-hop gangsterism, no ghetto fabulousness, no bling-bling clichés. Meisel simply shot a beautiful story with one of the most important icons of this century. His testimony to Naomi, who he first photographed at the age of 15, is both a love story and an ode to creativity, excellence and longevity.
+ Edward Enniful[via NYTimes.com]](http://media.tumblr.com/qdlRLzAU2aew1x9rLh8zRmC7_r2_400.jpg)