I don’t understand! what does this project mean?
it started
at 6.20a.m. /smell the coffee/ – with just enough amount of rational thoughts – too lazy for anything else, I did one DOT on to first page of fresh sketch book – then I turned page and did another one — and because I didn’t know what else to draw, I did another one – all I could give out of me was captured into one DOT, or at the END into 56 same DOTs (number of pages in my sketch book) — except one DOT, one was left empty, different, SPECIAL…
i left sketchbook on table.
and went to the store
to buy toilet paper. There was couple writing masters degree on which toilet paper was the best. First it was funny, next moment I was “when the f*** did we get to this point where we can choose from 99 different kinds of toilet paper and feeling free at the same time!?” –
and this is when DOTs started spreading throughout my brain.
Do we even know how to use this “toilet paper freedom”? or isn’t the effect just the opposite?
when things become accessible they become part of massive production – specially in fields that are desirable by mass of people. And since we live in time when everything is focused on – “be HAPPY”, “be DIFFERENT” – “be POSITIVE”- “be SPECIAL” – “MORE SPECIAL then others!” (and all of this ALL the time!!)
Tattoos are sadly becoming tool for becoming MORE SPECIAL! which is so …. stupid, because teaching people to believe they are exceptional (every single one of us!!) has opposite effect in bigger picture of humanity – it is destroying it! (toilet paper effect) – and to make you feel you are even MORE SPECIAL because you have ink on your skin,… well that is another level of stupidity – because we all know that toilet paper with pattern of printed hearts cleans your shit better than one without them, right?!?
We are becoming narcissistic society (because that sales! we deserve it! we will buy it! I deserve to be happy!). We mainly care about our selves, as if human being isn’t egoistic enough by its nature – we are surrounded all the time with “ME, ME , ME, ME,… ow… ME!!” – we live in delusion that we are DIFFERENT! Our love story is exceptional! Things I suffer from are heavier than everyone else’s and my kids, well they are, and will be SOMEONE!,… bla bla bla,…
NO, sorry – we are all in more or less the same place, we just use different brands of toilet paper!
And it’s OK like that! to realise we are THE SAME. Maybe it is even easier like that, to be more human about it.
I noticed that my story is NOT special at all and I don’t even need it to be. It is easier to have in mind that there were people who went through the same, WORSE! – animal called human is capable of extraordinary things – we are meant to solve problems, we are meant to go through shit – because that gives us purpose – this is why you are NOT the only one SPECIAL here.
and this is how DOT project was born.
I offered all of this 55 SPECIAL DOTS to you! (56th is going on my body) to give me possibility to mark you with it. To make us the SAME in symbolic way – to share the same visualisation and most importantly, the IDEA behind tattoo, that is too many times represented as something unique, JUST FOR YOU (think about that).
Don’t take this wrong! I love tattooing, it is my life to touch people this way – it gives ME meaning. But at the same time I want you to truly know you are not SPECIAL because you decided to have image on your skin. It is the same decision as for the person who decided to be without it – ok, maybe we (people with tattoos) are looking for more attention:) (no I don’t believe you are doing this ONLY for yourself)!
WHEN I CAME HOME I MADE THAT ONE SPECIAL DOT THE SAME AS ALL OTHERS (with smile on my face)! – i was happy for that DOT feeling SPECIAL for one hour – we all need those moments!
I forgot to take toilet paper so I had to go back:)
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