Everybody who takes their craft seriously--whether they paint or sculpt or weld or write--has a unique voice, a distinct flavor. If they're really good, you know them immediately; there's no need to see their signature on their work...you just know it's them...
This is my son-in-law doing the work he does. He is a painter (the artistic kind, not the wall kind) and a tattoo artist. (Jason is gifted as well as unique. He usually wears a dress shirt and tie when he works, but this photo was taken at his home.)
(I asked Cathy C. Hall's husband if it was okay with him if I got a tattoo. He said, "Sure, as long as you're married to someone else besides me!")
I've had the tattoo for a month now, have gotten used to it, and am no longer startled when I see something there on my flesh...something that was not there for the first 50+ years of my life.
What is your brand? How do readers know it is you when they read your words? How do you plan on leaving your "mark" on this world?
They know it's me because only a moron could write anything so fucking stupid. It took years to achieve this effect!
ReplyDeleteFireblossom--You are so stupid for thinking that way. You are a phenomenal poet. And you SHOULD know it!
DeleteUmmm....Sioux? You have a tattoo? WHERE? WHAT?? Wait, let me guess...Bruce Willis? I hope not - that one's for me. And now that I've cleared a spot for it... ahahaha.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I hope that my voice can be heard in my writing. And I hope that someday I can translate that to bigger things. Just this morning I'm going through my Writer's Market and highlighting the various national pubs I want to shoot for. I think I have enough regional clips now to push ahead. So, I have all this knowledge, but it still completely overwhelms me. I need my WWWPs to push me!! See ya'll Wednesday!
It's Viggo's head. Bruce doesn't do it for me. And you know where it is.
DeleteThat is a wonderful idea. We can definitely nudge and prod and push you.
Ahhhhh, did you get WWWP tattooed on your body?
ReplyDeleteHow did you guess? But it's on a droopy body part,so one of the Ws is sometimes sideways, but still, it's there.
DeleteWhile my writing has a distinct "voice", I've no idea what my brand is or will be in this life. I think it's my mission to find that...
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That is cool, what is your tatoo of? Me? I try to "celebrate the positive".
DeleteKathy M.
Kathy--I think that's a marvelous path to take. The world would be a better place if more people thought like that...
DeletePearl--You have quite a following. And I know people who never miss reading your posts.
DeleteMy brand? I suppose it is Kathy's Klothesline at Kan-Do Kampground. Should I have a "K" tatooed on my cleavage?
ReplyDeleteWhen I leave the world, I want my tombstone to say: "And Through It All, She Maintained Her Wonderful Sense Of Humor". I want everyone to laugh, laugh with me, laugh at me ....... just laugh.
Kathy--I feel the same. Self-deprecating humor is never a problem for me.
ReplyDeleteMy brand? I guess it would be my white hair. A couple of women at the Erma workshop told me they found me by looking for my head.
ReplyDeleteDonna--That is funny. But you DO know your white hair is gorgeous, don't you?
DeleteMy brand is goofiness. If I ever want a divorce from current husband, all I'd have to do is get a tatoo! Not that I want one. I hate needles. But I do want to see yours! I can't believe you didn't tell us at the last meeting, you little stinker.
ReplyDeleteI was still kind of hiding it. But you're assuming it's in a place that the public normally sees. Perhaps I went to a South American country with my tattoo?
ReplyDeleteHahahaha! I canNOT believe that Mr. Hall got a mention over here-You DID hear him yelling about that tat, right?
ReplyDeleteI've worked really hard, branding myself as a humor writer. And it must've worked. Nobody ever takes me seriously.
I'm sure there is a Mr.-Hall-on-a-Stick.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I hear. Your humor is legendary. Even Anne Lamott knows about it. Sometime I might drop by for lunch in your neck of the woods...my daughter just moved to Destin, Florida. (And she had the nerve to take my granddaughter with her.)
I *knew* it! I did see it a couple of weeks ago, but I think I thought you'd told us! Very cool and edgy. Wish I had a brand. Ack--I just typed "bran." Is there such a thing as the Freudian finger slip? Because I think my writing is constipated again....
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