Umdwebi uJustin Weatherholtz ukhuluma ngogqozi, isifiso sokuvelela kanye nezinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo

Njengoba sekuphele iminyaka eyi-10 e-Kings Avenue Tattoo, omunye wabasebenzi abahlonishwa kakhulu embonini, futhi ongumsunguli we-Pagoda City Tattoo Fest, umuntu angalindela ukuthi u-Justin Weatherholtz afinyelele eminyakeni engu-50 uma kubhekwa ukuthi kungakanani akufezile. Kodwa ungumuntu onethalente elixakile, oneminyaka engu-37 onesifiso esimangalisayo osefeze okuningi eminyakeni engu-18 kunamaciko amaningi awenza ekuphileni konke.

Ukwenza umdwebo ngezitayela ezisukela emsebenzini ogqugquzelwe yi-Irezumi kuya emsebenzini wesintu, i-Weatherholtz idonsa ugqozi cishe kuyo yonke into emzungezile. “Ithonya elikhulu kimina kwakungabantu engangisebenza nabo. Umsebenzi wami washintsha kakhulu eminyakeni engu-10 edlule ngesikhathi ngiqala ukusebenza lapha,” kuchaza uWeatherholtz. “Bengicabanga ukungena ezithombeni zaseJapan futhi uMike Rubendall waba nomthelela omkhulu kimina wangenza ngamthanda. Ngicabanga ukuthi okwangikhanga emsebenzini wakhe ukuthi wawuhlanganisa isitayela sakudala se-tattoo saseJapane, kodwa futhi unokuthile, njengethonya lakhe noma indlela yakhe yomuntu siqu ngayo yonke into.” 

Ehlobo lika-2014, u-Weatherholtz, ozichaza ngokwakhe obeka ingozi, wadala i-Pagoda City Tattoo Fest ngokubambisana nowayengumeluleki wakhe uJoe Jones. Umhlangano, oseWyomissing, ePennsylvania, unabalandeli abaqotho. “Bengihlale ngicabanga ukuthi awukho uhlelo olukhulu ogwini olusempumalanga njengohlelo oluqoqekayo, alukho nje ngesizathu esixakile futhi maningi amadolobha namaciko amangalisayo. kulesi sifunda. Ngakho ngacabanga, “Ake sizame ukwenza lo mbukiso okuyinto. "

I-Pagoda City, eyathatha izinsuku ezintathu futhi yaheha abanye abahamba phambili embonini abafana no-Oliver Peck, ithimba le-Spider Murphy kanye no-Tim Hendrix, yazisungula njengomunye wemihlangano ehamba phambili embonini, eheha abantu ababalelwa ku-3,000 kanye nabaculi ababalelwa ku-150. unyaka wokuqala. I-Pagoda City ibikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuziveza njengeqoqo lamaciko nabaqoqi esikhundleni sengxubevange ye-eclectic futhi kwesinye isikhathi emangalisayo yabathengisi namaciko. “Ekugcineni uma amaciko eyithakasela sizoqhubeka nokuwenza. Futhi uma kungenjalo, sizobe sesiyeka.”

UWeatherholz, ongakuyeki ukuphumula, uhlela ngisho uhlelo lwakhe lokuqala lwezobuciko ngoMashi, olubizwa ngokuthi, Goodbye, lapho kuzobe kunandisa abaculi akanye nabo eKings Avenue. “Inqubo eyaholela kulokho ibithakazelisa ngoba ingithathe ingithathe ngezindlela ezimbalwa maqondana nengikwenzayo ngobuciko,” kuchaza yena. "Ngizama ukwenza ezinye izinto ezinokuxoxa indaba kancane." Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyapenda, wenza i-tattoo, noma uhola omunye wemihlangano ehlaba umxhwele kakhulu emhlabeni, akukho lutho oluthinta i-Weatherholtz olungaguquki ekubeni yigolide. Ungavumeli iminyaka yakhe ikukhohlise, i-Weatherholtz isanda kuqala futhi uma iminyaka engu-18 edlule inophawu lwalokho okuzayo, asikwazi ukulinda ukubona ukuthi ikusasa limphatheleni lo mculi osemusha.