Art is found everywhere; you can find it in the melody of laughter, the dance of the wind, in the thrill of life, and even in the places & tasks that seem mundane, you just have to know in which places to look for it.
"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity" - Walt Whitman
Good news: Tattooers are standing up to show that melanin does not “take away half your skill sets,” proving that if something can’t be done then it’s an issue of a lazy or ignorant artist, not the client’s heritage.
Bad news: For the (many) tattooers who still lighten the images of darker skin, or delete them altogether, saying your work just “looks best on lighter skin,” I can’t change you but @tattrx definitely won’t be supporting you.
In the clip, Broadus told the audience that she was bullied constantly on social media prior to learning to love herself.
“I made a Twitter and an Instagram and I got bullied the whole entire time,” she recalls. “[Kids] would say that you’re so ugly, you’re fat. It just brought my self-esteem so low.”
As a white woman, i never understood why people would bash on darker skin tones.. We, white women spend hours in the SUN trying to achieve it.
another reason Eliel Cruz is my favorite, i’m so glad this is something that is finally getting talked about and i encourage anyone to reach out to him if you would like to share your experience!
