It’s not all that long ago, I was convinced I was going to live out my days quite happily without any piercings or tattoos. Then life got in the way 🙂

More specifically I took up contact juggling again. I’d dabbled with it back when I was student, but I was introduced to it again when I moved back to Edinburgh. I started going to juggling conventions, meeting people and making new friends. It changed my life in a big way, and I realised one day I wanted something to signify what it meant to me and my commitment to it (by contrast my helix piercings are pure affectation :).

I started with a single tattoo representing a ball on my back last year, but I realised I wanted something to signify the flow and movement of the ball across my body so I decided to expand it a little (apologies for the crappy phone cam pics!):

I still have a bit more to be done – the outlines on the right side need to be filled in, and the spirals will extend a little further. This is how I’m planning on finishing the left side:

I can’t wait until it’s all done and I can show it off at a few juggling conventions 🙂

Anyway – it’s nice to be here!