Farm to Fridge

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‘Comfort and Security a Barn Awakens’

The smell of fresh cut hay lures me in,

The barn smells alive, full of life,

A fresh growing meadow.

The horses rest in the comfort of their stalls,

Quite and peaceful, like an empty forest,

Only hearing the gentle sounds.

The rabbits roam free and wild.

Scurrying in from the outside to nest in the straw.

The straw light but warm,

Beds the horses and other life from the cold.

The birds sing an a live melody,

It echoes through the hollow old barn.

The pitch fork rest against the wall,

Another day of chores conquered.

The water sits in the trough still,

Cleansing the dust,

And ever so slightly rippling,

As I gather more water for the horses.

Not Alone

My life remains to fade away

I’ll watch over you today

Helping you with every struggle

Saving you from all your troubles

Protecting you from bad to good

Anything for you I would

By your side for every moment

Our moments won’t be stolen

Ill embrace whoever you become

I promise I’ll never be far

No matter the distance I’ll always be near

You have no need to fear

I will always be here

My words I speak sincere

Just look into the sky

I’ll be that shooting star

For you I will continue to try

No longer will your mind be unclear

This is our forever chance

I’ll do my best to keep you safe

I’ll never let you go again 

A Human Canvas

All the unseen Beauty,

A single figure holds,

A single story left untold,

Absolutely

Such a mystery,

Majestic and pure.

The scars tell about her misery,

You don’t see she’s insecure

There lies the vibrant truth,

The truth of her true colors.

You finally see the real her,

Multicolored,

The collapse of it all,

Her mind and thoughts begin to fall.

As human, you can only be strong

Only

Strong

For

So

Long

“Mislead Astray”

Who’s to say?

Who’s to betray?

Our bodies begin to decay,

Nothing is sure to stay,

Our time we are unable to delay,

Shadows we all portray,

Today we disobey,

Except tomorrow we will not be okay,

Maybe this is all too cliché,

Time isn’t far-a-way,

We lose more and more every day,

This song continues to replay,

We are underway,

Mislead astray,

We all fade away,

Ink Master! This is reality TV

Ink Master is an American reality competition on Spike in which tattoo artists compete in challenges assessing their tattoo and related artistic skills. They are judged by noted tattoo artists and tattoo enthusiasts, with one or more contestants eliminated each episode. The show is produced by Original Media which also produced judge Chris Núñez's show Miami Ink.

All episodes aside from the finales have the following format, with some minor variations to the application of the format:

First, there is a Flash Challenge that will be evaluated based on how well an artist met the skill of the week. Some Flash Challenges involve tattooing, but typically, flash challenges do not incorporate the act of tattooing; but, instead, will require a related skill (i.e. painting, hair cutting, etching, burning, etc.). The winner of the flash challenge wins the right to select their own human canvas in the elimination challenge and, as of season two, pair up the other contestants with their human canvases.

After the Flash Challenge comes the Elimination Challenge, a further test of the skill of the week on a human canvas, typically incorporating a prominent style of tattooing. Once the contestants are paired up with their canvases, they are given the day to consult with their assignment. The next day, each contestant is given four to six hours to complete their design. Once completed, the contestants meet as a group with the judges and are critiqued one by one. The contestants then are dismissed, with four later being called back. The four typically represent a top two and bottom two for the week, though this breakdown can change. At the end of each episode, a winner is typically declared and one contestant is eliminated.

There are 3 main judges, and occasionally have a guest judge who is normally a well-known tattoo artist.  Not only are they being judged by the original judges but as well as everyone watching the show. Your own vote is counted and can be done on their website; also the human canvas has a vote.

http://www.spike.com/shows/ink-master

Ink Master shows the world and proves to everyone who is the greatest tattoo artist.  As much as the show is highly enjoyable, I believe it holds a huge impact on the tattoo artist now present career. While watching the show progress, you really see who is better and who is worse. Each week when a tattoo artist leaves, personally I think its destroying their business and career.

In all honesty, who would go get permanent Ink done by someone who was voted and see worldwide as a bad tattoo artist. Not only that, but the judges explain what makes their tattoo bad, therefore hearing the critics gives a sense of fear to have work done by that artist.

Aside from that tattoo work itself, you also see a sense of who the artist is as a person, from what TV allows you to see.  You learn and witness the drama that pulls you in. For example in season four (currently on air) you see the personalities of those who only “bitch, and wine” and the problems between tattoo artist. You also hear how the tattoo artist insults their canvas for being uncooperative. More drama is also unleashed when secrets spill, such as, a tattoo artist who is partly color blind. Oh lovely, and why is he tattooing? The questioning is what gets you involved.

Another flaw within the show, is unfortunately for the human canvas’s, if your tattoo artist isn’t the best, and or f*ucks up, it’s now permanently left on your body.  It’s as if the people being tattooed are nothing more than guinea pigs. It’s never guaranteed you will be given a good tattoo, so why are people so willing to expose themselves? Then the drama progresses when the human canvas now is left with a bad tattoo.

I personally enjoy the show, and congratulations who wins Ink Master, you are now known as perfection of a tattoo artist, sorry for everyone else who wasn’t as good and preformed bad work for the world to see. As well as whoever is now left with a bad tattoo. But altogether the show is highly enjoyable!!

Artist: Halo

Theres Monsters in my Head

                I am hearing all these voices, these voices pushing me off the edge. They are telling me awful things, and I don’t want to be their friend. They tell me I am lost, and try to convince me I am broken. They tell me I am worthless and convince me I am forgotten. These voices follow me everywhere I go, breaking all my bridges. They burrow deep inside my head, deep inside my mind. These voices in my head are the monsters in my head. They eat me inside out, and destroy who I am. These monsters follow me. They lure me. The force me to start to believe. They chase me into my dreams, and say some awful things. They try to break me and make me fade away. I am a mistake, I’m not good enough, my head they haunt with these thoughts. I don’t like this feeling, it won’t go away. These monsters they stay! All these thoughts continue to replay, saying things again and again; it’s never going to end. Make it go away! I’m panicking, and start to listen. I shake, I cry, I don’t understand, what do they want from me? Why are they only in my head? These monsters, they taunt me, these monsters they haunt me. These monsters in my head, these monsters want me dead. These monsters don’t sleep under my bed, these monsters sleep inside my head. Tomorrow I will battle them again. We all battle our insecurities, we all hear voices in our head.