A picture that I like!

Hi everyone again!

Today I want to share a photo and telling a little story behind it.

In the summer of 2014, me and my best friend Zoe went on a trip to Peru and Ecuador and this picture was taken the first day in Montañita :)

When we got there, we looked for accommodation, left our stuff and went to the beach, the water was warm so we spent all day there. When the day begins to end, I saw the most beautiful sunset so far, so we decided to make pictures, when I was posing appeared a puppy, I stroked it without knowing that my friend kept taking pictures and she captured that moment :)
I think that the photo shows the beautiful beach, a sense of peace and my relationship with animals someway.

Then we were just sitting on the sand, watching the scenery. I remeber that moment as one of the happiest, no time, no worries... only the sea, the sky and I. 

How green are you?

Hi everyone :)

Today I want to share the things that I do for the environment :)
A few years ago I decided to take care of my impact on Earth, in the first time I started to recycle paper, paperboard, cans and plastic.
I decided to change my diet too, I became vegetarian... in the first moment as something animalistic but then studying and learning more about the meat industry I understood the impact it has on the environment so I want to change to a vegan diet.
I  have a bottle filled with water in the pool of my bathroom to reduce the consumption of water per flush and I use sprays only when I have to tattoo, to disinfect. 
I try to go everywhere with a bottle and my own bag, but sometimes I forget it :(
This year I bought a bike :) and it has been my best investment, I avoid the traffic jam and exercise.

I like to find ways to be greener to contribute to saving the planet ♥

Movies ♥

Hi :)

Well, I'm a movie fanatic, especially terror movies 3:) so, I'm going to talk about one of my favourites saga Saw.
This is the story of a man with cancer and soon life who decided to test all the people who according to him "don't appreciate life", all the persons that tests are somehow related to him.
I really like the story that unfolds over the 7 movies and all the mistery, blood and murders... not because I enjoy the slaughter, but because the effects and how they manage dismemberment, its very realistic.
Recently I heard that will make the eighth film and I wait for it anxiously.

A movie that I hate is Drag me to hell... this movie is so so so bad, it doesn't cause any fear, at times even made me laugh, the special effects are very false and it's too fantastic and exaggerated. Seriosly, I will not recommend anyone in no case. 
I love the movies who scared and keep you nervous and attentive... and this movie doesn't it.

My future job

Hi everyone! 
Today I'm going to write about future job.
I consider myself as someone who loves learning, I'm constantly participating in workshops, from food, cosmetic to self-management and self-knowledge. 
Since 3 years ago I'm tattoing, so is my current work and I would like to be my job forever, I want to open my own tattoo studio. In relation to my career as artists, I like to do painting and drawing workshop in a cultural house. 

In relation to other interests, I like the handicrafts, with macrame, plastic, paperboard or cans, I would love to have a recycling and decoration venture, or maybe intervening used clothing.
I would like to be a yoga instructor or a therapist, I practice for my own wellness and I would love to be part of the welfare of someone else.
Finally I would like to be a drummer, I never play the drums but I like it a lot and I would like to become part of a rock band someday... do tour and see new places, that would be awesome. 

A perfect song

Hi people!

Today I'm going to talk about a “perfect song”, always has been difficult to me talking about favourite things in music, because I really like different music styles. 

One of the bands that I listen since I was younger was Radiohead, until now is one of my favourites bands I think and one of the songs that I like it more is Street spirit.

The song was written by Thom Yorke (vocalist), it was published in 1996 and it was the final song of the album The Bends. Thom Yorke said that the song was inspired by the novel “The hungry road” (Ben Okri) and the music was inspired in the band R.E.M.

The sound of Radiohead is very depressant and that is the reason but I like, I love its darkness and smoothness, I like to listen when I'm relaxed, when I'm working or when I'm feeling bad, help me to release the sadness.

The Thom's voice is so beautiful, specialy when he is singing treble and in this particular song his voice envelops me.

The song represent to me the end, everything is wrong, everything is against you all this as result of the speed of destuction of the earth and ourselves. I think in it almost as a farewell letter but camouflage and makes me reflect about the moment and be grateful.

A day that I will always remember

Hi audience!

This can be a sad history but letf me a beautiful reflection.

Well, It was a day that I felt really bad, I was very hurt and heartbroken. That day I fight with all, it was one of those days where everything goes wrong.

I returned to my department where I leave alone with my cat, Panda. Being along makes me think abaout everything so I couldn’t find calm, I remember started to cry and cry in my bathroom, with the door closed and suddenly, Panda open the door and sits looking at me, I told him what was happening to me and why I was criying, he started meowing stronger and while more I cried, he more he continued meowing higher, then began to rub with me and purr, it was then I understood that he was consoling me and in fact he succeeded.

Since then I know that we are connected and that he can undertand me, so are relation is nearest.
I like to say “sometimes when there isn’t a hand, there are a paw” and I have a unconditional paw ♥

Holidays!

Hello again :)

With my family we try to travel a lot, my parents are always on road during the year and on holidays we always travel all togheter at least a few years. The best travel that we made I think is undoubtedly Easter Island in the summer of 2015. We went there when the people are celebrating the Tapati, their most important festival, so we could know a lot of their culture.

First, the island is wonderful, it wasn't as I imagined, it is smaller than I thought and so much beautiful, the hills, the ocean and the vegetation, all is very green. It is like the countryside in the central zone, remains me to my city a little too (without the sea).

The people are very gentil despite the conflict with the mainland, men are so beautiful haha. My family enjoyed a lot the food but I had to be ingenious because I’m vegetarian and they eat a lot of fish, but I looove the pineapples, there are smaller but so much sweet and tasty.

The sea is warm, so you can swim in any time, even if it’s raining or cold. This principal beach is Anakena, where you can enjoy the turquoise sea and the white sand while you watch one of the principal Ahu in the island.

The Moai are so magnificence, when I saw the first one I really felt very very small and insignificant, but I flooded a sense of calm and really felt energy.

I create a sense of belonging, of conection, so I was very sad the day we must start.

It is certainly a place that I must return.

This is a photo that I took in Anakena, the first Ahu that I knew.

Travel the world ♥

Hello people!

Today I’m going to talk about a country that I would like to visit, actually I love to travel so there are some places that I want to know.

Is part of my plans when I ends the career travel South America. I would like to go from one place to another in a year.  I want to know the differents ancestral cultures and our conection with them and the past and their knowing about the earth, try to absorbe all of the people in the places and apply to my lifestyle.

After travel South America, I would like to know Thailand, because its beautiful landscape, I like so much the architecture and its magnificence.

I think is a very heartwarming place, very peaceful. I consider that as a necessary travel to connect with the spiritual, along with India, of course. Both of them are neccesary if you want to understand why we are here.

Also, I would like to know the “typical” countrys around the world,  included the World’s wonders.

I’m convinced that travel is the best way to spend money. The experience is unplayable.

Celso Valenzuela, tattoo artist

Hi everyone! 

Is great to came back here.

Today I want to talk about a tattoo artist that I admire, he is Celso Valenzuela. Celso is a tattoo artist specialist in realism, especially in portraits. He has his own tattoo shop named For my friends tattoo studio located in Providencia, Santiago.

I absolutelly love his job because his technique, the details that he can get with the needles impresses me every time that I see his tattoos. He can capture the look of the person of animal and really trasmit the essence of them, also he is so great in black and grey or color, so I consider him as very complete tattooist. Celso also make seminars of realism for tattoo artist who want to improve his technique, teaching from the operation of the machine to get better results.

He is one of my inspirations and somehow my way to follow for this incredible job.

Autobiography

Hi everyone! 

My name is Valentina Yáñez Ponce, I'm 22 years old and I'm a tattoo artist and an art student.

I'm from San Vicente de Tagua Tagua and I move to Santiago to study arts in the University of Chile in 2012. In 2013 I froze my studies and learn how to tattoo, in that moment I decided to make my career.

This year I change my central workshop to the experimental (I was in painting before) to develop and grow up more in the tattoo area.

Now I go to San Vicente to visit my family, my pets, my friend and for work. I love San Vicente, is very calm and have beautiful places to go, like lagoons or the hills, that are my favourite. Also you can travel surroundings by bike. That is a great exercise and a great form of knowing my people :)

Thank you for reading!