The hot air-balloon represents my breaking away from my small town upbringing and going out to see the world. I got it on my 19th birthday.
This is my first tattoo, done by Lindsey Carmichael at Gold Rush Tattoo in Costa Mesa, California. It’s the book art of the Time Turner in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, along with an Albus Dumbledore quote from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I chose these two elements because they remind me to be aware of the time that I’ve got here, and not to get caught up in my mental illness. Also, I suffer from Bi-Polar Disorder II, and before I was medicated, the Harry Potter books were the only thing that could get me through my highs and lows. I’ll be forever grateful to J.K. Rowling for creating these beautiful pieces of literature.




