WEBVTT - Red Table Tattoos with Dr Woo 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.720 Hey, fam, I'm Jada Pinkett Smith and this is the 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:06.080 Red Table Pop podcast all your favorite episodes from the 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:10.239 Facebook watch show in audio produced by Westbrook Audio and 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.360 I Heart Radio. Please don't forget to rate and review 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:20.200 on Apple Podcasts. They said this day would never come questioned, 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:25.120 my integrity, challenged, my word. Little did they know they 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:31.720 were in for the surprise of a lifetime, a major 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:39.640 bucket list experience. We are making a house call to 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:49.680 the most exclusive doctor in Hollywood. If you two remember, 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:54.000 we had a behind the scenes chat about tattoos after 0:00:54.080 --> 0:01:00.200 Willow got Hers. We had another conversation about whether we're 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:03.200 going to be in agreement with us getting the three 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:06.480 of us getting tattooed. We talked about that, and you 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:11.399 keep vacillating back and forth about it. Yeah, okay, Well 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.039 what tattooed would you like to get? Gam Well, I 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.559 know specifically what I want to get on my hand, 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:20.679 I want to just get um grateful gratitude. But we 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:22.800 were trying to think of something that we could all 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.760 get together. That's I like, I mean, I can do 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.000 and I'm not doing gratitude right here, but we could 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:31.880 take something maybe three circles. That's what That's what I 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:33.959 said to you so long? Did you yes? And you 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.840 were like M I said, three interlocking circles to look 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.440 kind of like this. We can do three interlocking circles. 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.320 I'm down for that. You heard it right, I did 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.680 table Yeah, I mean that you could do a show 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:55.840 about it, like Little Long Eyed Wing. So to keep 0:01:55.880 --> 0:02:00.160 my word, I lined up something really special. We are 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.880 taking a field trip to the one and only a 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:12.640 Doctor Who. I'm so excited. He has a waiting list 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.960 a mile long, and we are going to his studio 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:19.800 and we're finally going to get our matching tattoo. So 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:29.480 now they're oh, my good day, welcome, thank you to 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:34.799 Mr Woo. Honey made the time, my goodness. I love that. 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:39.120 I've always wanted to get tattooed by Dr Woo. Dr 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.840 Wu is one of the most in demand tattoo artists 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.519 in the world. He has millions of followers around the 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:47.680 globe and his wait list can be years long. Doctor 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:52.240 Who's signature style is extraordinarily intricate and very distinct, created 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.440 by a single needle technique, unlike most tattoos that use 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:59.080 eight needles at once. His delicate and detailed creations have 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:03.520 been inked on some very famous bodies. Drake's praying hands, 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.920 this tiny peach on Justin Bieber's neck, a jar of 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.600 vegemite on Miley's arm, and a picture perfect town on 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:15.519 Blake Griffin, plus countless others. His black and gray meticulous 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:19.080 masterpieces will leave you in all doctor who is making 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:23.120 time for us? Ladies? We can get grateful to you. 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.400 Get whatever you want, gam whatever you want. We're going 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.959 to Dr wool studio. Doctors. What you want to do? 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.520 Tell what you want to do? What tell Doctor wou 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:37.800 what you want to do? What you want to do, 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:44.560 what you wanna do? Here you go. I'm so excited. 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.840 What are what is going on? When? When are we going? 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:53.240 In two days? Oh? Wow? You know what we could get? 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:58.080 What lotus? But a tiny lotus, like like a shaded lotus, 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:03.920 down a realistic lotus. I'm down for that. That's perfect. 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:08.480 I'm down for the lotus. Down for the lotus, lotus, lotus, 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:15.760 lous loadus. The weight is over. It's time for the 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:20.280 field trip to our first ever three generational tattoo experience. 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:24.919 We're headed to the legendary Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, home of 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:30.159 Dr Woo's secret studio he calls the hideaway. Oh, this 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:39.760 is a hell of a studio. This is this is armor, 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:46.280 this is your studio. This is this is this is 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.320 such a vie. This is a real vibe. I love 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:54.839 that there's just a full motorcycle just in the tattooing room. 0:04:54.920 --> 0:05:02.000 That's my old motorcycle. Figure out what we are doing. 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:10.920 Willow wants us to get matching tattoos, so we would 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:14.040 think about going on like you know low this Yeah, 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.840 and then I heard maybe you wanted it was like 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.080 a blossom. I wanted to get like a bud. It's 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:22.000 like starting to get out of the sea. And then 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:25.200 the full lotus. Do you have any area that you 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:29.200 think would be best. I mean I always like the arms. 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.000 Then you can always control how much it's visible. Yeah, exactly, 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.800 what about right here? Mom? That doesn't hurt too bad? 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.320 That she didn't hurt too much. Right. I have a 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.400 light hand as well, so I don't mind, like on 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:45.640 the same area, but on this side, I'll make some 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.440 stencils and then and then you guys take everything in 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:52.320 and I'll come back in a second. Brig Anda rich 0:05:52.440 --> 0:06:12.040 and nowa rich and now alright, this is one of 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.800 the one that was kind of like more like it's 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.560 just kind of autlanes, more shot, I probably like shaded 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:19.680 a little softer. And then this is more of like, oh, 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.560 kind of cool, you know, more of a graphic kind 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:27.520 of artistic. I really like this. There's something really charming 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:33.680 about this. Yeah, this is gorgeous. Oh wait, okay a minute, 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.240 hold it. I really I really want this all three 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.560 of the three of them. That's pretty How about that? 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:47.560 Do you see this? Look at that gorgeous mom that's beautiful. 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:55.200 That's a really beautiful that's gorgeous. I love that. Yes, 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.440 it's having a movement. That's it. So who's going to 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:06.040 go first make ourselves at home. Then we will set 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.520 up for Jada. I can't wait to see how mommy. 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.520 You mean once you've had babies, it's like, yeah, whatever. 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:15.560 You know, we tend to be a little hairy. My 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:19.280 arm definitely has some fuzz. Usually, you know, we make 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:21.520 a stencil so we can get the placement just right 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:23.480 and see where everything is. It's kind of look a 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.080 little blueprint for me to follow, because the chricky thing 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.760 about this spot is on the top of your arm. 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:30.600 You see, how like there's this gap at all you 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.720 do is like any twist kind of distorts it. Do 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.600 you want it more center, like when you're natural or 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.800 kind of when you pull up you kind of see it. 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:40.840 It's probably when I'm natural. Huh yeah, check it out, 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:44.080 you think, look at that smile. You can lift and 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.560 move it around in a little bit to see see 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:49.360 how it falls in different places. Do you think it 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:53.040 should come down just a little you turn around? I mean, 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.800 if you did it like race, Yeah, let's try. It's mama. 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:02.080 It's mama. She's getting tad about dr Which it's mama. 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:06.040 That has a different vibe. There we go. Yeah, yeah, 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:07.760 it's like we're right there. It's right in the middle. 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:13.880 That's beautiful. That's dope. I want to see it every day. Yeah, 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:18.000 it's a remind. Yeah, it's a beautiful reminder. M hm, 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.600 you're gonna be okay. I know. So how long have 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:28.880 you been doing this? You've been doing us a fourteen 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:33.800 ye so wow of time. I've had people talk about 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.240 him like they we're gonna go see Kid Cuddy concert 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.280 like Dr Brule, Like do you need to see this? 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.280 If I ever got the chance, like going on like 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:46.880 this is crazy that's so. What do you think was 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.200 the moment you realized you made it? It wasn't overnight. 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.080 There was one time I do remember, though, like choose 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:56.800 a day, like the first Monday of every month, say 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:58.920 if you want an appointment and you live in l A, 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.880 just come to the shop and and make it in person. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:03.719 And I remember I pulled up to the shop and 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.840 there was a line around the block on Sunset and 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.760 I was like, oh my god. It was very crazy. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.320 And you're kind of like, oh wow, that's okay. I 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.800 think there's someone too something here. Have have you been 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.560 able to stay so grounded? You see, my such a 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:24.240 cool person. You've got such a relaxed, joyful demeanor. It's 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:28.880 because my family and my wife, my kids, and I 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:31.160 grew up in the city, so I had a lot 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:37.600 of chances to see people that don't take success and fame. Well, 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.880 then you see how people started treating people. I was like, 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.520 I don't want to ever be like that. You know, 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:46.440 I never want to treat anyone lesser than to me 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.319 in that sense. You know, once you get a family 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.839 and you kind of understand how you want your kids 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.800 to treat other people, that's a whole other thing and 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.600 then you have to leave by example. So over time, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:02.080 I think that's just goes. How many kids do you have? 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.800 Have two boys? You got two boys with their ages 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:10.680 ten and six. Oh wow, okay, have a real daddy 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:15.280 mode there a while too. One of his kid's names 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.120 is Raife, and I was like, my mom would love 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:26.240 that name. Yeah, and Lion Lion I like that one too. 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.200 What made you decide that you wanted to become a 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:32.480 tattoo artist? You know that's the thing. And it wasn't 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:36.560 like a conscious decision. I was getting tattooed by my 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:40.040 mentor Smart Mahoney, that Shamrock on the Sunset Strip for 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.680 a long time, and he's you know, super famous, super 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.520 legendary in the world. So when he offered to teach me, 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:47.880 I was like, how do you turn that down? I 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:51.920 couldn't pass that up, so quit my job the next 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.200 day and they started there. Why did he offer to 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.240 teach you? I was his client for like ten years 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.920 before that, just kind of like a shop kid hanging 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:03.240 all the time. You had a Jedi heart he saw. Yeah. 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:09.240 I wasn't your typical tattoo artist. No. It was like 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.920 a first generation immigrant here and my parents were Chinese. 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.760 You don't grow up around that stuff. Whereas like all 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.680 the other tattoos in the shop, parents were tattoo artists 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.959 or you know, they come from the biker games. Like 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.040 if you walked into the tattoo shop in like the nineties, 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:28.880 it was a very un known world before. It wasn't 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.520 a commonplace for people. There was no TV shows, there 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:35.760 was no Instagram or Facebook, and it was pretty taboo, 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:41.120 very taboo, very taboo for the first part of my career. 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:45.559 I mean nine percent of people that were getting a tattoo, 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:50.480 like we're heavily tattooed. There was for tattoo connoisseurs. Now, 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.240 you know, eight out of ten it's like their first tattoo. 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:59.720 I'm tattooing lawyers and doctors, politicians. The taboo has definitely 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:05.720 been lit it a bit. Parents feel about you, Yeah, well, 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.600 I need listen to say. I'm sure you assume from 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:14.360 first generation immigrant Asian parents, they are as much Asian 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:18.480 traditional parents as you would expect. I did not give 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:22.040 them an easy upbringing. I was very rebellious, and you know, 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.520 there was a culture shock at home. I was hearing 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.840 and learning one thing, and when I was at school 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:28.920 and with my friends and something else, and I didn't 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:32.040 really know who I was. So for me to like 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:36.680 kind of do this was not what they their visions. 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.240 That's not their story that they're going to tell. We didn't, 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:42.080 you know, immigrate to America so our firstborn son can 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.240 become a tattoo I I don't know. You know, it 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:49.080 was supposed to be a lawyer, doctor, go to a 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.600 u c l A. Like that whole thing. They're so supportive. Now, 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:56.559 my mom was so proud, But it wasn't an easy 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.200 transition to that point. It definitely took them a little 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.440 bit to understand and what this was. I think they 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:06.040 understood that success isn't determined or defined by what, you know, 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:08.880 the social standards of it is. That's what we define 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.080 it is, and if we're happy in doing what we love. 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.600 When I first had my kids, the first thing I 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.480 did was called my parents and say, you know, I 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:19.959 am so sorry, Like I like, I took it all 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:23.360 for granted, because now I understand. I don't think you 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:27.679 can really understand until you understand what that responsibility is. 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.319 I don't want to ask you something everything that's been 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:36.040 happening in our country lately just around the violence towards 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:40.040 you know, Asian who. How has that affected you or 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:45.840 you know, I feel like I had such a tough 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.120 skin growing up and I didn't really understand. I mean, 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:50.920 of course I understood racism and all that, but I 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.920 didn't grow up with a lot of Asians, you know, 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:57.560 I grew up in the mixed community. But now I 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.240 see it. And right before lockdown, my kid is than 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.320 I were in a store and the kids pick something up. 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.200 I rack and it fell and some old man's are 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:06.680 yelling at him, and I was like, you know, don't 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.440 don't yell at my kids, like he's up and he 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.760 told us to go back to where we came from. 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.559 And my kids are mixed, so they have no They 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:19.600 were like, we'll go home, Like yeah, back to the 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.480 Silver Lake. Like I don't understand because in our house, 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.760 we never talked about rates or you know what I mean, Like, 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.720 it's just we are who we are. And that was 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.160 the first time I kind of felt like, Wow, this 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:30.960 guy doesn't see me the way that I feel like 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.120 I see myself. And then I kind of felt this 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.320 is how so many people feel and I just kind 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.400 of like been blind to that fact, you know, and 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.880 it's been an interesting time. It's been hard to find 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:44.720 the definition of being so open minded and having no 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:46.840 hate in your heart. It sounds as cool as I say, 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:50.240 like everyone has to work together and admit that, you know, 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.240 we all have flaws, you know, and we have to 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:57.320 work together against white sprises. You know, there's a common enemy. 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.440 You know. Some people don't want to hear it. Even 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:02.880 my parents. Yeah, you know, I try to talk about 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.400 with them because they are Asian elders and they kind 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:09.760 of are afraid of conflict and they don't want to 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:13.080 engage that way because they that's been there and of 0:15:13.160 --> 0:15:16.800 kind of thriving in this country is like like not 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:19.800 not causing a disruption. If they don't bother us, we 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:23.080 don't bother them. After that moment, did you feel the 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:27.040 need to then have a conversation with your your boys 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:31.320 and your wife as a family. So we're talking about 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.680 it a lot with him now, especially the little one, 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:38.960 because my wife is her mother is Irish and Italian 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:43.080 and her father is Native American and half black. They 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.960 have a quarter A lot of stuff, a lot of stuff. 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.120 After this whole thing, the little one has been saying 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:53.800 a lot like, oh, I'm Chinese. I'm like, WHOA, yes, 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.560 part but not all. And they're like, well, how come 0:15:56.600 --> 0:16:00.120 you're full. I'm like, because my parents are. And but 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:03.400 that's the beauty of building a family and everyone can 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.560 love each other and there's no boundaries, you know, like 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.560 you can be Chinese and you can be white, you 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.600 can be Native American, you can be black, and it 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:12.800 doesn't matter, you know. I tried to explain to them 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.400 in that sense, and they're just starting to get it. 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.360 But I think they're so innocent that they don't even think. 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.840 They don't even think about it. It's like it's so 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:24.880 difficult to explain the concept of separatism to a child. Yeah, 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:29.320 they're like they're not on the playground, Like that's white 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:33.080 Billy and it's Chinese John. Like, it's just they're the kids. 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.640 And I remember my older one we were talking about 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.960 and I literally saw like he was perplexed in his eyes, 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:39.960 and I was like, wow, I don't do I pursue 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:44.000 this because I don't even want to break that still. Yeah, 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:48.960 but it's hard to ignore now. But I think just 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.920 showing them the right way and not telling them how 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:56.480 they should feel, but giving them tools to do themselves 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.640 educate them. We have to take our time out and 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:01.720 really tackle some of those topics with them because the 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:04.640 school is not going to write. But at the same time, 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.600 how do you protect your child's innocence? Yeah, part of 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.080 you wants to obviously do that, and the part of 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.480 you wants to, like you said, protect your innocence. But 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.600 I think we just got to do our best to 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.200 give them the best foot forward as they grow, because 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:19.320 they will. I think it is really just your home 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:23.320 life and who your parents are and raising them, right man, 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:36.520 So beautiful, Yeah, perfect, willow your next My god, this 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.760 is gonna be so fire. I think this might make 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:48.480 more sense instead of wrapping. That's beautiful, all right. I'm 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.640 just so excited to finally be added by a doctor 0:17:51.680 --> 0:18:01.680 woo and to tell everybody, honestly, the longest had two 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:04.240 you ever done? Dr Boum. One time I did one 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:07.800 of like ten hours. Whoa, I can't work in that 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.720 capacity anymore. It's a lot, I was gonna say, that's 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.639 a lot for the artists as well as for the client. 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:21.240 The lotus represents spiritual enlightenment, and we hear the saying 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:24.440 like through the mud grows the lotus, and I think 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:27.920 that my story, yes, and I think all of us 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:32.480 from different perspectives in life have had that journey, the 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.359 bud to the little blossom to the bloom. Also, I 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.960 feel like expresses the spiritual journey, but also the three 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:42.639 of us. I'm the youngest, you know, my mom is 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.000 the middle and Gam Gam is the fully bloomed lotus. 0:18:46.200 --> 0:18:49.080 And it means something, you know, different for each of 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:53.760 us because our stories, our journeys are different, but it's 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:57.000 still represents us so well. I just I thought that 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:00.080 was brilliant, Thank you, Gam. Out of the mud, it 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:02.200 comes to lotus, you have to go through the mud, 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.879 the dirt, and it's still something beautiful was created. And 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.679 that kind of described my journey. I've been through some 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:13.919 really tough times, you know, but I'm still worthy, you know, 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.639 and there's still room for me to grow and change. 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.200 Even now at sixty seven, I'm still growing and changing 0:19:20.440 --> 0:19:24.840 and trying to be better. Yeah, so getting the lotus 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:33.720 was just like everything. It feels like my little kitten 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:38.800 Lolo when I first got her, playing biting my arm. 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:42.399 How many tattoos do you have? Game three? Three tattoos 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:47.080 and wow, fifteen piercings and three tattoos. Now we were 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:51.639 looking on your page and there was a little boy. Yeah, 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.639 I also want to drus because I want to be 0:19:56.680 --> 0:20:05.600 a tattoo artist. Oh you do? Okay, what if they 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:09.679 grow up to also tattoo? I don't know. I was 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:13.240 very fortunate to be able to like carve myself a 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:17.359 little place. I mean, their father being doctor, who they 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:19.080 might even be like, I'm never going to pick up 0:20:19.080 --> 0:20:22.320 a tattoo pin because if my thought as good as his, 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:25.920 then I'm you know, I get asked that a lot, 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:28.880 and I never know how I feel about the answer. 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:32.000 And maybe they want to make an impact someplace else, 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:34.960 someplace else. That makes a lot of sense. Yeah, you know, 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:39.760 it's not easy walking in your parents. It's really not. 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:43.880 That's why I'm like, damn, that's I really respect that 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:47.760 because I knew my parents. Obviously they wanted me to 0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:49.640 do what I wanted to do, but I definitely knew 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:51.960 that they wanted me to be an artist and like 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:54.720 any kind of artist, you know what I mean. And 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:56.840 I also feel like they wanted me to do that 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:59.680 because that was what they knew and they could like 0:21:00.240 --> 0:21:03.159 me in that world like they could be instrumental in 0:21:03.280 --> 0:21:06.600 my growth in that world because they had knowledge about it. 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:10.600 It's something they could relate to totally. Yeah, have wisdom 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:16.960 in it. Yeah. I love the studio. We call it 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:20.040 the Hideaway because it's kind of a little hideaway. Once 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:21.520 you're here, you don't feel like you're part of the 0:21:21.560 --> 0:21:26.720 hotel exactly. They had the first oscars here. What this 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:30.360 hotel is. It's some hauntings that hotel room right, there 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:33.879 are costs. It's like where Marilyn Monroe lives. There's a 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:37.520 mirror that people have been saying that if you look 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:41.320 in the mirror, you see her in the reflection. So 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:46.840 they actually removed the mirror. That's so scary. I'm on 0:21:46.920 --> 0:21:50.080 the last one. I've never gotten shading in a tattoo before. 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:51.520 When I leave here, I'm going to go to the 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:57.960 studio and making a theme song immediately doctor who get 0:21:58.000 --> 0:22:05.040 that good? Good? With a nice little synth jingle on 0:22:05.080 --> 0:22:09.439 the end. I'll send you some sounds, yeah, so I 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:16.320 can just put it in there. You can sample some buzzing. Yes, 0:22:17.200 --> 0:22:21.119 it's already catching on. All right, Wow, you're just a 0:22:21.200 --> 0:22:26.200 freaking jet Like, what come on, look at dad? This 0:22:26.280 --> 0:22:30.359 is just a detail. I just love you. You have 0:22:30.480 --> 0:22:34.840 it back, has it cleal? It feels amazing and it 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:39.760 looks even better. Guys, this is my first shaded doctor 0:22:39.880 --> 0:22:54.840 Woo tattoo. It's damping. Hey, damn you did that? Fends 0:22:55.320 --> 0:23:03.440 It looks where I say, perfect dad Willow, Damn you 0:23:03.600 --> 0:23:08.600 next to want to go. Dr Lou was able to 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:12.080 design the three stages of the lotus, representing the stages 0:23:12.119 --> 0:23:14.520 of our lives and stages of our lives and the 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:20.320 stages of our spiritual growth. Yeah, it's pretty dope. Yeah. Ready, 0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:22.359 I'm ready for you. I think I want to do 0:23:22.400 --> 0:23:27.359 it right, gotcha, whatever you feel, because you're the one 0:23:27.400 --> 0:23:30.000 that's going to be seeing it the most. Oh my goodness, 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.359 Oh my goodness, that's going to be beautiful. My mother 0:23:33.440 --> 0:23:37.160 has more tattoos than me because that isn't due just crazy, 0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:44.880 because she's got stogetically that's whyetically, So honey, don't get 0:23:44.880 --> 0:23:51.719 it twisted. Have a seat, lady. Okay, I'm feeling good. 0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:55.800 You know I have a pretty high towerance for pain. 0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:58.160 Did you guys ever think we would be here doing 0:23:58.200 --> 0:24:07.639 this because Jada was half stepping No half stepen, sorry, 0:24:08.080 --> 0:24:14.960 oh no, Henny, he said, who said will. He was 0:24:15.000 --> 0:24:18.439 actually the one that I was most nervous about. Like 0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:21.720 I showed my mom the art for my past sleeve, 0:24:21.880 --> 0:24:24.399 like I want to say, like three weeks before I 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:28.359 got it, and but I didn't tell my dad because 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:30.959 I was like he's going to be like, my baby, 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:36.160 absolutely what And I knew he be like what the hell? 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:38.440 But he called me it was like I want to say, 0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:40.119 like two or three days after I had gotten it, 0:24:40.200 --> 0:24:42.880 and he was like, hey, I heard you gotta cattoo. 0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:46.760 And I was like from who, And he's like, it 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:51.399 doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Obviously it was you. And 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:53.080 I was like okay, And then I showed it to 0:24:53.160 --> 0:24:55.760 him and he was like everything is in divine order. 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:57.880 Your path is your path, and I just love you 0:24:58.720 --> 0:25:03.000 and I'm glad that you got something that actually looks nice. 0:25:03.240 --> 0:25:07.000 And I was like, thank you. You got that boom, Yeah, 0:25:07.040 --> 0:25:12.320 you got that game. And she's just like has anybody 0:25:12.320 --> 0:25:15.040 ever come to you and been like, man, I can't believe, 0:25:15.160 --> 0:25:18.400 like you know, three years later, like did you give 0:25:18.440 --> 0:25:22.600 me that tattoo? You know, it's always a tattoo of 0:25:22.680 --> 0:25:27.280 a lover a name, and I tell anyone that it's 0:25:27.280 --> 0:25:30.240 a curse. Yeah, I don't think I've ever done it 0:25:30.280 --> 0:25:34.120 where the couple stayed together one time, literally the couple 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:35.800 got it the night before and the next day they 0:25:35.800 --> 0:25:39.120 came in regretting it. Wow, just like is there any 0:25:39.160 --> 0:25:41.440 way to remove this? Is? Like what or like yeah, 0:25:41.480 --> 0:25:44.720 like what do I do? Like, don't don't be so 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:48.480 hasty next time? I mean, game is almost being brought 0:25:48.520 --> 0:25:53.000 to tears. Your dream came true. Gam, you gotta take 0:25:53.040 --> 0:25:59.200