So I’m in Low Tide in Guam looking for a perfect tattoo. My one rule: I wouldn’t get anything I didn’t absolutely love. I spent at least an hour looking through every panel he had. On my way out I saw it—Truk dolphins. I had to have it.

And the next day I got it! Yeah, it was intense (and a little messy for the next 24 hours or so), but I got my first tattoo and I love it!

Now I look at art in tattoo shops, not thinking of “should I get one” but “which one will be my next?” The guy was absolutely right when he made the first mark and said, “welcome to your new addiction!”