Self Inflicted Blacklight Sleeve Tattoo 3 Year Update!

 Well, here we are. Three years since I tattooed my arm with blacklight ink. Overall, the tattoo still looks great. I have learned to use a wider needle set as the ink glows better when it has some width in the lines. Since I am a glassblower, I am a little worried about the light from the torch and flame I use making the tattoo fade. But so far, I cannot see any effect. Here are two recent photos of the blacklight tattoo, three years after I tattooed myself. Thanks for all your comments and questions!

Studies suggest that less than 50% of what we "see" is actually based on information entering our eyes. The remaining 50+ percent is pieced together out of our expectations of what the world should look like. The eyes may be visual organs, but it is the brain that sees. Even more dramatic evidence of the role the mind plays in creating what we see is provided by the eye's so-called blind spot. In the middle of the retina, where the optic nerve connects to the eye, we have a blind spot where there are no photoreceptors. When we look at the world around us we are totally unaware that there are gaping holes in our vision. It doesn't matter whether we are gazing at a blank piece of paper or an ornate Persian carpet. The brain artfully fills in the gaps like a skilled tailor reweaving a hole in a piece of fabric. What is all the more remarkable is that it reweaves the tapestry of our visual reality so masterfully we aren't aware it is doing so. This leads to a disturbing question. If we are seeing less than half of what is out there, what is out there that we are not seeing? 

 -Michael Talbot

Ebb and Flow

The ebb and flow of life is a constant.
You jump joyously into the flow of life, yet the moment it shows signs of receding, you panic, imagining that what you once had won't return.

You insist on permanency, yet the only permanence is change.
One must continually make adjustments as you seek to find inner peace and happiness.

Only by doing so can you realise evolvement.
However alone you may feel sometimes, know you are part of a very large family.

That family is watching over you, flooding you with abundance and love as often as you will receive it.

Be secure in the knowledge you are always provided for, if you would only learn to be open to receiving, and flow like the tide, adjusting to life's never ending changes.

~ Channelling Love ♥

Thanks to Diwakar Bhardwaj for sharing.