InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 43 | Page 16

InkSpired Magazine: What role do tattoos play in your life? Vany Vicious: A huge one. Tattoos are a part of me. I don’t see them as “decor” on my body. I see them as a part of me, almost as if I was born with them . A few of them have meaning, but a few don’t. And that’s OK, because they still mark a time in my life. When I look at any tattoo that I have, I remember exactly where I was, who I was with, and what I was going through at that point in my life. My skin has become almost like my own little journal. InkSpired Magazine: What inspires you? Vany Vicious: People ask me this all the time, and I usually feel like I’m supposed to say a person, or a group of people but that’s not the case. I inspire myself. Knowing what I’ve been through in life and what I’ve seen, I inspire myself because I know where I want to be and what I have to do to not go back to those times—ot to deal with the things I’ve dealt with, or my family has dealt with. I know where I want to be and I know I AM THE ONE that’s going to get me there. 14 InkSpiredMagazine.com