rollers suffering it is not a case of real simple tatoos have never been so popular they've been around for thousands of years but 1st became fashionable in the 1960 s. with the hippie movement and the biking culture background it was a sign of individuality and since then to do so i've tried to say have never looked back today it's a thriving industry and we were europe's biggest to 2 convention here in berlin over the weekend and the superstars of to touring with there to show off their skills. the annual convention sees hundreds of tattoo artists tattoo enthusiastic and the curious converging on the german capital to tattoo artists some of the best in the world modern day jet setters whose reputation precedes them thanks in part to instagram. a large following means worldwide recognition sponsorships and global gigs. tattoo artist raffle lopes from brazil started

working on skin at just 13 he has high hopes for the future. so i can use my name as a rock i'm a talk show artist and a surfer and i have 110000 followers and i want to be famous across the whole world . and he may well get there he's striking designs typically involve intricate geometric patterns flawless symmetry cymbals and a lot of nature a sizable instagram following means rafa has work waiting for him wherever he goes . for the big players celebrity brings freedom melech tasha king is a rising star from turkey her work is truly unique vivid hyper realistic playful images that have been assisting with life she and her crew a committed to designing people's dreams and applying them to their bodies she has 101000 followers on instagram. i am a lake i'm thought this. well it can't really say much more the turkish woman was

under pressure to get a 3 day tattoo done in just one and a half days her client had travelled all the way from austria. the plane prefers his advertisements in the flesh. with his travelling troupe of models. with just 23000 followers big lin has a bit of catching up to do but he did win big at this year's convention garnering a lot of attention from the taiwanese artist loves working on big pieces in traditional japanese style. or is he right is right and it's great because every character has his own individual story his own history he's part of a very meaningful tradition. bound with their tattoo guns these traveling artists really can go anywhere.

my colleague melissa hall rod was to prevention so maybe you now now but the so now in some countries like the us and it's a they almost 50 percent of the population have a tatoo why it took to so popular that wealth for one thing they're no longer bill is they used to be people with tests and the longest seen as a threat to society also with globalization we can cherry pick from different cultures so we chinese food we wear ponchos and through that the meaning of these things has changed ok that's the popularity big question now why you defeat all have to use this lots of different reasons some people have them as to to draw a line from the past into the future as part of a healing process some people do it as a promise to the future some people do it to be part of a group or to. not part of

a group it can be a secret message to self. today they're very popular among people who are part of the gig economy among entrepreneurs as a sort of a sign of independence and presumably people also have it just for fun. yes or to just say that i actually love something there was one guy that we met at the convention he had a tattoo on his leg which said folks fagen he also we have a council he is folks spoke about him on his leg. and he said he did that because the very simple reason lot to us is this is his 3 children there on his tummy and there's more dedications to his children there and he also plans to get his nieces and nephews down on his body ok some people have the moment. was thought about. we also saw plenty of people with tattoos on their faces this

guy has even had his eyeballs test suit and he said had stuffed into his face the other the interesting is. well there's no turning back it's a very very definite statement isn't it yeah also these people that we met with you know face tattoos they look very very hot but actually when you meet them they were really sweet innocent people you could mate that was very agreeable know very nice people ok you with did it change your attitude to tatoos are you thinking of having well by this well yes i would definitely get a tattoo i mean i would have and now i definitely would i mean i think one thing that i really liked about it was is a lot of body positivity in the culture you know ok if you go off a big body positive i think it's. just exotic that

when i left love the 1st 2 years ago the district of clapham well was a rough. area where real friday big business was jewelry making in the garden that that remains to this day but the rest of the area has. you changed it to move in because of low rent they made it trendy and now it's one of the coolest places to be in love. park and well is an area in central london with a checkered history now it's a favorite haunt of architects designers harvests and other creative spirits. just a few blocks from the financial district the attractive neighborhood appeals to residents and visitors alike. boroughs has been head of marketing for a p.r. agency in for 5 years. has this beautiful design aspect to it we've got something stupid like the most amount of tax. than anyone.

and so. he sort of everyone's very design and aesthetic focus and it's got a really great asset to. the designers create spaces where the artists and architects can work in comfort such as here in born in hollingsworth buildings. architects have been concentrating in this area since the mid 1990 s. creative professionals have opened offices in old breweries book printers and jim distilleries the once crumbling industrial area has been revived as a trendy office and residential neighborhood. in the studio west architectural firm has been here since 2004 now they're feeling the effects of the very gentrification they helped foster. i think you have to you have to follow the the move of the city you know the. thing you want is

a city that remains static you know i mean you want to stay in the same place for the next 100 years no. got its start in the middle ages with a priory outside the london city. a reminder of the monastic tradition in st john. workshops and factories collected here. british watch making other trades. regularly guides visitors through showing them relics of past era such as the watchmaker and workshops. you can see there in. the most.

an average wage isn't likely to afford. these days but architecture fans can be sure to find much to discover here. professional. clubs to their taste. the place to find truly eccentric british. townhouse. communicative and creative people who make a neighborhood come to life with their living working here just passing through. now in our continuing series 100 must reads with featuring books that have been translated into english from the original today. to achieve with his writing but mainly as a journalist as a lyricist for. his novellas the longest novel he wrote was.

which was an inspiration for. the film the grand budapest hotel mole from david levitz. had a great time to. definitely do the. the truth hurts that's why people lie. and. no one likes rejection but having someone string you along hurts even worse don't believe me read be aware of pity by step on spike we're at a palace in the austria-hungary an empire before world war one the main character on town is invited to a party here he dines and drinks and dances has a great time but at the end of the evening he realizes he's forgotten to ask the host daughter eat it to dance so he asks or even bigger folks she can't dance she's paralyzed long story short he feels so bad that he offers to marry her not because

he loves her but because he wants to look like a nice guy the young woman's doctor gives him quite a lecture. yes that's all very well but there are 2 kinds of people one the weak minded sentimental sort is really just the heart's impatience to rid itself as quickly as possible of the painful experience of being moved by another person suffering it is not a case of real sympathy of feeling with the sufferer but a way of defending yourself against the sufferers of pain. but the 2nd kind of pity real pity requires self-sacrifice and clearly and so on isn't up for that his fiance aided finds out he's denied their engagement in public she's humiliated and the story and tragedy jewish austrian author stefan spike was one of the world's most popular writers in the 1920 s. and thirty's he and his wife escaped the nazis 1st to england and to brazil but they were so convinced that european civilization was doomed that the couple took

their own lives in 1902 so i grow up be aware of petty a few years before his death it's the only full length novel by a fantastic author who checked out too soon. always told it sold our website at v.w. dot com slash culshaw about sold for today thanks for watching i'm bout.

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