dad did all series 100 german must reads spy 3 way out of pity as a hero who was always getting things rollers suffering it is not a case of real simple tatoos have never been so popular being around for thousands of years but 1st became fashionable in the 1960 s. with the hippie movement and the biking culture back that it was a sign of individuality and since then to do so have tattoos 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 their 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 bank local gigs. tattoo artist rafa lopes from brazil started working on skin at just 13 he has high hopes for the future. so i use my name as a rock i'm a touch of the artist and a surfer and i have 110000 followers and i want to be famous across the whole world only theatre. and he may well get there he's striking designs typically involve intricate geometric patterns flawless symmetry cymbals and another one a sizeable instagram following means rafa has work waiting for him wherever he goes . for the big players celebrity brings freedom melech attached to 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 dream. and applying them to their bodies she has

101000 followers on instagram. i am a lake i'm thought this really 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. lin prefers his advertisements in the flesh. with his travelling troupe of models. with just 23000 followers to glynn 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 in all it's great because every character has his own and their visual story his own history is part of a very meaningful tradition.

bound with their tattoo guns these traveling artists really can go anywhere. my colleague melissa hall rod was super vention so maybe you now now now in some countries like us and it's a day almost 50 percent of the population have a tatoo why it took 2 so popular now well for one thing they're no longer has to do is they used to be people with tattoos 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 strew 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 do. a

line from the past into the future as part of the healing process some people do it as a promise to the future some people do it to be part of a group or to be 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 comes he's focused bhagavatam on his leg. and he said he did that because very simple reason lot of this is his 3 children there on his tummy and there's more dedication to his children there and he also plans to get his nieces and nephews down on his body ok some people have them on my face

a lot of. we also saw plenty of people with tattoos on their faces this guy has even had his eyeballs tattooed and he's that had stuffed into his face the other. is. well there's no don't turn him back it's a very very definite statement isn't it yeah also these people that we met with these you know face tattoos they look very very hot but actually when you meet them they were really the sweetest people you could mate that was very agreeable the very last people ok you with did it change your attitude to are you thinking of having. 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 of

a body positive i think it's. just exactly what i left love the 30 years ago the district of clark well was a rough. area where real friday big business was jewelry making in the garden 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 the coolest places to. park in 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. meghan burrows has been head of marketing for a p.r.

agency in cochrane well for 5 years. has this beautiful design aspect to it we've got something stupid like the most amount of tax cuts than anyone. and so. you 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 gym distilleries the once crumbling industrial area has been revived as a trendy office and residential neighborhood. to the studio a grand 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 follow 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. talking well got its start in the middle ages with a priory outside the london city walls a reminder of the monastic tradition in st john. workshops and factories collected here. british watch making other trades. visitors through showing them relics of past such as the watchmaker and workshops. you can see there are. these. when. you get the most.

an average wage earner isn't likely to afford. these days but architecture fans can be sure to find much to discover here. creative professionals in. 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 long this novel he wrote was of pity which was an inspiration for. the film the grand budapest hotel mole from david. 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 phone 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. hitty yes that's all very well but there are 2 kinds of pity 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. but the 2nd kind of pity real pity it 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 ends in tragedy jewish austrian author stefan zweig 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 then to brazil but they were so convinced that european civilization was doomed that the couple took their own lives in 1902 so i grew 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 or. full of all the stuff. it sold all websites at v.w. dot com slash culshaw about sold for today thanks for watching on bubba. in.

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