A Tatuagem até os dias atuais

A Tatuagem até os dias atuais

No início os corpos eram marcados em rituais de guerra e ritos de passagem para fase adulta. Existia um significado meio primitivo da arte. Isso já acontecia no Egito, na Polinésia, nas Filipinas e na Indonésia por volta de 4.000 e 2.000 A.C. Na idade média, por volta do ano de 787, o papa na Europa baniu a arte de tatuar do continente. O termo "Tatuar", surgiu na França nesse mesmo período. Era chamado de "Tatouage". Nos tempos mais modernos, o termo Tatouage, foi traduzido para o inglês como "Tattoo", pelo assim conhecido capitão James Cook. Quem por umas e outras, também foi o pai do surf.

Mas como surgiu o nome? Bem, um pedaço de osso bem afiado com o pigmento era castigado na pele com a ajuda de um pequeno martelo que fazia um barulho semelhante ao ruído "Tow Tow". Aí surgiu o nome moderno conhecido até hoje!

Com os anos, os marinheiros difundiram a arte. De volta pra Inglaterra, agora em 1879, as tattoo´s ganharam uma conotação com o crime e com a marginalidade. Daí surgiu a forma de se pensar em tatuagem como algo negativo. Em 1891, O´Reilly, nasce como "pai da tattoo moderna". As coisas desse dia pra cá mudaram muito! A tatuagem surge na 2ª Grande Guerra Mundial como amuletos de sorte e lembrança dos soldados e marinheiros dos seus entes queridos.

Aqui no nosso querido Brasil, surge em meados da década de 60 Lucky Tattoo, na zona portuária de Santos em S.Paulo. A localização, contribuiu para uma visão negativa e aversa aos valores da sociedade na época. Associava-se a marginalidade, prostituição, drogas e bêbados à arte da tatuagem! Era mesmo uma vergonha tal comparação. Fico chocado e não consigo entender!

Hoje, com a qualidade dos profissionais, Internet, tv, studios bem cuidados e preocupados com o bem estar dos clientes, a tatuagem não tem mais fronteiras e atinge todas as classes sociais sem nenhum preconceito. Parabéns aos profissionais da arte. Precisamos entender que o que fazemos é algo muito sério e que representa valores ainda mais sérios e mexe com o Psiqué coletivo da sociedade.

Abraços e bons trabalhos!!!

Rodrigo Carvalho - Salvador

Poker Mind In Depth Part IV: Daniel Negreanu

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This is a continuation of my first pre-Series session with Daniel Negreanu. One of my concerns in asking Daniel to participate in this series was that he is by far the most prolific writer among the big name professional poker players. Not only does he write a lot, but he includes a great deal of personal information and insight about not just poker but also his life. Which means, Daniel is a great subject but like Mike Matusow, he has already done a lot of personal exposure in the poker press. In fact, the three players who are the best known by the poker fans are: Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and Mike Matusow, my subjects for this series. So in light of this I asked Daniel:

Shrink: "You write often about your life away from poker, is there an element of therapy or even a public confessional in your writing?"

Daniel: "Absolutely yes. I learned fairly early that as a public figure, every thing I did would be observed and commented on. So my philosophy is to admit or recognize my mistakes and to put them and myself out there. There is a kind of defusing that happens when I am the first one to admit I made a bad decision. I do keep the personal revelations limited to myself. If friends are involved I either leave them out of the story or I don't tell it. They have the right to privacy even when there are with a notorious talker like me. But other than that, I am an open book and that seems to work better for me."

Shrink: "I want to ask about your preparation for the Series this year. First, have you done anything different."

Daniel: "Well, I have said for years that I was going to get in better physical shape before the World Series. This year, I did it. I started early in January. I got a trainer and have worked out continually since then. I do feel healthy and stronger. I hope that translate into better performance this summer."

Shrink: "OK, now let me put those first two questions together. You are a new adopter of Tweeter and over the past month or so you have been partying a bit."

Daniel (laughter).

Shrink: "I have recently reread your 2002 articles* on alcohol and poker. Would you like to make an updated 2009 comment on that subject?"

Daniel: "Sure. I have been doing a bit of partying. Phil, Eric and I have sort of been getting it out of our systems because during the World Series it's all business. So there is just the element of relaxation before the big summer. But I also know I did go a bit overboard on my own and some of that is guilt over my Mom. You know she had a stroke and she is back in Canada. I would really like to be there with her but I am in Las Vegas playing poker. Now I know her, she is old school. If I even tried to skip the Series to be with her... well she just wouldn't allow it. She wants me here doing what I do. But that doesn't alleviate the guilt of not being with her. But I hopefully have that all straightened out. She is in no danger and is doing as well as can be expected. I was with her a few days ago and will be back there as soon as the Series is over."

Shrink: "That takes us back to what you said earlier about dealing with the fans, when they don't know if something has gone wrong with your day. I assume your Mom's health issues are always with you but you not only play poker but you deal with the fans the same as you always have."

Daniel: "Right exactly. If I am a public figure then I am going to be the best I can be in that role, including giving the poker fans my time when they ask for a picture or autograph."

*Here are the links to three articles Daniel wrote on poker and alcohol back in 2002. I strongly recommend them for any player who even thinks they are experiencing problems with their game or their life due to alcohol use.

Alcohol...The Early Years-Part I

Alcohol...Pot Limit Hold'em-Part II

Alcohol...The Party's Over-Part III

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Previous posts in this Series:

Poker Mind In Depth Part III: Daniel Negreanu

Poker Mind In Depth Part II:  Phil Hellmuth

Poker Mind In Depth Part I:   Mike Matusow

Tattoo Álvaro Gaudênio, São Lourenço da Serra e Juquitiba

Olá, meu nome é Alvaro Gaudêncio, tenho 30 anos e trabalho com tattoo há 7 anos e meio. Também aplico Piercings e faço Maquiagens Definitivas. Não tenho preferência por um estilo único de tattoo, apenas amo a arte com todas as suas formas e cores. Resido em S. L. da Serra e trabalho como tatuador em duas cidades, São Lourenço da Serra e Juquitiba, São Paulo.

Tattoo Álvaro Gaudênio
Endereço: São Lourenço, praça X de Agosto, 81
Telefones: 4686-1867, 9533-9061
E-mail: alvaro.gaudencio@yahoo.com.br
Orkut: Tattoo Alvaro Gaudêncio

Bouncing Around Las Vegas

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Beyond the World Series of Poker lies the whole, big, bright city of Las Vegas. Here are a few on the more or less interesting encounters I have had beyond the Amazon room at the Rio.

I was listening to a local radio talk show on which a local banker was saying that most financial institutions in Clark County are now holding back as much as 80% or more of their foreclosed real estate because of the depressed market. At one point he ventured that the Las Vegas valley may have 6 to 8 years of back inventory in the residential real estate market.

Then I took a seat at a poker table at the Orleans and the table topic was the recovery of the housing market in Las Vegas, including:

"This city always bounces back faster then all the others."

"Prices are already going up on houses, now is the time to buy."

I'm just saying, there are a lot of experts at the poker table; but there may be better places to get your financial advice.

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Another table and another expert told us that all of those "abandoned projects on the Strip" had been "secretly bought up by the Chinese" and that they were going to do to us what the Japanese did in the 80's. I resisted pointing out to him just how well that had worked out for the Japanese investors. Remember Rockefeller Center and Pebble Beach, really successful investments those were. For those who have forgotten, the financial invasion of Rockefeller Center happened in 1989, they walked away from their two billion dollar investment in 1995.

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Best Improved Line: Years ago I was playing a tournament at Canterbury Park in Minnesota. On the dinner break the casino provided a player's buffet. When we got to the sushi, the kid in front of me asked about how good it was and I said: "Never eat sushi when the nearest ocean is more than a thousand miles away."

Well yesterday, I was in a restaurant known for its sushi and overheard this exchange:

"Why the hell would you order raw ocean fish when you are in the desert?"

"You know Harry, you're right. I'll have the baked desert tortoise with the grilled scorpion appetizer."

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And lastly, the best explanation of the bad, lousy, stupid, insane, out-of-date, poorly planned and miserably executed departing flight security at McCarran Airport.

"You know how they charge you on the bridges and tunnels coming into New York City but it is free to leave. Same as San Francisco, Golden Gate is five bucks inbound, out is free. They  want you to leave."

"In Las Vegas, they want you to stay. So when 3 AM rolls around and you think, you know we should just pack and head to the airport. But wait, no one wants to get in those stupid security lines. Hell what's one more night."

Of course, I heard this at 2 AM in a bar. Methinks the guy with this trenchant analysis was trying to get one more day in Vegas out of the wife.

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Poker rooms I have played this summer:

Orleans -- Omaha8

Tuscany -- NLHE tournament

Binions -- Omaha8 tournament

Flamingo -- NLHE

M Resort -- NLHE 

Venetian -- Omaha8 

SouthPoint -- Limit HE 

M Resort -- Limit HE 

As Libélulas

Não são muito populares nos estúdios, mas por vezes aparecem como verdadeiras obras de arte em tatuagens, a Libélula pode representar sensualidade, liberdade e criatividade. Acredita-se que o tremor das asas da Libélula, originam borboletas, fadas, flocos de neve e bolhas.

A Libélula vive no ar e na água em parte de sua vida, e por isto é influênciada pelos dois elementos. Muitas vezes as Libélulas são tatuadas como se estivessem pousadas em partes do corpo, como costas, braços, tornozelos e pés.

Muitas pessoas acreditam que ao capturar uma Libélula, pode-se fazer um pedido, pois o mesmo será atendido.

Segundo a Astrologia das tribos indígenas americanas, todas as pessoas têm um espírito de um animal que as guiam e guardam em algumas fases de suas vidas. Pessoas com o espírito da Libélula, precisam de se esforçarem para expressarem suas nescecidades, desejos, sonhos e esperanças. Este espírito também é a essência dos conhecimentos domundo e associadas também à transformações positivas na vida de uma pessoa.

Se além de uma tatuagem de Libélula, você também quiser ter a sua própria Libélua, confira o site da empresa WowWee e assista o vídeo.

Poker Mind In Depth Part III: Daniel Negreanu

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I began my first session with Daniel Negreanu by asking about the difference between the 2004 World Series of Poker and the 2005 Series. In 2004 Daniel was WSOP Player of the Year with six cashes, five final tables and a bracelet. In 2005, there were just two small cashes and a lot of frustration. I asked Daniel how he dealt with those two very different years.

Daniel: "At 34 I have learned that there is a difference between playing bad and running bad. In 2005, I just flat out ran bad. I played well but I just got no cards. In 2004, I ran great. I think anyone who has that kind of a year has to acknowledge that they were running well. You have to be careful, when you are actually playing bad you have to adjust your game. But when you are simply running bad, you have to accept it and not try to tweak your game, which is essentially just fine the way it is. You can't fix the cards by fixing your game and you may just ruin your game by making adjustments that are unnecessary."

"I knew going into the 2005 Series that I had no chance of living up to the expectations of repeating my 2004 performance. Sure I was disappointed by my run in 2005, but my game was solid. There are times when you just have to accept it is not your day or even it is not your year. Just recently I have been running really well but not getting cards as we closed in on the final table. I have had a bunch of good runs in tournaments but no wins to show for it. Again, nothing wrong with my game, just going card dead at the wrong time."

Next, I covered the demands of PR, interviews and other drains on the players time and energy. With Daniel, Phil and Mike these can be so extensive that the players actually need a strategy to fit them all in, without cutting into their game concentration.

Daniel: "Actually for me this is pretty simple. The tournament breaks for me are too long, I don't need them. So when someone wants a quick interview on the break it is never a problem for me. Dinner break especially, I bring my own food, so dinner is an hour or more of dead time. I always tell the media to catch me at dinner."

"On the other hand, I do get requests that are not reasonable for my schedule. If I am playing the 5 PM Series event, then I am not going to come in for an ESPN interview at 1 PM. I have tournament preparation to do, even if that is playing a round of golf. But driving to the Rio through traffic four hours before my event is just not going to happen. Catch me at dinner or schedule me at four. I am probably the easiest guy to get an interview with."

Poker Shrink: "Speaking of easy, you also always seem to be willing to take the picture with a fan or sign an autograph. How do you deal with those demands.

Daniel: "Look if something has gone wrong that day, the fans don't know it. If you just wave them off, all they will remember is that they met me and I blew them off. You can't explain to every person that you are having a bad day. So, my attitude is that you have to keep all of that to yourself. Take a moment to sign the autograph or take the picture. A fan may only get one chance, maybe thirty seconds to meet you and I want that to be a positive experience."

Poker Shrink: "Let's continue with that positive attitude idea. I have seen you genuinely upset at the table just one time and you got past that very quickly. How do you stay so even through all the bad floor rulings and bad beats?"

Daniel: "You just simply have to stay professional. Yes, the bad beats are frustrating but bad floor calls are worse. Those just shouldn't happen. And I do have my say, but then it has to be over. It does me no good to get angry or upset, it can only have a negative effect on my game. Sure you should be involved, particularly about a floor ruling but then move on. The anger serves no useful purpose and can only hurt you in the long run."

I guess I should explain about that one time I saw Daniel upset at the table. I mentioned this incident recently in another post, it was the 2006 WSOP during a Short-Handed NLHE tournament. The interesting point here is that Daniel was justifiably upset, as were Gavin Smith and Kathy Liebert, who were also at the table. The floor made a terrible decision and did not inform the players of that decision. My point here is that after the discussion and the resolution of the dispute (a poor resolution from the player's point of view) for Daniel it was over. He was back to his game in less than one hand. His ability to not tilt or let a bad decision affect his game really was on display that day.

We will continue with Daniel in the next installment of The Poker Mind In Depth.

O “Q à mais” das convenções!

As convenções e exposições de tatuagens têm crescido muito nos últimos tempos. Estes eventos reúnem tatuadores de vários lugares diferentes com a finalidade de cada um mostrar seus talentos, trocar experiências, conhecer técnicas novas e é claro participar das competições. Ah, sim! As competições. Devo dizer que o tatuador (homens e mulheres) é um bicho muito estranho (ou não) eles ficam loucos, estressados, apertados em todos os sentidos. Apertados de tempo e de grana, correm o risco de serem sacaneados na hora do julgamento, ficam muitas vezes a base de sanduíches superfaturados e refrigerantes e quando menos eles esperam, passam por situações bizarras, tipo: homens e mulheres dividindo o mesmo banheiro. Acreditem, eu já presenciei isso. Ou voltar pro quarto do hotel para tatuar porque o local da convenção é muito quente e impraticável para tatuar. Mas mesmo com todas essas dificuldades e outras que não me recordo agora, eles estão lá, firmes e fortes. Sempre demonstrando o amor pela arte da Tattoo. Porque vamos combinar né, galera? Só com muito amor no coração para querer passar por tudo isso mais de uma vez ao ano.

A vontade de mostrar seus trabalhos, 99% das vezes obras primas, colocando-os para uma disputa, e serem contemplados com elogios e prêmios, não tem preço. Em convenções troca–se idéias, experiências, conhece-se pessoas de diferentes lugares e diferentes costumes, compartilha–se as próprias diferenças e costumes. E toda essa fuzarca e loucura frenética fazem com que as convenções tenham esse “Q à +” que viciam os tatuadores profissionais e visitantes. Eu que já participei como visitante e torcedora, sempre presenciei os preparativos pra convenção da maioria delas por conta da Mega Wartz, e sei bem do que estou falando. Os caras realmente desejam ser aquele polvo que eu tinha mencionado no texto anterior. Mas se viram com a condição de seres humanos destros (ah sim, ninguém lá na Mega é canhoto) para conceguir participar desses encontros de grandes artistas.

E esses encontros dos Picassos e Salvadores Dalís da tatuagem fazem valer a pena todas as dificuldades e perrengues encontrados no caminho.

Bárbara Sylvia - Mega Wartz

Bárbara Sylvia - barbara.sylvia@yahoo.com.br
Mega Wartz Tattoo - R. Joaquim Silva, 24 Lapa / R. do Riachuelo, 224, B. de Fátima / (21) 2509-4401 e 2221-9656