Say My Name

Tattoo By Lex of Black Hatchet Tattoo on January 4th, 2023 in Wallingford, CT

Hours before this tattoo I went to probate court and had my first name legally changed. It was a beautiful experience to give myself the name I have wanted since childhood. Shortly after Lex gave me this wild name day tattoo. Lex had drawn this one night while out at a bar and kept it on her board of potential tattoos to do. I saw it and instantly thought of all the mythology I read about Chimeras.

Chimeras are creatures made by greek gods that incorporate 2-3 kinds of animals with some kind of human capacity such as speaking or having human-esque body parts. Seeing this zebra snake lady just made sense to me, it was an intuitive, “oh this reminds me of these stories so I should get it”. We didn’t know when we booked that this tattoo would be my name day tattoo and it just makes sense.