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Illya

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About Me


That's right baby, Best of 2008!~
Thanks to all of YOU!~
~Illya
Illya is very proud to announce his debut at no other then the world famous...
Studio City Tattoo
11032 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA 91604
818~769~4049
www.studiocitytattoo.com
Thursdays - Mondays
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental, To reach out for another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing yourself, To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return, To live is to risk dying, To hope is to risk despair, To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing and is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live. Chained by his or her own fears, he's a slave. He has forfeited freedom. Only a person who risks is free.....
~Ammachi
The Boys~ I'm on the far left.....
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
Notice how this tattoo I did says, "In MY hands....."
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
Confucius
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.
For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is ~ to live dangerously.
Friedrich Nietzsche
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
All Tattoos seen on this page done by Yours Truly....
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world."
-Buddha
Although human subtlety makes a variety of inventions by different means to the same end, it will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, or more direct than does nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
-Leonardo DaVinci
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
-Albert Einstein
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. ~ For knowledge itself is power.
-Francis Bacon
And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
William Shakespeare
~NATIVE AMERICAN CODE OF ETHICS~(1) Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak. 2) Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance. 3) Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. 4)Treat the guests in your home with much consideration. Serve them the best food, give them the best bed and treat them with respect and honor. 5) Do not take what is not yours whether from a person, a community, the wilderness or from a culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours. 6) Respect all things that are placed upon this earth - whether it be people or plant. 7) Honor other people's thoughts, wishes and words. Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them. Allow each person the right to personal expression. 8) Never speak of others in a bad way. The negative energy that you put out into the universe will multiply when it returns to you. 9) All persons make mistakes. And all mistakes can be forgiven. 10. Bad thoughts cause illness of the mind, body and spirit. Practice optimism. 11) Nature is not FOR us, it is a PART of us. They are part of your worldly family. 12) Children are the seeds of our future. Plant love in their hearts and water them with wisdom and life's lessons. When they are grown, give them space to grow. 13) Avoid hurting the hearts of others. The poison of your pain will return to you. 14) Be truthful at all times. Honesty is the test of ones will within this universe. 15) Keep yourself balanced. Your Mental self, Spiritual self, Emotional self, and Physical self - all need to be strong, pure and healthy. Work out the body to strengthen the mind. Grow rich in spirit to cure emotional ails. 16) Make conscious decisions as to who you will be and how you will react. Be responsible for your own actions. 17) Respect the privacy and personal space of others. Do not touch the personal property of others - especially sacred and religious objects. This is forbidden. 18) Be true to yourself first. You cannot nurture and help others if you cannot nurture and help yourself first. 19) Respect others religious beliefs. Do not force your belief on others. 20) Share your good fortune with others. Participate in charity.
"I feel we can all learn something from this excellent code of ethics.....I am the first to admit that I fall short.....I am after all the existential Devil with a Halo....."
~Illya~
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
The Buddha~
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
~Carl Jung
My one and only true and blue bitch, definitely more faithful then you.....
Love is the Law, Love under Will.

My Interests



Like myself, a work in progress.....

I am interested in all things that help the soul to progress. I am drawn to the light & torn by the dark.....I am interested in the inner hidden workings of the universe, and facinated by the interelations, personal and otherwise, of the species (humans) on our planet....at the same time, I feel most people are full of shit, and should step the fuck back....even though I am constantly trying to find the good in everyone....I am an artist, from a family of artists....I am one of the best friends you could have, trustworthy and loyal....but also your non-typical down-ass tattooed mother-fucker on a Harley, spitting on the face of authority....

I am a walking contradiction.....even more so then most, even though most do fall into this catagory on one level or another.....I am an enigma, most people can't figure me out, and if you try to label me you will be wrong......The main difference is that I tend to embrace ALL aspects of myself.....from the dark to the light, for they are all true aspects of my being.....I have been through more in my thirty~six years then most of you could hope for in a lifetime.....I can relate to many......We are all humans with the same basic struggles.....I have lived in the darkness, and have grown to prefer the light, but often still tend to slip into shadows.....I relate to the hardcore biker......to the criminal hoodlum institutionalized in prison......to the working class and the downtrodden, I can relate to the intellectual, poet and artist....to the full blown drug addict , to the business man, lover and dedicated father.....I can relate to the innocent child looking upon the world with open eyes and beautiful wonder.......I can relate to the utter materialistic with their worship of money, to the lustful whom try to fix themselves with conquest.....I can relate because you see I have been there..... I am ALL these things and more......I try to see the true beauty beneath the ugliness, delve into the hidden veil, we are all here for a reason, everything happens to us with purpose, life's lessons to be gained if one is willing to look.....I am far from perfect but I honestly do try to make my world a better place and to help others, this is not weakness.....if you fuck me believe me I will fuck you harder.....

I learn from every experience, whether painful or joyous, slowly overcome my obstacles, each one tending to strengthen the character of my spirit and soul, from pain I blossom as a lotus from the mud.....I believe in perserverence and I will never give in.....

I just want to stay gold.......

~Illya

I'd like to meet:



Intelligence.....

Beauty.....

Rapture.....

Music:



The sound of a beautiful woman, in the throes of ecstasy.....

The distinctive roar of my pipes, as I white line L.A. traffic on my Harley.....

The sound of children's laughter, reminding me that purity and innocence still exist.....

The sound of a well tuned tattoo machine as it enters your flesh.....

Freehand Demon outline.....

Scar cover~up.....

~MisFits~

I did the tribal and swirls only.....

Spineboy!!!

Striving in my own way for this very moment.....Enlightenment!

Movies:



Television:



My Blog

Sweaty tits and cigarettes

As I blast down the Highwayamid a thousand summers and the memories sad and beautifulsadly beautifulwash upon my soulas I blast down the 101101 at 85one hesitationand deathor even worsebrutaldisfigura...
Posted by Illya on Sun, 18 May 2008 02:19:00 PST

Paige~

A beautiful flower stretches gently to the skyit is naturallysimplyher nature...the Sun warms her skinas she blossomsslowly, beautifullyagain once again only her natureblessed and cursedis the nature ...
Posted by Illya on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:00:00 PST

Zeitgeist

~The Movie~ Full production pre release~The intro is voice with no pic.....patience is a virtue.No really...this is one of the best thought provoking movie/documentaries I have ever come across...part...
Posted by Illya on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:44:00 PST

Words~

Words~are silly little things that feebly try and communicate the depth of feelings in the human condition.....usually lacking, easily misinterpreted....but is still our best vehicle for trying to con...
Posted by Illya on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:43:00 PST

The Secret of Women~

1. When she asks how she looks, shrug and say "could be better." This will keep her on her toes -- girls love that.2. Never hold her hand. This can be interpreted as a sign of weakness. If she grabs y...
Posted by Illya on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:04:00 PST

Alone~

From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were---I have not seenAs others saw---I could not bringMy passions from a common spring.From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow; I could not awake...
Posted by Illya on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:27:00 PST

I awake.....

I awaketo shuffle my too many broke ass carsand it's this beautiful fucking morningafter the rainand the sun shines so lovinglyupon my skinand I have a glimpse, just a glimpse mind younothing morethis...
Posted by Illya on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:18:00 PST

Thought.....

RememberIt's so easy to forget.....that we are all part of a larger whole.....and get bogged down in our insignificant worries, which in the grand scheme of things are completely fucking irrelevant......
Posted by Illya on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:15:00 PST

Agape~!

Agape~Just when youthinkneverwon'tcan'tmy wall is too thickexpectations too highpeople are just too mediocreshallowness prevails like a disease upon a cutin this dark citybleeding moneynever good enou...
Posted by Illya on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:29:00 PST

Why....

am I always falling for the unattainable woman?...No really, this is seriously just getting ridiculous...I know that the grass is fucking greener and that it's human nature to want what we can't have,...
Posted by Illya on Sat, 05 May 2007 05:24:00 PST