Tattoos... Huh?

HIM 

Venus Doom

Pacal

Mestiza

Mayan Serpant

LA California

XX

Wilbert is hardcore about his culture. A proud Mayan by stating "I am VERY VERY proud of being Mayan", equally emphasizing on both "very's". He has embedded himself into the roots of his culture and his love for music. At the age of 23 he has a total of 8 tattoos and doesn't plan on stopping. Having the HIM heartagram located on his wrist, he dedicates it to being one of his favorite bands, on top of that you would see his Venus Doom tattoo, an album of HIM. When some one has TWO tattoos of a single band that just comes to show he LOVES this band. Another band tattoo that he has is XX, now i don't know much about them but that's a pretty big tattoo right there, equally as loved as HIM. He has a tattoo of the state of California with an LA symbol on his bicep. Why does he have it there? He told me , "I like to show it off". I mean I guess if you like showing your guns you might as well show where you're from, right? He has the Mestiza to represent his Yucatan culture and this being his most recent tattoo "This is what i hate, taking care of it" as you can see its peeling. His last two on his arm represent the Mayan side of him, both tell stories on the ancient Mayan times. One being the face of Pacal, the last Mayan emperor. The other one being the Mayan Serpent which tells the story of men cutting the tip of their tongue and putting copal on it and would start hallucinating and see this serpent that would give them words of wisdom.

 When i first saw his tattoos I was nothing but curious to find out what they meant. The most visible ones being that of HIM i assumed they were all related to bands. I was wrong though. Most of them expressed who he was. The Mestiza showing the Yucatan side of his family and the Mayan art showing his deep love for that culture. Wilbert is the type of person that if you don't like his tattoos, he just wont give about your opinion, unless if its a compliment to his tattoos. He states "there's a negative taboo for tattoos" yet he still has a lot and wanting more and more. Society makes the assumption that if you have a tattoo you're automatically a bad person, not fit for society. Like I said, Wilbert doesnt really care what society thinks, i mean he runs his own shop, hes a BOSS. If any other person would see him one would think hes a gang banger but really he isnt, the guy just loves to express wheres hes from! (Term not to be confused with the famous gang saying.) Society sees him as bad, I see him as any other person in this world being comfortable with whom he is.