by Shelly Dax | Jul 24, 2021 | Creativity, Pep Talks
“Doing what you love isn’t a privilege; it’s an obligation.” ~Barbara Sher, author Refuse to Choose! All my life people have been saying ‘what are you gonna be when you grow up’, or ‘what do you do for a living’ or ‘what is your dream...
by Shelly Dax | Jun 27, 2021 | Creativity
Whirlwind of many months, no blog. Oops. I was living/doing/being and kind of forgot. “Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” – Leo Tolstoy No way...
by Shelly Dax | Mar 1, 2021 | Pep Talks
I think relationships are the tricky obstacle course on the journey to enlightenment. They provide the fertile ground for massive growth and delightful harvests. This is where we are truly tested to determine if our ego or our spirit gets to flourish. Hard to believe...
by Shelly Dax | Jan 31, 2021 | Pep Talks
Gonna be honest here,Jan 2021 has been a rough start for me. I have been troubled by headaches this whole month thus far, not feeling like writing or doing art much at all. Pain in the side of your head is NO JOKE. OW! I kept asking myself why? I am not a headache...
by Shelly Dax | Dec 1, 2020 | Pep Talks
December! The holiday season…My 🎂 birthday month 🎂 ! And closing in on the END of the weirdest year I can ever remember. Oh yes, things have been upside down, inside out and dark and gloomy in so many ways. From the pandemic-that-never-ends to the fires here in Oregon...
by Shelly Dax | Oct 27, 2020 | Tattoo
Exhausted to the bone. 🦴 Yep. INTENSE! Putting yourself out there, getting your voice into the world, risking the ol “what will they think” BS. Having some rude responses, but actually getting mostly GREAT feedback AND encouragement. Seeing possibility where I...
by Shelly Dax | Jun 28, 2020 | Tattoo
I’m on a roll baby, I got my sights set on BIG changes in the tattoo industry. I am over my old, limited thinking… “Old school rules”, “tattoo secrets for a chosen few”, “I’ll never be good enough”,...
by Shelly Dax | Jun 13, 2020 | Pep Talks
This is a slight detour from my normal blogs, but I felt it might be helpful, and it’s been on my mind. My partner and I have been doing deep dive work on ourselves and for the relationship, with some great books, audios and workshops, over the last six months. It’s...
by Shelly Dax | May 28, 2020 | Creativity, Pep Talks
Hey YOU, it’s ok to BE SEEN. (I’m talking to myself there mostly). So, I freaking hate to admit that I spent so many DAMN years wasting and withering away, like some timid, insignificant nobody. I literally wrote a monologue in a playwriting class that began “I...
by Shelly Dax | May 11, 2020 | Tattoo
The Tattoo Industry Needs a Makeover Ironic that the tattoo industry is all about adding beauty to a person’s skin, and yet there is a darkness in the industry itself that is anything but beautiful. A pervasive us-versus-them attitude when it comes to who is allowed...
