Now Available: Stay At The Center, Fifth Release in Tattoo Gratitude Series

This poster celebrates the incredible knowledge and moral understanding that we arrive with when we land here on earth. The double-headed eagle has adorned countless flags and crests across Europe for most of the last thousand years—usually symbolizing empire and imperial power.

It’s a beautiful image, but it’s largely associated with deeply anti-democratic forces and sentiments—forces that believe that human beings need controlling. Chapter 19 of the Tao Te Ching, on the other hand (the passage on the inside of the composition) is an optimistic read of the nature of human beings—one that lends itself very well to the philosophies at the core of democracy. Trusting in the goodness and order inside people often produces order. This is what the American founding fathers and those of the French revolution believed.

Chapter 21 of the Tao Te Ching wraps around the perimeter of the piece.

Stay centered and move toward the best version of yourself residing inside.

I have created these five unique variants of the It Is Inexhaustible print as part of this release. Each one is printed on hand-finished paper assembled from bits and pieces of prints from previous projects.