Annie Motel: Tattoo Artist / Painter / Filmmaker / Santerita (young female Santero)

@[email protected] scene:We are sitting in Annie’s tattoo shop, six stories above downtown Los Angeles, and she is giving me a tattoo during our interview. The piece we chose together is one of her recent original works of art. Annie is my recent girl crush spirit animal and here’s why: she’s a total fucking badass at living life fully expressed and creating endlessly from her heart. Join us in the shop as we talk about how a sensitive, kind-hearted female learns to set boundaries to become a fierce business owner in this day and age.Highlights:+ I experiment with tattoo gun background noise in this recording…you might hate it but what Annie has to say is worth it+ Tattoo business name: Little Annie Motel Tattoo Parlor+ Annie has a huge collection of paintings and is manifesting an art show+ Annie tells the story of how we met: I talked her into a hot tub+ Art History is her first love (mine too)+ Dad was an art teacher and encouraged her to not give up making art+ Tattooing for nine years, lived in LA since 2009, grew up in Seattle+ “I got what I like going on…I’m well-blended”+ Books tattoos through instagram DMs+ Referencing artists at an art show using only their instagram names+ Annie loves old Hollywood+ Good read: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Luz (A. Luz)+ Kindness and being walked on+ Learning to be protective and use masculine energy+ The challenge of being taken seriously as a female business owner+ Learning hard lessons about not getting paid+ “If I were a man, I wouldn’t be having this problem”+ Dropping the energy of being upset and moving forward+ Hating depending on people+ Making short films and learning to make your own scores+ Women are inherently creators (of literal life) and that energy propels us+ Been a filmmaker since 2013, biggest influence: John Waters+ Youtube channel: Annie Motel, 27 short films+ “Motel Vampire” just won an award at the Roma Film Festival for “Best Horror Short”+ How we use ourselves as our own muses to experiment with creating+ Annie describes the tattoo she’s giving me+ Artist collaborations that are unique to the moment and personal+ “The more you do it, the better you get”+ Shaping your life by the way you live your art+ Tattooed in Italy and fell in love with walking to work+ The freedom of being your own boss…and dealing with personalities+ Everyone who works for her represents her business+ Showing up on time and being kind shouldn’t have to be a conversation+ Drake says it best: “A boss is a role that I’ve grown into”+ Her role model: The Godfather - show no emotion, don’t let them know your next move+ Depression happens because you’re focused on the past+ Anxiety happens because you’re focused on the future+ “If you’re upset by something you did in the past, just say, “That was the old me’”A taste:“I like to be a nice person and I like to be sensitive, but I also don’t want to be walked on. A big part of the last 10 years has been me being very protective in a way and putting on a very tough exterior in a way and assuming masculine energy to be a business owner. […] So I have to be really tough when on the inside I’m just a sweetheart.”Favorite sayings:“God is good.” “God’s got it.”  To self: “You got this - don’t worry. It’s fine.”Support the showThank you for listening!  Please subscribe to support this project.Love, Sagewolf xoxo