Fire of Truth

I reflect on my conversation with Cassie “M’Kay” Johnson. I talk about how essential having a beginner’s mindset is to art and to life and death.music written and produced by James Kerrwww.captainkerrart.com

We continue to have the conversation of how M’Kay convinced the crew of NorCal Tattoo to apprentice her with bribes of baked goods. Then, we dive deep into being thrown off balance in a huge way with the loss of her father right at the beginning of her apprenticeship and how she is learning to balance her dreams with her ongoing grief.find her on instagram @chowder_tattoomusic written and produced by James Kerrwww.captainkerrart.com

We have a deep conversation with Alex Marks’ apprentice, Cassandra “M’Kay” Johnson of NorCal Tattoo about life as an apprentice. We get a bit of insight on what she’s learned so far and how her expectations clashed with the reality of life as a tattoo apprentice a bit. We get a little insight into her background and what brought her to the tattoo industry.follow her on Instagram! @chowder_tattooall music written and produced by James Kerrwww.captainkerr.com

One of the types of trauma I didn’t realize existed is religious trauma. This was brought to my attention while studying more about trauma and trauma recovery. The conversation I had with Abbie and Charlie of NorCal Tattoo sparked this video’s topic and I also talk a bit about my bullying triggers.all music written and produced by James Kerrwww.captainkerrart.com

In this episode the conversation with Charlie Darling and Abbie Rosales of NorCal Tattoo continues as we go into detail on their brushes with death and experiences of connection with the world around them. Realizations of this can be brought about through psychedelics or simply the beauty of nature. We dig a little deeper on their experiences in the tattoo industry. Find them on instagram! @charliedarlingxoxo and @stabbieabbie22music written and produced by James Kerrwww.captainkerrart.com

We have an awesome conversation with Tattoo artist, Charlie Darling and Piercer, Abbie Rosales both of NorCal Tattoo. Our conversation starts with stories of where they lived and what brought them to Humboldt County, and eventually to NorCal Tattoo. Then the conversation turns to talking about brushes with death and goes into spirituality. We also cover the broad topic of coming out as gay after growing up religious and inclusiveness in the tattoo community of LGBTQ+ people.Find them on instagram! @charliedarlingxoxo and @stabbieabbie22music written and produced by James Kerrwww.captainkerrart.com

I review my conversation with Alex Marks and expand on my own experiences with watching my father struggle in his life. I also go into detail about having panic attacks while driving back to the place I grew up and how I eventually overcame them. all music written and produced by James Kerrwww.captainkerrart.com

Part 2 of our awesome chat with NorCal Tattoo’s own Alex Marks. We continue our chat about apprenticeships and the changing landscape of our industry in tattooing. We then touch on the story of “Chili Pepper Knuckle.” Music written and produced by James Kerrfind Alex Marks on instagram here: @alexamarksfind James Kerr at www.captainkerrart.com

We have an awesome chat with NorCal Tattoo’s own Alex Marks, son of Ted and Amy Marks. We get a little bit of his version of the story of their family’s adventures in Las Vegas, Nevada during Ted’s apprenticeship. We talk about how his apprenticeship started when he was very young. We also go into the changing landscape of apprenticeships in general and how that is a reflection of the changes happening in the tattoo industry at large. We pepper the conversation with moments of reliving some traumatic stuff as well as laughing about it.Music written and produced by James Kerrfind Alex on Instagram:  @AlexaMarks  hit me up at my website: www.captainkerrart.com

I reflect on my main takeaways from my conversation with my friend Ted Marks. One of the main points I believe is that we often go through dark times and can’t always see how its all working to our favor until we are able to look back on the whole experience with a bit of hindsight and wisdom. It is then we can see the pattern of how all the dark times lead us to where we are now living a life of fullness. Even though it is understandably difficult to see when we are going through the darkness.Music written and produced by James KerrFind James Kerr at www.captainkerrart.com

An awesome 4 part conversation with my friend, and owner of NorCal Tattoo, Ted Marks. We talk about his experiences with breaking into the tattoo industry and the challenges he and his family faced during that time.

An awesome 4 part conversation with my friend, and owner of NorCal Tattoo, Ted Marks. We talk about his experiences with breaking into the tattoo industry and the challenges he and his family faced during that time.

An awesome 4 part conversation with my friend, and owner of NorCal Tattoo, Ted Marks. We talk about his experiences with breaking into the tattoo industry and the challenges he and his family faced during that time.

An awesome 4 part conversation with my friend, and owner of NorCal Tattoo, Ted Marks. We talk about his experiences with breaking into the tattoo industry and the challenges he and his family faced during that time.

Originally aired in July of 2024. I am putting out these episodes again. In this episode, I talk a bit about my opinions about therapy based on my experiences with therapists and psychiatrists both currently and in the past.

Originally aired in June of 2024. This is an introduction on what can be expected in this show. I go over who I am, what I do, and my overall intention for this.