The reasons for getting a tattoo are often as individual as the person choosing to do so. Javier Silva, artist, and owner of Silver Rooster Tattoo, describes an intimacy between tattooer and tattooee that sounds a lot like therapy, and how after more than a decade at the craft, people remain his favorite part.

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