My friend Inia imbued my arm with new meanings, all of his own design and discerning, but meshing completely with what I had in my heart at the time and wanted expressed on my skin. I am grateful that he found the energy and took the time to give me this Maori moko.
The blue bits speak to water, echoed in the shaded depictions of waves and the triangular pattern of mountains. The three spirals in the center come from the point of creation shared by every living thing in the universe. They represent new beginnings, growth, and change.
