A Soldier's Skin - Mary Beth Heffernan's Photos
by Gena Haskett

At first I wasn't gong to do this. I was tired and internally moaning about my work is crap and other people do it better and I need a nap and it is just too much.

This is a clear indication that there are other areas in my life that are bothering me. Shooting and editing video are good things that I need to do more of, not less. One of the good things about National Blog/Vlog Posting Month is the constant re-statement, it doesn't have to be good, perfect or life transformative. You just gotta do it.

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This is a recording of a galley event that happened at Pasadena City College Gallery on October 13, 2007. Mary Beth Heffernan, an artist and instructor at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, (Los Angeles) went to tattoo parlors near Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. She photographed honor tattoos on the body of the survivors and memory holders. For more information visit http://www.marybethheffernan.com/skin.html or the sponsor of the event http://www.artideasfestival.org

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