'I Hurt Myself Today'
'I Hurt Myself Today'
@parloiruk
Who is Novocainerascal?
@novocainerascal
I'm Gleb Kirillov from Russia, Moscow. I'm 23-years-old and I started tattooing five years ago. For the sake of tattooing, I sacrificed very much. I was obsessed with tattooing my legs and everything else, and they all make sense.
@novocainerascal
Sorry for my bad English.
@parloiruk
No bother. It's better than my Russian.
@parloiruk
Tell me about your hand.
@parloiruk
What made you want to tattoo Nine Inch Nails lyrics on your palm?
@novocainerascal
I heard this song for a very long time, but I felt so deeply now, I'm in a strong apathy. I drink a lot and I do not even get drunk anymore. The feelings left me and I decided to hurt myself in such a way that I was dependent on. As they say in the song, 'the only thing that's real'. And in general this text describes my condition as nothing else.
@novocainerascal
I listened to it probably 100 times in a row. It's something that's just not real for me.
@parloiruk
Bet it fucking hurt
@novocainerascal
That's a real painful tattoo
@theinternet
The palm is roughly four times more sensitive than the shoulder or calf.
@theinternet
Tattoos on the palm are also painful because there is very little fat on palms, which are very sensitive parts of the body. In general, the more padded an area of your body, the less painful it will be to get tattooed.
@parloiruk
How long did it take?
@novocainerascal
Two hours.
@parloiruk
After 100 listens of the song did you still need to refer to the lyrics when you did it, or did you know them off by heart?
@novocainerascal
I did the tattoo while listening to this song.
@novocainerascal
In a sad moment of my life.
@parloiruk
Why so?
@novocainerascal
Like in the song, everyone I know goes away.
@parloiruk
Sorry to hear that. So did you do the tattoo to commemorate that, or to kind of punish yourself, to feel something. Or both?
@novocainerascal
To understand If I can still feel something.
@parloiruk
How much did it hurt?
@novocainerascal
Enough to feel.
@parloiruk
You're obviously going through some tough times. But do you actually love that song. That song that's now written all over your palm?
@novocainerascal
I love this song but it was during this period of my life that I love it more. A tattoo for me has never been and will not be just a fashion.
@parloiruk
Nine Inch Nails version or Johnny Cash?
@novocainerascal
Nine Inch Nails, live 1995
Nine Inch Nails
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Nine Inch Nails perform Hurt live in 1995
@parloiruk
Did people like it?
@novocainerascal
For me the main thing in tattooing and art is the transmission of emotions and people say it is cool.
@parloiruk
Do you do a lot of your own tattoos?
@novocainerascal
Yes, 50-60% self-tattoos under my skin.
@parloiruk
You've done a good job. Super set.