I got this tattoo of a phoenix, because my family is Vietnamese and traditionally we write our last name, Ho, using the Chinese character meaning phoenix. You can imagine the kind of jokes I get because of my family name, but I am proud of my heritage and the meaning behind my family name. The image of a phoenix is from a book of paintings of traditional Japanese mythological beasts.
Tattoo done by Matt Carrel at Metamorphosis in Broad Ripple, Indianapolis
