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TEELA'S TATS
from GENLUX HOLIDAY ISSUE
by GENLUX
“I have 19 tattoos,” model Teela Laroux Cull shares, “I have ‘La Belle Vie,’ on the back of my neck because while I was living in Paris it was “a beautiful life.”
On my collarbone: “I have ‘Amour Fati,’ which is Latin for Love your Fate or Embracing your Fate. It’s a philosophy of whatever happens, happens.”
On the side of my neck: “My grandma passed away two years ago and I grew up as a grandma’s girl, so I have ‘Gram’s Girl.’ The tattoo artist traced her writing from a greeting card she had written to me.”
On my left wrist: “Roman numerals ‘xxix-iii-mmxii’ the day of my nieces birth.”
On my right hand: “‘Whiskey neat,’ is self explanatory, right? I love whiskey.”
On my left arm: “I have an anatomical heart with flowers and buds blooming. It’s likely one of my most meaningful tattoos. The heart is the center of life, the roots/veins in the heart represent being grounded, the flowers represent being alive, and the buds are the growth process. The symbolic representation of the heart is strength, growth, passion.”
On my right arm: “‘Breathe,’ is a constant reminder—through all of life—to just breathe. Something we often forget to do.”
On the back of left arm: “It says, ‘No one knows you are my favorite drug,’ because the most powerful drug I’ve ever experienced was a human being.”
Over my heart: “I have an EKG wave to remind me to have a little daily gratitude and to take advantage of being alive.”
