“All of my tattoos are for personal knowledge or strength, beliefs, and thoughts about life and myself. ‘Quinque Venenum…vis vires, pecunia, desiderium, amor, ego,’ which is Latin for ‘The Five Venoms: Power, Money, Regret, Love, and Self.’ This is a personal mantra I came up with…the goal is to renounce these ‘venoms,’ not to desire or covet them, which only tends to drive you crazy. I designed this myself (I am a type designer), basing the forms on a civilité from Fell Types, a historical specimen book. The Hand of Maat, an Egyptian diety, is a protection ‘amulet’ from falsity and negative energy.