Tattooist: Sure, take a seat. Whaddaya got in mind?
C: I was thinking Sistine Chapel Ceiling.
T: The whole thing?
C: Yeah, the touching hands, the Last Judgment.
T: I think you’re on the back wall now.
C: I don’t want walls.
T: So maybe you should think about something that’ll take a little less time, like less than ten years.
C: Fair enough. How about that one where eyes follow you round the room?
T: The Scream?
C: No, no. the older one. Lisa something.
T: You want the Mona Lisa?
C: Yeah. That one.
T: Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa?
C: Yeah.
T:: The painting by the Renaissance genius who was the greatest artist who has ever lived?
C: Yeah.
T: OK.
And he did.
