18 h, oct 7, 2011 y - SHAMROCK SOCIAL CLUB
TATTOO PARLOUR
The Power of the Small
Damien Echols
Johnny Depp
Description:
October 7, 2011, Johnny Depp and Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three were seen on Sunset Strip. They visited Johnny’s favourite tattoo parlour – Mark Mahoney’s Shamrock Social Club where they both received versions of the same tattoo.
The symbol is Ching which Damien describes as: Hsiao Ch’u – The Taming Force, Wind over Heaven.
What this represents is, whenever you’re facing huge obstacles, you don’t focus on them or you’ll lose heart and be defeated. Instead focus on just putting one foot in front of the other, one step at a time.
Later that month, when Johnny was in Austin promoting The Rum Diary, he spoke about his newest tattoo: “Recently, right before coming to Austin, I went to Disneyland with Damien (Echols) of the West Memphis Three. He had just gotten out of jail. He wanted to see Disneyland, so I took him. Afterwards we went and got tattoos together. That’s my way of documenting things in my life.”
The interpretation of the “Wind Over Heaven” hexagram reads: “Forcing your way will only bring misfortune. Remain focused on your plan and surpass obstacles with gentleness and decorum. Stay focused on the long term. Plant the seeds for success now, and reap a bountiful harvest in the future. Cultivate tolerance, patience, detachment and adaptability. Understand that all you have the power to change is yourself.”
Damien Echols wrote about this hexagram in the journal he kept in prison, and Johnny read that section of Damien’s journal aloud during his performance at the Voices for Justice concert in Little Rock. “What it’s about is that whenever you’re facing huge obstacles in your life, don’t focus on the huge obstacles or else you’ll lose heart and be defeated,”
Damien explained in an interview in August 2012. “Instead, just focus on putting one foot in front of the other. It’s by doing that that you eventually defeat the huge obstacles.” The hexagram is “nicknamed The Taming Power of the Small.”
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