James Takeo Panton : Writing

Chapter Three - The First Year and a Few Travels

Chapter Three - The First Year and a Few Travels

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


Chapter Three – The First Year, and a Few Travels We entered into our first full year in the new shop in Welland. As the business slowly g..
Chapter Four � A Sudden Halt

Chapter Four � A Sudden Halt

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


I spent over a year and a half in the Welland shop, tattooing clients and making the endless rounds of parties and events, and thoroughly enjoying m..
Chapter Six � D�j� Vu

Chapter Six � D�j� Vu

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


In the early part of the millennium, I found myself at a waypoint in my life again. I had bitter feelings from a couple recent, and very serious, re..
Chapter Five � A Few Lost Years

Chapter Five � A Few Lost Years

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


It would be quite a few years before I would ever touch a tattoo machine again. For many years, I did not even pick up a pencil to idly doodle somet..
Part One - Introduction

Part One - Introduction

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


Just one of my poems I felt would be fitting to open this part of the book.
Chapter Seven � All Things Must End

Chapter Seven � All Things Must End

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


So I had grown accustomed, again, to partnering with Cheech at Skin Graphics. I returned to settling into a familiar routine with him, as well as ma..
Chapter Eight � Transplanted

Chapter Eight � Transplanted

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


Half a nation away, the land of Alberta beckoned me with the promise of good paying jobs, and a brand new reality from anything I had previously be..
Chapter Nine � Two Trips

Chapter Nine � Two Trips

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


I had been living in Edmonton for about a year, and the summer was almost upon me. The basement suite I had occupied alone had been occupied by a fe..
Chapter Ten � Homesick

Chapter Ten � Homesick

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


The second summer I had spent living in Edmonton was now over, and the daily drudgery began to get to me. Although life was prosperous for me, I fel..
Chapter Eleven - Homecoming

Chapter Eleven - Homecoming

A Chapter by James Takeo Panton


After having made the decision to return to Ontario, my attitude about Edmonton began to sour even more. This dead city full of nine-to-five zombies..