>>> SEMI COLON JUST A
PUNCTUATION MARK TO SOME BUT
SOME IT IS SO MUCH MORE.
>> SEMI COLON IS WORN LIKE A
BADGE FOR SOME OF US.
MESSAGE.
>> TATTOOS THESE DAYS, AND
COLORFUL, CREATIVE, INTRICATE
WORKS OF ART AND POPULAR TATTOO
THESE DAYS IS ACTUALLYI COLON.
>> PROJECTS SEMI COLON HELPING
BRING HOPE AND SAVING LIVES.
>> THIS IS A SEMI COLON TO HAVE
A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND
MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE
BATTLING DEPRESSION H MUCH
MORE PROFOUND MEANING.
AMY WAS ABUSED BY STEPMOTHER.
MONTH AFTER HER
EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY AMY'S FATHER
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
>> I BLAME MYSELF.
MAYBE IF I WAS GOOD ENOUGH HE
WOULDN'T HAVE FAILED ME AS A
FATHER.
TRIED TO TAKE MY LIFE BECAUSE I
WANTED TO BE WITH HIM.
>> WITH HELP AMY PULLE BACK
FROM NATIONAL DEPRESSION AND
PROJECT SEMI COLON WHICH IS
FAITH BASED NONPROFIT AND
SUICIDE.
SYMBOL OF HOPE IS SEM COLON.
ETERNAL TATTOOS AND HUNDREDS OF
TATTOOS, MAYBE THOUSANDS.
RECENTLY HE HELD AN EVENT GIVING
AWAY TATTOOS OF SEMI COLONS.
HOW MUCH DEMAND COULD THERE BE
FOR THAT?
>> BETWEEN FIVE ARTIST WE DID
300 SEMI COLONS.
>> WHY A SEMI COLON?
>> SEMI COLON DEFINITELY IS LIKE
NARRATER'S PAUSE IN A SENTENCE
INSTEAD OF ENDING THE SENTENCE
THEY PAUSE IT GEEZ BECAUSE BEEN
TO THE MOST DESPERATE PLACE.
I ATTEMPTED IN 2014 AND AT
THAT POINT IN MY LIFE I FELT
VERY ALONE A LONELY AND KIND
OF LIKE I WAS THE ONLY PERSON
AROUND WHO FELT THAT WAY.
>> FOR MANY PEOPLE BATTLING
DEPRESSION WHO THINK THEY ARE
ALL ALONE IN THE BATTLE,
UNREMARKAB SEMI COLON SHINES
LIKE BEACON IN STORMY SEA.
>> YOU'R NOT ALONE, MANY HAVE
BACKS SO TO SPEAK AND LIKE I
SAID, YOU COULD SEE SOMEBODY
SEMI COLOGNE TATTOO AND
IMMEDIATELY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON AND
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.
>> DOESN'T SEE ENOUGH OF THAT.
>> PEOPLE DON'T TALK AS MUCH AND
SO YOU GET ALL THE TEXTING AND
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS GET SAID
FAST AND VERY FAST.
>> SICKENING TO SEE -- HEAR
ABOUT A TEENAGER, 13 AND 14 TO
KILL THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY
WERE BLACKER FAT OR GLASS OR
WHATEVER.
>> PERSON YOUNG OR OLD PUSHED TO
EDGE OF DESPAIR, WHAT IS IT THAT
AWAY.
>> MOSTLY THEY JUST NEED
SOMEBODY TO LISTEN AND LET THEM
AIR OUT ALL O THEIR PROBLEMS.
>> PIECE OF HOPE THAT SOMETHING
CAN CHANGE AND BE DIFFERENT.
>> BECAUSE LONELINESS IS VERY
DARK PLACE.
>> MOST TIME THE VICTIM THINKS
THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE A
BETTER PLACE WITHOUT THEM IN IT
AND THAT'S A SAD THOUGHT.
>> IT IS CALLED PROJECT SEMI
COLON AND LINK TO THEIR WEB PAGE
AND TRICK ON -- CLICK
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
>> NO DOUBT.