Q: What do you do to stay on top of your game?A: I work hard and concentrate on all my projects. I come up with a new way of doing things and taking the time to study and read up on what I'm trying to teach through my work.
Q: We noticed that you don't mix different shades of ink like many tattoo artists. How hard was it to achieve your knowledge of solid black ink making it work into different shades?A: I've been tattooing for 15 years like this. In Mexico, it's really hard to start tattooing since there was not much reference back when I started. So my technique has always been straight black ink and water.
Q: Any new projects coming up?A: I'm working on a flashbook with a little bit of help from one of my friends. The book will be named "10 Years of Flash by Goethe." This book will drop in March of '08. The book concentrates on my tattoo flash work from the past 10 years and a few new pieces of flash. I'm also working on a jewelry line with my friend John Duarte for his company Evolve Body Jewelry and it will be on sale by midyear '08. At the same time, I'm working on a hardcover book that that will be out by '09. The book will concentrate on the prehispanic rituals. And it will go into depth of the world of duality that invades all the old prehispanic era, sacrifices and supernatural rituals. In this book, I will be working closely and collaborating with world-known artists such as Robert Hernandez, Bob Tyrrell, Liorcifer, Benjamin Moss, Pablo Ash, Espi and Pedro Alvarez.
Q: Where can our readers see some more of your work or make an appointment?A: You can check out more of my work and explanations of my tattoos on my website www.tattoosbygoethe.com or Myspace at www.myspace.com/tattoosbygoethe or at the Por Vida Tattoo Shop website, www.myspace.com/porvidatattoo.
Q: What's next for Goethe?A: Keep working hard on my projects and keep traveling the world teaching about the prehispanic culture.
Q: Any last words?A: Thanks for the support. Arte y cultura Goethe.
Coyolxauhqui: Goddess of the moon. In Aztec mythology, Coyolxauhqui (which translates as "face painted with bells") was a daughter of Coatlicue and the leader of the Centzon Huitznahuas, the star gods. Coyolxauhqui was a powerful magician and led her siblings in an attack on their mother, Coatlicue, because Coatlicue had become pregnant. |  |
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Xochipilli: The god of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize and song in Aztec mythology. His name contains the Nahuatl words xochitl ("flower") and pilli (either "prince" or "child"), and hence means "flower prince." |
Cocijo: The Zapotec god of rain, thunder and lightning. | 
Mictlantecuhtli: represents the descent of the sun into the world of the death. |