Every day is a culmination of all our past experiences. Seemingly innocuous moments snowball with major life-altering events to shape how we look and perceive the world around us.

For Matt McCormick, the tattoo turned fine artist wasn't somebody who entered the world of art with everything figured out. The early stages of life afforded him access to the art world courtesy of his parents, but it didn't result in a clearly defined path from adolescence to professional artist. 

Hosted by Kevin Chau
Audio by Elphick Wo
Photos by Alex Maeland & Eugene Kan

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