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'Stoney' St. Clair is an entertaining man who has had quite an interesting life. Disabled with arthritis since age four and confined to a wheelchair with stunted growth, Stoney joined circus life as a sword-swallower at age 15. He learned how to tattoo in the circus, and has spent a lifetime mastering his technique and craft despite his disabilities. Stoney's stories fill up the film, about circus life, his own life, and how tattooing has helped him to find a path of peace and meaning. At the end of the movie, tattoo master Don Ed Hardy visits with Stoney, and receives a tattoo from him. Although the movie itself is over twenty years old, the content reveals a hidden culture that is not often explored or exposed. Stoney himself is quite exuberant, and YouTube videos of him are numerous.