Tattu spent his early career as an art director and production designer for music videos by such icons as LL Cool J, Salt-n-Pepa, Snoop Dog, Courtney Love, and Marilyn Manson. In 1996, he began to practice Zen meditation under the guidance of Shodo Harada Roshi, Abbot of Sogenji Monastery in Okayama, Japan. Tattu lived at Sogenji Monastery from 2000 to 2002, when he moved to Tahoma Zen Monastery on Whidbey Island, Washington. There, he helped establish Enso House, an adult family home dedicated to end of life care. He received his BFA from the Art Center College of Design and his BS in nursing from the University of Washington.