On the tattoo front I felt last night I could almost go ahead with the one design I have now really. I'll just see what comes up over the next two weeks then will book in again. I will get it done soon. The labyrinth and sun shows a lot for me and just that desire to have a cool tattoo of meaning is all good now. That one design is 'good enough' I feel for sure. I'll see what else comes up then make a decision. I do hope for one more design of the labyrinth and sun then to go ahead.
It probably is good that Monday is cancelled particularly with it being a first ever one although I was kind of tempted to go back and ask for it again. We'll see what comes up anyway.
Friday, 30 August 2013
Thursday, 29 August 2013
reading 'The lucky ones'
It struck me while reading this quite moving book by Jenny Brown about her life, cancer and her meaningful life helping farm animals. See here. It was cool to read about the point where she got a tattoo after reading some meaningful words which touched her deeply. It more reiterated me wanting to get one I guess. i realise more how it doesn't have to be absolutely spot on encompassing everything but atleast a labyrinth and a sun. Maybe that original design could do the trick really. About my growth, death, rebirth and progress which I have experienced for sure. I had a real dark night of the soul and am continuing to grow heaps. If I can't encompass everything else right now I feel that will still be great. We'll see how things develop anyway.
Those words on one of the tattoo pages read 'show me someone with a tattoo and I'll show you a story'. well maybe it's not always true but I feel when it is true is when tattoos are cool and I feel I have a story around mine (when I get it) which makes me kind of happy :)
Those words on one of the tattoo pages read 'show me someone with a tattoo and I'll show you a story'. well maybe it's not always true but I feel when it is true is when tattoos are cool and I feel I have a story around mine (when I get it) which makes me kind of happy :)
Background and a why ..
Just wanted to create a separate blog to log my conscious journey to getting a tattoo or not. Again a way to keep myself conscious and go through my journey. Part of keeping my sanity again. I thought of getting a tattoo when I went passed my one year Vegan birthday and also was chatting to some mates about tattoos. I read a really cool book about tattooing called 'The sociogenesis of body art' saying about different reasons such as rites of passags, individuality etc.
I guess mine was just that I'd changed a lot through my personal development group and through becoming Vegan. I wanted kind of a symbol of the new me so to speak.
I have been to a tattoo place and have explored some designs. I'm looking into a labyrinth mandala fused with a native american sun symbol. The labyrinth is a symbol of birth, death, rebirth, evolution and progrss amongst other things such as looking for the way to have the best possible impact on the world. The native american sun is of the healing arts (my counselling) and of a peace loving person (my veganism and other parts of my new life).
I wanted it to look cool too though and would like it on my back.
I took in the two designs and was expecting to hear back first two weeks of August but took longer. I got a design which looks pretty cool with the labyrinth there and some great dotted artwork for the sun. The labyrinth could maybe be a better one though and whereas the sun looks great and actually as just a sun symbolises the same as the labyrinth doesn't quite have the essence of the native american sun in there although admittedly that can look a bit dull and I do want it to look cool. I've sent back to get more ideas. See above.
I was going to have it as soon as I got back on the monday but due to the delays in getting the design it will now be later. In fairness I am actually thinking now that due to jetlag and the stress of me getting a first tattoo it could actually be better that it's a bit later.
When I got the design I felt a bit scared as it was getting more real but now I feel pretty cool about it. My folks will likely disapprove but it doesn't matter. It'll just be one on my back and I'm feeling some symbol of me even not encompassing everything but just where I am right now in life is a cool thing and just something of an experience to have and something to grow old with me as an art on my body. Kind of like a story in itself which I like. There's romantic elements to it I think.
Johnny Depp speaks about his well and similarly there's quite a cool page the same as I got my design from which talks about the whole experience of being tattood. Check it out. My design I've got up to now is below too.
It's now all in process anway. Kind of an exciting journey for me I want to log here. :) See where the design is up to below. :)
I guess mine was just that I'd changed a lot through my personal development group and through becoming Vegan. I wanted kind of a symbol of the new me so to speak.
I have been to a tattoo place and have explored some designs. I'm looking into a labyrinth mandala fused with a native american sun symbol. The labyrinth is a symbol of birth, death, rebirth, evolution and progrss amongst other things such as looking for the way to have the best possible impact on the world. The native american sun is of the healing arts (my counselling) and of a peace loving person (my veganism and other parts of my new life).
I wanted it to look cool too though and would like it on my back.
I took in the two designs and was expecting to hear back first two weeks of August but took longer. I got a design which looks pretty cool with the labyrinth there and some great dotted artwork for the sun. The labyrinth could maybe be a better one though and whereas the sun looks great and actually as just a sun symbolises the same as the labyrinth doesn't quite have the essence of the native american sun in there although admittedly that can look a bit dull and I do want it to look cool. I've sent back to get more ideas. See above.
I was going to have it as soon as I got back on the monday but due to the delays in getting the design it will now be later. In fairness I am actually thinking now that due to jetlag and the stress of me getting a first tattoo it could actually be better that it's a bit later.
When I got the design I felt a bit scared as it was getting more real but now I feel pretty cool about it. My folks will likely disapprove but it doesn't matter. It'll just be one on my back and I'm feeling some symbol of me even not encompassing everything but just where I am right now in life is a cool thing and just something of an experience to have and something to grow old with me as an art on my body. Kind of like a story in itself which I like. There's romantic elements to it I think.
Johnny Depp speaks about his well and similarly there's quite a cool page the same as I got my design from which talks about the whole experience of being tattood. Check it out. My design I've got up to now is below too.
It's now all in process anway. Kind of an exciting journey for me I want to log here. :) See where the design is up to below. :)
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)