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Six of my seven tattoos have no meaning at all, I just really like them! Mostly art that I love (Yoshitomo Nara, Nekojiru, Tim Burton), along with centaur ladies and the Klokateer brand. But I got my first meaningful tattoo earlier this year to celebrate my favorite musician Michael Nesmith (hello again fellow Nezhead)! Itâs his Nudie hat and it says âthanx for the rideâ đ„č It makes me incredibly happy and gives me a special feeling that my silly tattoos donât, so I understand the appeal of getting meaningful tattoos now
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đNot all tattoos need to have symbolic meaning. Sometimes itâs all about getting something permanently affixed to your body just because it appeals to you; you donât have to overthink or justify a tattoo. I have seven tattoos and only ONE of them actually means something to me lol. Do it for the fun of it!
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These are the tattoos that have some amount of meaning.
The bridge was a flash piece but I chose it because it reminds me of one of my favourite books, The Fall by Albert Camus.
The puzzle piece doesnât really mean anything, but I got it on a trip to Portland so it is sort of my souvenir tattoo.
The Pisces symbol because I am a Pisces âïž
The snake in the flowers was my first tattoo and I wanted it to be vaguely reminiscent of the Three of Wands tarot card. I wanted an ambiguous orientation because the cards more or less represents the future with the reverse meaning saying you will face obstacles, and the upright meaning saying itâll be smooth sailing. I got it during my first year of college, and I didnât know what I had ahead of me.
âNothing Mattersâ partially because of my obsession with existential philosophy, and partially because of the lyrics from Wolfman by The Front Bottoms- âNothing Matters, the importance of nothingâ
Last, my baby â€ïž my lovely little baby puppy man
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I have 6 tattoos (plus one stick and poke I let a man do on me at a party when I was 18.) And of course- I want more.
My first tattoo I got during my first month of freshman year of college freshly moved to New York- itâs on my rib cage- it says âgoodnight nobodyâ which is pulled from the childrenâs book goodnight moon. 1. I was read that book as a kid. 2. I remember I rediscovered that book when I was high in the mall in high school and that blank page saying âgoodnight nobodyâ felt poignant for all kinds of reasons. Just a call into the void in a childrenâs book?
A rendition of a sculpture from Portia Munsonâs installation âBound Angelâ that I saw at PPOW a couple years ago- because the work just spoke to me and womanhood at large
i have a fairy (way bigger than I intended) because fairies were a huge part of my girlhood
hey arnold (helgaâs locket of arnold) because my mom watched that show with me before I can even remember and 2. I like Helga was also a yearner in middle school
A bunny because bunny
And most recently two of my best friends and I got matching three-headed deer. I havenât even known them for very long but a portrait of our love felt like a very beautiful and sentimental thing to do regardless of fate.
The only one that hurt was the poorly done stick and poke done at the party right next to my vagina- but ofc I acted like wasn't that bad (it was pretty bad).
My first tattoo I got during my first month of freshman year of college freshly moved to New York- itâs on my rib cage- it says âgoodnight nobodyâ which is pulled from the childrenâs book goodnight moon. 1. I was read that book as a kid. 2. I remember I rediscovered that book when I was high in the mall in high school and that blank page saying âgoodnight nobodyâ felt poignant for all kinds of reasons. Just a call into the void in a childrenâs book?
A rendition of a sculpture from Portia Munsonâs installation âBound Angelâ that I saw at PPOW a couple years ago- because the work just spoke to me and womanhood at large
i have a fairy (way bigger than I intended) because fairies were a huge part of my girlhood
hey arnold (helgaâs locket of arnold) because my mom watched that show with me before I can even remember and 2. I like Helga was also a yearner in middle school
A bunny because bunny
And most recently two of my best friends and I got matching three-headed deer. I havenât even known them for very long but a portrait of our love felt like a very beautiful and sentimental thing to do regardless of fate.
The only one that hurt was the poorly done stick and poke done at the party right next to my vagina- but ofc I acted like wasn't that bad (it was pretty bad).
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