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Looking at the things I'd like to do in 2007, I notice 2 major omissions:
Working in theater again
Getting another tattoo
The theater I understand - I've not really felt the drive to participate/create, and that's been making me upset. I figure if it comes back, yay. If not, I'll find something else. As it stands, putting pressure on that part of my life is counterproductive.
The tattoo, though - I know I want to finish my back, and I know of another I'd like. Don't know why I didn't mention those, except perhaps I feel like I can't go forward with other ink until I finish my back. (Those links lead to pictures of the current tats that are a little obscured by corset laces, but you get the general idea.)
So - the original idea was to have a line of kanji up my back, each one representing a trait that I need to learn how to embrace or bring out in myself. From the bottom, they're luck, chaos (now covered by the lotus, symbol of peace), happiness, male courage, without fail. I'd need at least 5 more traits and to find the kanji for each - which feels sort of... odd... now. The only one that calls out is ki - energy/force/spirit.
What also calls out is a tattoo of a phoenix or a raven on my back - done by Rob Merrill, who is justly famed in SF for his blackwork and outstretched birds (he's also the one who did the lotus for me). The phoenix feels very appropriate for me - it's not as immediate as it used to be, but she's always with me. Raven also feels appropriate, but I have apprehensions about putting Trickster on my back, where I can't see him. Plus, if I got Raven, I feel that I would also need to put Otter somewhere.
Ideas for Phoenix: 1 2 3 4 - none of them are perfect, but that's why I would go to Rob.
Raven - Rob's already done a perfect raven - it's on the back of the Original Pretty Tattooed Boy. I'd trust Rob to design something appropriate and beautiful.
The span would be wider than the rest of my tats, obviously - coming to the middle of my shoulderblades, at least. Something with wings spread, ready to take flight or in flight.
And then there's the other tat I want that I haven't decided where to place it - a heart & dagger, with the words "my tattooed heart".
Yay ink!
(Of course, all of this is purely hypothetical right now, because I need to be saving money. But it's there.)
Working in theater again
Getting another tattoo
The theater I understand - I've not really felt the drive to participate/create, and that's been making me upset. I figure if it comes back, yay. If not, I'll find something else. As it stands, putting pressure on that part of my life is counterproductive.
The tattoo, though - I know I want to finish my back, and I know of another I'd like. Don't know why I didn't mention those, except perhaps I feel like I can't go forward with other ink until I finish my back. (Those links lead to pictures of the current tats that are a little obscured by corset laces, but you get the general idea.)
So - the original idea was to have a line of kanji up my back, each one representing a trait that I need to learn how to embrace or bring out in myself. From the bottom, they're luck, chaos (now covered by the lotus, symbol of peace), happiness, male courage, without fail. I'd need at least 5 more traits and to find the kanji for each - which feels sort of... odd... now. The only one that calls out is ki - energy/force/spirit.
What also calls out is a tattoo of a phoenix or a raven on my back - done by Rob Merrill, who is justly famed in SF for his blackwork and outstretched birds (he's also the one who did the lotus for me). The phoenix feels very appropriate for me - it's not as immediate as it used to be, but she's always with me. Raven also feels appropriate, but I have apprehensions about putting Trickster on my back, where I can't see him. Plus, if I got Raven, I feel that I would also need to put Otter somewhere.
Ideas for Phoenix: 1 2 3 4 - none of them are perfect, but that's why I would go to Rob.
Raven - Rob's already done a perfect raven - it's on the back of the Original Pretty Tattooed Boy. I'd trust Rob to design something appropriate and beautiful.
The span would be wider than the rest of my tats, obviously - coming to the middle of my shoulderblades, at least. Something with wings spread, ready to take flight or in flight.
And then there's the other tat I want that I haven't decided where to place it - a heart & dagger, with the words "my tattooed heart".
Yay ink!
(Of course, all of this is purely hypothetical right now, because I need to be saving money. But it's there.)
