I agree with tattoos saying something about a persons place in time. Its a way of holding onto something that you may not always have around you or something that can only be found in your memory.
August 20th, 2013 at 10:48pm
I have five tattoos, and I regret none of them. I have plenty of ideas for more as well, just need the money first.
My first tattoo reads "Memora nos omnes morimur," which roughly translates to remember we all die, or explain that we all die exactly. It's my own way of reminding myself to cease the day.
I got my second tattoo in a very go big or go home sort of way. It's a chest piece of a geisha with half of a new school zombie face. There are purple anemone flowers on both sides. It's truly a piece I got to resemble all of the women in my family. As grotesque as it sounds, I've watched most of my idles be beautiful and inspiring, but as I grew older I began to realize a lot of things about them that changed my opinion. There are two sides, both beautiful and grotesque, and my tattoo reminds me of that struggling reality.
My third ended up being a mario star behind my left ear that I got on a whim. It's something that I planned on getting for a while, but when I went off to college it became a bonding experience for me and a roommate. I learned how to blow bubbles with bubble gum the same day I got my first Mario star as a child, my cousin taught me, and it reminds me of how close the two of us are.
My fourth has to be the one I hold closest to my heart, it's my son's birthday in roman numerals across my wrist. I got matching tattoos with my fiance, his includes our son's astronomical sign.
Lastly, I got my most recent tattoo for my birthday in January. It's my Harry Potter tribute tattoo. It's a pretty skull with a golden key with wings behind it, a banner reading "There's no such thing as magic," around it. I look at it and smile, because Uncle Vernon was very wrong. There was magic, and Harry Potter was a hero.
Just felt like sharing. :)