| Tattoos From Another Perspective |
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| Written by Administrator | |
| Wednesday, 19 December 2007 | |
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For someone who is so interested in tattoos and tattoo designs you might think that I own at least one or two. But the truth is that I still do not have enough guts to make the final step and get myself a tattoo. I do almost everything. I decide that I want the tattoo, I come up with sketches and drawings in my head, I draw the idea on the paper. I just cannot go to the tattoo parlor and meet with the tattoo artist. I guess I am just too shy for that. I think of myself as a risk taker. Sometimes I do some crazy things, eventhough I am not a crazy person. So it is really strange that I don't have enough courage to get myself a tattoo. And yes, my parents would probably get mad, when they found out. But I am quite sure that my mother would want to get herself a tattoo once the intial shock wore off. My youngest sister has two tattoos. Maybe resistance is partially due to the fact that she despises and detests one of them. She made a quick decision few years ago. She knew exactly what she wanted inked on her skin. But when she talked to the tattoo artist and told him his wishes something got lost in the conversation. So instead of having a cute bumblebee on her skin she ended up with large, dead wasp on her shoulder. When I am into it, I find myself thinking about getting my first tattoo. I say my first tattoo, because I plan to get some more of them in the future. Sometimes I even thing that I already have them drawn on my skin. This is probably because I have been going over this idea so many times that it got into me. But I still cannot figure why I back out the very last minute. The first tattoo that I want to get is big, 3-D spider with realistic shading and shadowing. Once I was in British Columbia I even found the exact artwork that I want. But unluckily, the detailing of this tattoo is very complex and the ammount of time that it would take is just too enormous for me. The second tattoo I will probably get one day is a simple sea horse. The lines are plain and clean and the tattoo artist will include no other color than black. And I almost got that tattoo. I went through various sketches for hours and finally came up with perfect drawing. I went to the local tattoo parlor and discussed the idea with the artist. He agreed that he will have this drawing in his mind when he will be creating the tattoo design. But luckily, he only drew his idea on the sheet of paper and not on my skin. When I saw how he transformed my cute sea horse into a sea dragon I cut my losses and never went back. So it looks like that I won't get this tattoo either. The last but not least tattoo I have given thoughts about is a simple phrase: Save Yourself. This phrase means a lot to me. It has its emotional and very strong personal meaning for me. I love how the words relate to me and the ones I love. I love the simplicity of the words. But the only bad thing about it would be that I might have to explain the meaning of this phrase to the people who would be asking about it. And this phrase is not something I would like to discuss with anyone. So this probably means I will not get this tatto either. To conclude, I am quite sure that someday I will get myself a tattoo. When the time will be perfect and the opportunity just right, I am sure that I will finally join the bunch of tattooed people. Tattooing is no longer the hottest thing so I believe my tattoos will make me blend in the society, rather than stand out. But finally my reasons for getting a tattoo are personal and that is the only thing that matters. |
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