tattoo show and tell!

[such_heights]

Going through one of my phases of gleefully looking through tattoo blogs and admiring lots of people's awesome ink. I know many of you have some great tattoos, so share in the comments if you'd like! Pictures or descriptions, background about why you got them if you like, or just link to your favourite tattoo work elsewhere.

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[metonymy]

Aw man, I can't find a picture currently online of my first tattoo, but I love it a lot. It's a circle on my upper back formed of the Greek words "eros, philia, agape, storge" - four types of love in philosophy. A core belief of mine is that the love of friends and family and community is just as important as romantic/sexual love, and this is a testament to that. I got it as a senior in college, just as I was finishing my BA in classics.

I got my second tattoo a couple of months ago, and it turned out very differently than I expected. I'm still getting used to it. But I'm glad I finally got the words in my skin - "forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit," a line from the Aeneid that I've loved since I studied it in high school. "And someday this too may be a joy to be remembered." Keep going, and someday you'll look back on these troubles fondly. A good personal reminder.

Future tattoos I have planned:
- this Mucha lady on my right shoulder
- an enormous-ass octopus on my left shoulder/arm
- something incorporating my family's zodiac symbols (we're all in a row from Gemini to Libra), but I need to find an artist to make this look actually good because I'm not a visual thinker

[such_heights]

eeee, all awesome! I love the idea of the four types of love as a tattoo, that's great. For ages I was contemplating getting the Greek uppercase Phi while I was doing my philosophy degrees, but then I graduated and felt like the moment had passed. Maybe not though!

And all the others are super great too, especially a huge octopus, yesss. :D