Lo and behold I am planning on getting tattoos! I am definitely getting the word "euphoria" on my wrist in some beautiful lilting script la de da my favorite word since I turned 11. I am on the fence about using black or this cool pinky, silvery color I saw on a picture that makes me think of gel pens
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And the OTHER tattoo that I might get would be from an... tra le la, drumrolls, please! An e e cummings poem! I know that's terribly unoriginal but eh, I love him to death. Anyone familiar with "maggie and millie and molly and may"? Well this is where I got the idea:
But instead of on my arm, it would be on my left shoulder blade AND it would look, a lot different? There would be a top section but instead of the compass rose I would have a starfish with different sized peonies open and closed coming around to almost make the frame for the text... "for whatever we lose (like a your or a me)/ its always ourselves we find in the sea" And the words would be in two lines in probably a typewriteresque font with little PEARLS around it and a ribbon...
My friend is going to help me draw out my idea, I'm so excited! And I am debating about that little bird, I love litter birds but I was thinking about making it a little sand dollar or a jellyfish.. eh.. and still not a hundred percent on the coloring and shading...
Here is the full poem, I love you <3>
maggie and millie and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and
millie befriended a stranded star
who's rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
for whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea.
I really said pears! Sheesh, I meant pearls up there, tiny pearls around the font and by the flowers and ribbon... haha.
ReplyDeletei love the ideas. the poem is beautiful, and any line would compliment your personality and appreciation for art sufficiently.
ReplyDeleteoh and i deleted the haikus because i didn't mean to post them in the first place. i only had like three. i usually post stuff in my blog and save it, so i can accumulate stuff like that over time. i'll post it when i have some more to post.