Tattoo

So I never thought I would actually have a tattoo. I wanted one. I live in Austin. It's required to have a tattoo, wear boho clothes, and recycle. And sometimes to have a vespa. So after many hours of watching Miami Ink, designing wishful art with friends, and finally making a pact with Renee, I got my tattoo. It's my own art. I drew the design and its an actual photocopy of it thats on my body. The meaning is pretty important to me.




This is the drawing I did about a week ago. Its not exactly a DaVinci sketch but hey, It's mine. Well on Tuesday evening I got in a car with Renee and Kathy and we drove to the same place that I got my nose pierced. My artist reminded me of the guy who played the huge black guy in The Green Mile. He was pretty cool. Except I thought he kinda disregarded me and my art as if it was just like millions of others he's done. Which, considering he has done "Probably Thousands" of tattoos, I don't blame him. I was in a tiny room where only one person was allowed. Renee held my hand right before I got my tattoo done but I was so curious about what the artist was doing I let go. Let me tell you... there is no way to prepare you for how much it hurts. It took less than an hour but I still teared up a little and I held my breath A LOT. I will never understand people who have a million of these things. I decided this was my ONLY one. I couldn't do it again.

So I'm not the kind of girl who's gonna take ten million pictures of herself and her new tattoo and be a showoff. Cause A) I'm pretty self concious and B) I'd rather tell the story behind it than be vain.

The Anchor- My life hasn't been a picnic. No one's is. But my family deals with a lot of depression issues and my anchor is my reminder to myself to stay happy. To 'anchor' myself in things that keep me in a good mood, to hold on to things that matter to me and to set sail and those things that don't. My mom once told me "You don't need an anchor to hold you down, but a ship to sail upon your dreams with." Now being that I was about 8 when she said this I may have romanticized it. But hey... it's a resonating theme for me.

The Treble Clef- Now a million people have music notes or lyrics on their bodies. I saw a girl recently who had a casette tape on her back and the tape spelled out "To get me through". Music inspires and is an outlet for many people. My life certainly has it's soundtrack. I can pinpoint certain songs to certain people or events. I can even do this with albums. I can't listen to Maroon 5 without thinking about Darin Moore. Nelly Furtado's Loose album ALWAYS reminds me of Margaret. I to this day clean my room to a mix of music inspired by my mom. Music is a huge part of my life and I wanted a piece of it on my body.

The Moon- As a girl with two naval grandfathers the moon is a pretty interesting symbol. The cresent moon on your uniform signified that you were a cook. Because of my family's connection with food and our need to gather around the table, I thought it was appropriate.

So yes. That's my tattoo and I love it.