Sometimes I wish I could break the fourth wall on my life. The dramatic energy that can be gained (in my mind) or, the humor that can be garnered, would make it so awesome. This is of course assuming that my life is like The Truman Show. But that's just a fantasy/nightmare of mine.
I am absolutely ACHING for a new tattoo. Multiple reasons. It's particularly acute at the moment, as I've slipped into a depressive cycle, and the release that the pain would provide would be very satisfying. But that's always true to some extent, depression or no. However, I'm looking to get a pretty big piece, or at least a more intricate one, one that actually has a picture this time (what a concept!) so I'm going to need some serious coin this time around. blarg. Kinda hoping I can convince my parents that it's a good idea for a birthday gift (not the first time I've done this).
I have an idea that I've been playing around with for a while now, which would look roughly like this:
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Except without the N, E, S, W |
That squiggle on the spike is to be a human heart, and that's a skull at the center. This is obviously not a final design, but rather a rough concept sketch. The idea behind it is "Use your head, follow your heart" which is a very important maxim to me. I always do best when I do the thing that feels right, but go about it in a smart way. The skull is an image not only of the 'head', but to me, as a symbol of mortality, it connects very well with the intelligence of man. I can't fully explain it. This would be about 5" high, over my left pec. The compass arrow would be properly angled so that it'd be more or less pointing at my biological heart. I really like this idea, but I'm not sure if it's the next thing that I want to get.
Another idea that's cropped up rather recently is a jester skull such as:
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Not exactly like this, but you get the idea |
The most likely idea for the next one is deeply connected to my spirituality-my perception of who my inner self is. I'm not really going to get into that here...I'm tired and should have been asleep a long time ago. It would be a bear paw print, with a triple-spiral type thing in the 'palm', symbolizing air, or wind.
Anyway, that's what I'm thinking. I wrote this more for the codification of my own thoughts than anything, so sorry if it wasn't super interesting all the no one who read this.