"A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition." - V. Vale and Andrea Juno
I am really leaning towards getting another tattoo after the new year, but I have not really decided what I want reflected in the ink. With the right tattoo, there is meaning and poetry embedded in your skin... a picture made with needles and pain. I don't want to get one just to get one... Not to shock others, but for me to remember what it is there for.
Every time I glimpse my lotus, because sometimes truly I forget that it's there, I remember what hard times I have been through in my life... some of the lowest and darkest I know. Then, I catch my present reflection and see how far I have come. That through the dark and murky waters I have turned out beautiful and whole. It serves as a reminder, a lesson, that I will persevere through no matter how rough the times.
