after starting this very difficult grad program i found myself thinking that getting a tattoo that represents this incredibly difficult period might be a good idea. something that represents the journey i'm on right now. i've learned a lot about myself over the years. i've been learning who i am and what i want. and the fact that this program is so stressful makes me see it as a right of passage of sorts. so when i was watching a tv show about tattoos and their cultural significance and history around the world and there was a part at the end where the host got a lotus tattoo and the artist who gave it to him explained the significance of a lotus tattoo, it seemed the most appropriate subject for my next tattoo. the lotus flower has the grow through mud and muck and all this water to reach the top where is sits beautifully and serenely on the surface of the water. the difficulties of the journey is necessary for the beauty and existence of the flower. that sounds about right to me.
now that i have a basic idea in mind that i really like, i have to figure out where i want it and what i want it to look like. my gut reaction when i started thinking about this tattoo is that i wanted it on the outside of my right calf and i didn't want it to be pink like my other tattoo. gotta mix it up. i like the idea of a purple lotus flower. i also like the idea of having the stems of the flower and the water in the tattoo. i don't want it to just be a view from the top. i want it to follow the shape of my leg. when i saw the show about tattoos, i really liked the style of the lotus tattoo that the guy got. he got a tibetan thangka lotus flower. i tried finding a good picture of it online and all i found was a video of the clip. so i screen captured it. it's kinda blurry but i think you get the idea.
i don't know if i want it exactly like this, but i like the idea of a side view of the flower coming up to the surface of the water. but then i also like those mandala style tattoos. i like the intricacy of the design. kinda like this.
but then i would want a lot of color. i truly don't know who i could ask to do this tattoo where they could combine the two ideas into one tattoo. and i'm not in a rush to get this. i probably won't start it till i'm done with school. but i would love to see what it could look like awhile before i get it so that i can really get used to the idea and determine if i really want to get it.
sometimes i think it would be nice to get a tattoo on my arm. but because of my career goals, it just doesn't seem like a good idea. i'm in school to be a physical therapist, and although there isn't a strict dress code for all PT's, for the most part they tend to wear pants and a short sleeve shirt of some kind. a lot of PT's like to wear polo t-shirts for some reason. i can't say i understand why. but it's a very physical job and if i had tattoo sleeves then i would have to wear long sleeve shirts everyday, which means i would probably get very sweaty at work. so for the time being, i don't have any plans to ever get a tattoo on my arms. but i think if i did it would probably look something like these because they are bad ass.
if you have any suggestions of tattoo artists in the so cal area for this job, please let me know.
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