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emchydoes anyone care?
so the tat is inspired by turn of the century french sailor tattoos as reimagined by Gautier and the art direction in the film City of Lost Children. Using that as a base, we then tried to bring in Pierre et Gilles influences with the flowers, and a Mexican/Kahlo inspired script on the banner. The tat is to invoke a sense of love being a strong and moving force in my life and my committment to honoring that love. The text is in spanish to join my love of mexican art and to hold with the theme of the tat from the film, which was in french. However since I have always had more ties to Mexican art / cutlure and not french, the text is spanish. I also think that lyrically speaking spanish is a more romantic and beautifully spoken language than english, and the word in that language more closely reflected their meaning to me. The birds, while traditional icongraphy of sailor tattoos, also hold influences of bluebirds as well as swallows, and bring a 'bluebird of happiness' element to it. reminding me that love brings joy. so many of my tats are about owning the joyful parts of myself. i so easily turn cynical. this is me reclaiming skin. reclaiming the right to be a dorky romantic. reclaiming the right to childlike wonder, awe, and honesty in my love. so that's the tat story. and knowing it's coming, it just, overwhelming me with exactly that childlike happy happy.
so the tat is inspired by turn of the century french sailor tattoos as reimagined by Gautier and the art direction in the film City of Lost Children. Using that as a base, we then tried to bring in Pierre et Gilles influences with the flowers, and a Mexican/Kahlo inspired script on the banner. The tat is to invoke a sense of love being a strong and moving force in my life and my committment to honoring that love. The text is in spanish to join my love of mexican art and to hold with the theme of the tat from the film, which was in french. However since I have always had more ties to Mexican art / cutlure and not french, the text is spanish. I also think that lyrically speaking spanish is a more romantic and beautifully spoken language than english, and the word in that language more closely reflected their meaning to me. The birds, while traditional icongraphy of sailor tattoos, also hold influences of bluebirds as well as swallows, and bring a 'bluebird of happiness' element to it. reminding me that love brings joy. so many of my tats are about owning the joyful parts of myself. i so easily turn cynical. this is me reclaiming skin. reclaiming the right to be a dorky romantic. reclaiming the right to childlike wonder, awe, and honesty in my love. so that's the tat story. and knowing it's coming, it just, overwhelming me with exactly that childlike happy happy.
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Date: 2006-06-01 11:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 11:42 am (UTC)a. art is revolution
or b. art for life
(it would've been in spanish as well)
and so it was critical to bring in the influences of artist that i find integral to my own soul aesthetic - hence the gautier, pierre et gilles, kahlo elements / references
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Date: 2006-06-01 11:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 11:43 am (UTC)this is probably the most *tradtional* tat i have gotten
so it was very exciting to figure out how to make it very me, and very personal and custom and yet still respect and be true to the traditional / classic elements of it
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Date: 2006-06-01 12:00 pm (UTC)Which makes ME feel happy happy for YOU!
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Date: 2006-06-01 12:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 12:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-06-01 12:16 pm (UTC)and i think it's easy to lose sight of the shiny glittery things
too easy
i got the dancing bathtub tats because they are the epitome of unabridged joy to me. just full on, pure, joy in dancing, in movement, in living
it's rare that we feel that on a daily basis
but it's so so good
and a lot of things feel hard and crappy so much of the time
it's good to remember the simplest things
can bring the best smiles
like today
if i could
i would just go lay in the grass and smell the dirt
reminds me of life and playtime
it's good
:)
you're good