Look! A tattoo!

[dira]

And you may certainly have a cookie if you recognize the reference.

I have lots of cookies, don't worry.






My favorite thing about the placement is that what I can actually see without a mirror, by turning my head, is be well.

Comments

[reginagiraffe]

I love it!

[polarisnorth]

T.S. Eliot? :D

[dira]

Ha, yes! Everyone else is recognizing Julian of Norwich (who Eliot was quoting) but it's really all about Eliot for me. :)

[dira]

*beams*

I am rather fond myself.

[polarisnorth]

I'm a huge Eliot fan! The tattoo looks fantastic, too. Awesome. :D

I've always thought that if I got a tattoo it would be Tennyson ("Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world") across my shoulderblades.

[dira]

Oh, that sounds beautiful! This one started out as my "if I were forced to get a tattoo, it would be..." and I promptly realized that I actually wanted it. It just took me a couple of years to get my act together, but after wanting it for two years I was really sure. :)

[polarisnorth]

I change my mind too often about things; I'm worried that if I ever got a tattoo I wouldn't like it after a few years. If I still like the idea of it in another few years, maybe I'll do it.

[minoanmiss]

What a great tattoo! But it needs a red 'c'.

*wink*

[dira]

Ahahahhaa, YEAH, for picking up the POSITIONAL reference, you get to share my pint of cheesecake brownie ice cream. ;)

[norah]

Excellent!

[cofax7]

Oh, that's just lovely! I really like the font you chose. And the content. *g*

[marydell.livejournal.com]

That's really cool--beautiful font, too. I haven't read "Four Quartets" in an age and a half; I shall have to go look it up.

[shihadchick]

Duuuuuuuuuuude. That is so, so cool. And I LOVE that you can see that part of it without a mirror, too. Congrats!! *beams*

[fairestcat]

that is AWESOME. I totally approve, that is very, very you.

We actually quote that one at each other a lot around here.

Ian says, "I would have said Marna was the only one I could ever see getting that, but I guess I would have been wrong."

[dodificus]

Now this is just making me think about what words I'd want to put on my body.

[flamewarrior]

Oh, it's Eliot! I thought something was strange. I know the Julian of Norwich quote as 'All will be well and all will be well and all manner of thing shall be well' which has a different meaning for me entirely :-) [/mystic]

[kass]

So cool!

[elizaria]

That looks aesome :)

[sasha_feather]

That is totally awesome!!

[celli]

:D

[riverlight]

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy!

[dira]

Yep, Eliot's translation and line breaks. :)

[dira]

\o/

[dira]

Thank you! I kept hunting around the internet for fonts before I realized that what I was actually looking for was the exact font of the paperback copy of the Four Quartets that I have. So I just photocopied the page and asked my lovely tattoo artist to stencil from that. :)

[dira]

Thank you! The font is straight from my paperback copy of the Four Quartets--nothing else seemed right. :)

[dira]

Right? Even if we suffer the No More Mirrors Ever Apocalypse, I will still be able to read the tail end of my tattoo. Not that I considered that possibility beforehand. Or anything. Um.

I mean, yay! :)

[dira]

Thank you! Julie and I say it to each other on bad days, and it works pretty well as a general representation of my outlook on life. And, ha! My quest to be Marna when I grow up clearly has gone literary and subliminal. Or subdermal. One of those. :)

[dira]

That was pretty much how this one came about--I did the hypothetical "what would I get if I was going to get anything?" and then realized I genuinely wanted this tattoo. :)

[dira]

Thank you! :)

[dira]

I am so, so happy with how it came out. :)

[dira]

I am pretty thrilled! :)

[dira]

\o/

[dira]

*beams*

[turlough]

That's a fabulous tattoo!!

[renenet]

Awesome!!!

[shihadchick]

I feel if we have to worry about a world without shrimp, then a world without mirrors isn't outside the realm of possibility! :D

[mahoni]

What a wonderful quote! It looks fantastic, too. And I love that you can see 'be well' when you look over your shoulder.

[dira]

Thank you!

[dira]

\o/

[dira]

Thank you! It makes me grin stupidly every time I look at it. :)