I’m seriously considering <whisper> getting a tattoo. Don’t tell Mom.
(Actually, Mom might kinda like it… her 81 year-old conservative nature does have a vibrant free-spirit streak running through it. but I digress….).
Ok so let’s suspend judgment for a moment on the whole tattoo right/wrong issue and do a “what if” exercise, shall we? Yes…Excellent!
I’m realizing that considering what tattoo I’d get is a fascinating way to discover what really matters to me.
Think about it – if you got a tattoo, what would you get?
- Something that has meaning just to you or something that’s a
message to the other people who see it?
- Writing or picture(s) or both?
- Something representing someone else in your life, or something representing yourself?
- Something serious or something touched with humor?
- Color or black and white?
- Photo-realistic or cartoonish?
- Teeny, little, medium-sized, big, or huge?
Me? I would choose something that has meaning specific to me — a reminder to encourage some valuable part of me to shine out beyond myself. Something serious, black and white and definitely photo-realistic picture instead of word(s). And little…I’m still a wee bit tattoo shy 
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Whoa, at first glance, that doesn’t really sound like me. The Starla who loves deep rich colors so much I would (almost) eat Crayolas if it allowed me to savour them more. The Starla who (usually) laughs easily about almost anything. The Starla who craves words so much my fingers sometimes tingle with the need to write. The Starla with the crazy two-toned half-buzzed/half-long scruffly hair.
The thing is … all of those things are me… and maybe the tattoo specs are more about the internal stuff I don’t express as often. About the more introspective, quiet, intensely serious, high-art me. Hmmm… ???
But enough about me. What would you choose as your permanent “stamp”??? Or what have you already chosen??
Oh, and yes, if I do get said tattoo… I will let you know what it is…and why I chose what I did. Stay tuned!!
(special thanks to Melissa, Clare, and Lisa for unauthorized use of your tattoo photos!!)
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And check back next week for the next post in the Anatomy of Love series!
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