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For the longest time, I was going to get “Lorem Ipsum” tattooed on me.

shelley jackson, even though it’s funnier to think that shirley jackson might have done that project…

Darren, the image you chose to illustrate this post is perhaps my favorite tattoo ever — I spotted it on flickr a while ago.

Of some recent tattoos I’ve seen, I like this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hummanna/6240609/

It says “e^x”. Quite all-encompassing, eh?

On the nape of my neck:

O my hunger

(A line from a poem by Rimbaud, re-used in a poem by Anne Sexton)

darren, my sister (the taker of the kundera tattoo photo) passed me along this link. the subject is my wife–i’ll pass along the compliments. she’ll be happy.

a good friend of mine has a quote on his chest, written backwards so he reads it every morning in the mirror. i can’t remember the exact wording, but i’ll see if i can get a photo.

emily Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:20 pm

hey ive been wanting to get a kundera quote on me. which one is your wife? i realize his is an old post but maybe….

fyi:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=every+being+author+own+health+disease&btnG=Search

Here’s Mine.

Its 181 point Goudy Old Style. I had to have a piece of letterpress type on me.

Darren, we have a group on flickr called Words on Skin, dedicated to words written and tattooed on bodies. Be sure to check out Ashley and her Shakespeare. I am fascinated by textual tattoos, and have two of them so far. One is the first line of Walt Whitman’s Song to the Open Road. And the other is a simple but quite expressive word. Thanks for such a great collection of textual tattoos!

I’ve got Lucky on one wrist and Devil on the other, as well as Revelation written around my collar bone. I think that’s as far as I’ll go with textual tattoos.

Only Lucky is on flickr, right now.

Awesome. My ghandi quote got posted! woo!

oh, a friend has “verso” and “recto” on her hands, done in white ink, though it changed to a light blue. no pix, sry

me

mid page, me at left with one of my permanent text additions. it reads “poindexter”, which is my last name. i also have a partial quote from an e.e. cummings on my back “not for philosophy does this rose give a damn.” letters really are beautiful.

hey, i want to get a textual tattoo of the phrase “Life ain’t always beautiful” but in italian so “La vita non e sempre bella” with a small heart next to it, will it look best in regular cursive or something else? Thanks for the help

Lori Hall Reply:
September 14th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

did you ever get your La vita non e sempre bella Tatoo? If so, Id love to see a pic. Thanks!

Here is an ambigram. I had it done on my rib-cage going from below my armpit to my hip. One way says family, and the other way says forever. It took me four years to find a tat that I wanted until I saw this one and right then and there had it done. 4 hours but definitely worth it

In less than 24 hours, I’m getting the word “karma” tattooed on the side of my neck. I don’t see “karma” the way the western world has come to view it (if you do a bad deed, some bad thing will come to hit you in the head because of it). Instead, I believe that karma is the sum of all your actions, and your actions make up who you are. Creating good energy is key.

Hopefully I don’t chicken out! :)

I belong to a Flickr group called Words on Skin.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/wordsonskin/pool/

Some are tattoos, some are just writing, interesting none the less.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/dearprudence/1413821584/

i saw that one ^^ and i really want one just like that. but with different words i want: to live will be an awfully big adventure

I have ‘Don’t it make you sad to know that life; is more than who you are’ tattooed on my right hip.

about to get 3 more textual tattoos.. i’ll add them to the list once they are done

damn it, here’s the one i was trying to send! http://a39.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/128/l_4038577be869297d8df7b2edd5e31c76.jpg

Hey,

I wanna put this quote by David Whyte on my stomach…”anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you”…i dont want it that big..and in pretty plain font..but do u have any ideas?

i realy want a short simple quote on the back of my neck but not one that is too deep if you know what i mean..

what do you think of “Take me as I am…”

I am thinking about getting a first tattoo – “i send this smile over to you” from Disarm, Smashing Pumpkins. Starting underneath heart on chest then wrapping around to the back so you can’t read the whole quote from any one side. The quote has a number of meanings to me personally. I haven’t quite decided yet – just thought i’d share.

i’m glad i found this website beacuse recently got a tribal cross on my right side shoulder and left it empty inside beacuse i want to put something that really means something u know …i have no idea what it is yet but your site is really helping decide thx men

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I have the spanish phrase “Por Algo Sera” tattooed on my side. Although not the literal translation, it’s basically the equivalent of saying “Everything happens for a reason.”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30111852@N03/2821174054/

Mariah Reply:
January 15th, 2010 at 6:58 am

I love this…! i was looking for a good textual tattoo for my right wrist.. :)

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With the same sword they knight you,
they gon’ good night you with
Shit, that’s only half if they like you
That ain’t even the half what they might do
Don’t believe me, ask Michael
See Lucas? See Puda? See Martin? See Malcolm?
See Biggie? See Pac? See success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas
See Caesar, see Brutus, see success is like suicide
Suicide, it’s a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified.
Is to have had and lost
Better than not having at all?

“every being is the author of his own health or disease”. ~ while misquoted, is generally attributed to Buddha. The actual quote is “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease,” and Google’s quite well.

I want to see real picture of this post.

My friend brittany has one on her foot that says “walking with the wounded”

i think third eye blind lyrics…not 100% sure though!

i have eros tattooed on my inner hip, im a guy, and it means sexual desire, and is the greek god of cupid. love. it is a text but also a tramp stamp

“Vires Adveho Ex A Vulnus”

Latin for Strength Come From A Wound

i want “perfectus tantum in suus trunco”, on my hip. Small, about 8cm long, In garamond or some font like that, On my hip.
Its latin for “perfect only in her imperfections”.
x

I’m going to get one on my neck, just below my hairline that will read “…if more people were screaming then I could relax…” It’s from an Ani DiFranco song called My IQ http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/My-IQ-lyrics-Ani-DiFranco/5DAC755B1C56547F48256F7800091AF0

It’ about my dedication to working in Human Rights and a committment to living my life in action for people everywhere. The whole song has always been my own little manifesto for myself.

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I’m planning to get “To the Phoenix and the Dove, co-supremes and stars of love.” tattooed on my back. Its a line from an untitled Shakespearean piece. I have to wait 4 more months though, until I’m eighteen.

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I have “Stronger than you think I am” around my right ankle. It’s my favourite tattoo because it’s my inspiration to push myself harder and a daily reminder that whatever life throws at me, I can handle it. I placed it so that “Stronger” is on the inside of my ankle, the word that I see most easily.

It’s originally from a song by Rachel Ferguson.

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Getting my first tattoo day after tomorrow. Lyric from the song “You’ve got to learn” and the lyric is “At times your head must rule your heart” Im getting it right below my collarbone. it was a song that was redone by Nina Simone, my favorite artist. I grew up listening to her and I think it’s a important lesson to learn.

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