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

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

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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?

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On the nape of my neck:

O my hunger

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

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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.

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fyi:

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

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Here’s Mine.

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

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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!

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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.

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Awesome. My ghandi quote got posted! woo!

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

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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.

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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

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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!

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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

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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! :)

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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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[...] Darren says, Inspired by Dominic Monaghan’s bicep, I created a roundup a while back of textual tattoos: Link. [...]

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

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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

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

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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?

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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…”

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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.

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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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[...] topic more thinly. There are obviously plenty of blogs about tattoos out there. Recently (thanks to my popular old post about textual tattoos) I got an email from Jen who’s started a blog only on literary tattoos. If she keeps it up, [...]

the “every being is the author of his own health or disease” is a quote from buddha

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[...] Darren Barefoot’s blog post on textual tattoos with link list. [...]

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/

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[...] Blog mentions: Darren Barefoot, Textual Tattoos [...]

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?

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“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.

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I want to see real picture of this post.

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

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

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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

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