It's Difficult.....
Thursday, March 6, 2008
In case you didn't know, it's difficult to take a picture of your own shoulder. That's my new tattoo, at a bit of an angle. It's actually circular, if you couldn't tell by the picture. I dig the heck out of it. If any of you Memphians are in the market for some ink, I highly recommend going to see Nico Roussin at Underground Art in the next week and a half. He's a visiting artist from Paris, he kicks ass, and you should take advantage of his mad skill while you can. Sweet.
To me, the lotus flower represents detachment from the dumber distractions in life. Here's one more official explanation:
"In the Bhagavad Gita, man is adjured to be like the lotus--he should work without attachment, dedicating his actions to God--untouched by sin like water on a lotus leaf and the beautiful flower standing high above the mud and water."
In the center of the flower is the Sanskrit symbol for "Om". Om, in Hindu culture, is the divine tone. It is the most basic, unified representation of Brahman, which is the Divine Ground of "all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe." To me it's a reminder that everything is connected at the most basic level.
Together, the lotus and Om will hopefully remind me of the better and most innocent parts of life, remind me not to expect more from people than I should, and remind me of the all-too-cliche "golden rule".
Plus it looks freakin' cool. Snootchies.
Labels: All Posts, Culture, General Bullshit
posted by Dustin @ 7:48 AM,
2 Comments:
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At March 6, 2008 at 12:24 PM,
Reverend Humpy said...
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Nice. I love visiting European tattoo artists. The sea-turtle that I got on my chest when I was in Maui was done by a guy named Mike who was visiting from Berlin.
Good philosophy as well.
Snoogens,
The Reverend. -
At March 13, 2008 at 11:07 AM,
TechnoNinja said...
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I love it. The art is beautiful and I like the meaning. I think we can all learn from your tatoo!
Love ya tons and miss ya more.