To Write Love On Her Arms
The first of what I hope to be many images to spread the message of To Write Love On Her Arms.
Tell me what you think when you see this.
Archive for December, 2009
Tattoo Perspectives and Motion
Having already posted about the tattooing process, I won’t bore you with more of the same. Instead I will inform you that my tattoo has now mostly healed, and has given me a delightful surprise: the flame aligns straight up my leg while my foot is flexed, but curves along my foot when my foot is pointed.
I placed the tattoo along the interior curve of my ankle, in order for the shape of the flames to coincide with the contour of my anklebone, and because of the high significance I place on my feet, as a dancer. The bright colors now hide the subtle shadows of my protruding bone, but more interestingly, the tattoo appears different from different angles. From the front, it appears as designed, but from the top, bottom or sides, the design is truncated to the tips of the flames, or a single tongue of fire.
I enjoy how the two-dimensional tattoo has become three-dimensional, living art. It moves as I move, and as I dance… its appearance is tied to my motion and the perspective to my body.
