Growing up I always loved seeing tattoos on people. It never mattered the style, colors, or anything I was always amazed with the art work. How the shading was done on the skin all the technical aspects of tattoos. This in turn led me to get tattoos of my own as I grew up, not to mention playing with tattooing myself. The following is a run down of my tattoos and the reasons I have them.
- Vampire Smiley Face
This is a tattoo I got when I was 16, I think. It was a home tattoo done by my girlfriend at the time. This was to match the tattoos my other friends had. We, all 4 of us, had a tattoo of some variation of a smiley face. We affectionately called our selfs the Smiley Face crew. This was one I got very much just to fit in and to have a tattoo. Not the best of reasons but it’s also became my most cherished as I’ve grown up because it’s a call back to simpler times.
- Nautical Star
This was the second tattoo I got and the first professional one. This one was the first one I got with any real meaning to it as well. Nautical stars are a representation of the North Star. Used in early days and still today of sailing. Sailors could use the North Star to navigate themselves back home. I got this particular tattoo to remind myself that it didn’t matter how hard things got, how dark things got I could always find the right path again. There was always a way to get back home or what I wanted
- “Kiss My Eyes And Lay Me To Sleep”
This was another at home tattoo I got, actually it’s the first tattoo I ever got that matched one someone else had as well. The lyrics are from A.F.I.’s song “12/21 Prelude” the full lyric goes “This is what I brought you this you can keep, This is what I brought you may forget me, I promise to depart just promise one thing, Kiss my eyes and lay me to sleep.” There was something about this song during the summer years ago that still resonated with me so I have this across my back, on both sides there are rabbits that match the band’s album art work.
- Pentagram
This is a tiny one located behind my right ear. I follow the faith of Wicca and have always seen the pentagram as a symbol of protection. The reason I decided to get it on my head and behind my ear was in recent years dealing with depression and anxiety has been hard. The idea I had in mind was not only having this symbol of protection on me but including it as close as I could to my head to help with the mental issues I’ve dealt with.
- Tree of Life
This was a multipurpose tattoo. It was a gift from my family for my 25th birthday. As well as having religious meanings there is also an speech given by Tyler Perry that talks about how people in your life are like the parts of a tree. This in short amounted to the fact that there are people like leafs that come and go with the seasons, people like branches who hang around but may leave in strong storms, and people like roots those who are always there maybe unseen but still there none the less.
-“I was a wolf and she my moon”
This is my most recent tattoo, and the one with the most meaning. I decided to get it on my wrist under the tree of life. This was due to the idea of the roots I spoke of as well as the fact that on my wrist there wouldn’t be a time I couldn’t see it. I’m sure the meaning will be obvious to most. There were times before the tattoo was actually done that I was nervous, and the actual session is one I won’t ever forget. But I absolutely love this tattoo.
So there it is. The complete and detailed listing of my tattoos. I will try to add to and update this as I get more just as a fun little hobby. Currently I know of a few other tattoos I will be getting. Including one with my sister as well as an Alice in Wonderland one. Hopefully you can see why tattoos have always been fascinating to me. It may just be a little anchor or some other funny thing to you, but to the person with the tattoo it could have a million different meanings.
