Your temple and The Walls

Your body is a temple, so why not decorate the walls?

       Since this summer before I went back to school, I have been obsessed with tattoos. The way they look, the placement, the actual art of a beautiful tattoo. But some others I've seen, I think, "Why would you ever get something like that?!" Like this unicorn on the right. But everyone has their own tastes, interests, and meanings of why they get certain tattoos. For some others I have seen, I fell in love with instantly and I'm still in love with them right now. I plan to get A LOT of tattoos. Like one on each thigh, some on my back, and others on my arms. I would put all the tattoos I want to get on my blog, but that would be too much and to explain each and everyone would be the death of me :P 

        I see pictures of people with so many tattoos, and I envy them! Just looking at all the tattoos I want, I get so impatient and I just want to get tatted right now. But patience is the greatest virtue. So while I wait, I can search for the best artist who I think can replicate the picture onto my skin perfectly. Waiting also means that I can save up more and more money to pay for each of them. I even got an empty protein powder bucket and started putting seven dollars in it each week. I am determined to get all the tattoos that represent me and that also express myself. 

       Tattoos, for me, is a way to say something without using real words. To put a meaningful message on your skin for life. Putting something on your skin permanently is like telling a secret in a piece of art; sharing your most intimate thoughts. But that's only if someone can understand and unravel what your tattoo really means. One of my tattoos - the one that will be on my right thigh - is a little inappropriate, so I wont be showing it on my blog. But its by a modern artist by the name of Audrey Kawasaki. The other tattoo that will be inked is of a skull, bird, and flowers around it. This will be on my left thigh. My other tattoos will be of Eve in the Garden of Eden with the snake, and an owl. 

       The tattoo with Eve in the Garden of Eden represents, to me, a sense of purity. That was the beginning of Man and Woman. When they were knowledgeable about God and His love; a heaven on earth with everything you could ask for. But with life, comes temptation, and we all have temptations and desires. It shows me that the first man and woman on earth were flawed. The bird and skull symbolize life and death. It's kind of like matter: all matter in the universe cannot be created or destroyed. It's recycled. The skull is death, but with that death comes new life. The flowers are growing, and that energy comes from death. It is renewed into life again! To continue, when I think of an owl, I think of a wise ......... almost old man! The wisest of all birds. Just the fact that they are nocturnal adds to their "majesty." They can see they're prey through the darkness of the trees in the dead of winter. Also, have you ever seen an owl fly? Because I sure never have. But why? Will I ever see one fly? Will I even be able to tell if its an owl or not? Its almost like I have see owls in stories; like myths.  

        All I know is that my interests and meanings of each of my tattoo will change and some I might not end up getting in the end. But I will be getting the tattoos that represent me the best. I'll keep searching for the perfect artist and I'll keep wanting to decorate the walls of my temple.