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Originally Posted by covingtoncat73
I want tattoos but have 3 problems: 1) Pain. I might have them start on me only to have to quit before they finish the tatt. 2) $$$ 3) Bicuspid Aortic Valve. I have one. I understand tatts are problematic with BAV and you need to talk to the Dr. and be on antibiotics. to get a tattoo.
That being said, I keep getting good ideas.
1. “Vulnerant omnes, ultima necat.” (All [hours] wound, the last kills.)
-Old saying on Roman clocks, popularized by Neil Gaiman in American Gods.
2. Another Latin by way of Gaiman: Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (from Ovid, popularized in Sandman. It means everything changes, nothing perishes).
3. A butterfly of some kind.
4. My cat (done like one of these but Cinder is a tortoiseshell) http://hellogiggles.com/raddest-cat-tattoos/
5. A bowl of pertunias with "oh no, not again" under it (from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
6. These birds my great grandmother drew as a child
7. "All life is One" from Bryson's A Brief History of Everything with a small globe.
8. "What is any ocean but a multitude of drops" from Cloud Atlas (with raindrops or something).
9. A half-read book is a half-finished love affair from Cloud Atlas. With a book.
10. If I do get a tattoo, I'll probably start with a semi-colon (small, simple, probably inexpensive). |
1. Pain
Tattoos are painful depending on where they are located. General rule of thumb...the "fattier" the area the less painful it is...but no matter where they are located they will hurt while being applied.
Having said that I have always found the toughest part of a tattoo is the healing...you cannot scratch it (if you remove the scab the ink will oftentimes go with it) and the itching will drive you batty.