"truth and bone"

[omnia_mutantur]

an entry without line breaks:

a casual mention and i'm craving a new tattoo, like there should be some signpost on my body to make sure i remember all of this, and the wanting damn near burns. i don't even know where i'd put it, all my tattoos feel organic to me, like they're supposed to be there, the ones i can see at least, like they've grown out of my skin, even if i remember almost every moment of lying there or sitting there while someone puts them on me. the truly important ones have gone on the front of me. and i want something tattooed on the inside of my wrist or the nape of my neck, but practicality says no, i'm not that much of a rebel and even if i don't like my job, i like what my job does for me in terms of money and benefits and solidity and maybe i'm just too old. but that doesn't stop the wanting. stars and lj icons and runes, and it's like i'm waiting to find the exactly right symbol, just like i'm waiting to find the exactly right necklace, but maybe my luck will be better with ink. maybe that's the only way i'll find grace, continuing to try to write it on my skin.

Comments

[tisana.livejournal.com]

What made you think about it? What sort of thing do you want, now? I'm craving more ink, especially on my sacrum, but I really can't decide on the design (and it would likely be mostly decorative). Definitely need to get more piercings, though--more people have left my life, must be commemorated, and all. Want one of those bars in the ear cartilage, can't remember what it's called.

[omnia-mutantur.livejournal.com]

i was talking about wanting to have something all my own, that wasn't shared with either light or related to the house. and we were running through the standard options. (there's a current personal ban on bookbuying until i get more of the unread red). and nothing felt quite right.

and then i mentioned how i'm kind of obsessed with all of my lj icons, and most of them would make good tattoos (the tit being a noteable exception.)

and now i can't stop thinking about it.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I used to want to get this picture tattooed...it's a clemente painting...i still think it would have been really beautiful, but there is no longer a place for it, plus I don't know that it would be the healthiest one to get.