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Tattoos and Piercings This forum is to ask questions and discuss tattoos, piercings and other aesthetic body modifications.
Today I got my newest piece done on my leg. It's a tattoo of Hawaii, where I grew up . I love the place with all my heart and some day I'll go back.
"Why isn't bull-riding (Beef NASCAR as I call it) the American sport to end all sports? It's an epic battle of the wills between a man and an angry cheeseburger; and if that doesn't typify our awesome civilization, I don't know what does."
I've never heard of anyone get a tattoo of a place, super cool
"Life is pain, anybody that says different is selling something" ~ Fezzik's Mother, The Princess Bride. ♥
"To die, would be an awfully big adventure."~ Peter Pan
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
~ The Buddha
Actually, it's pretty common for Hawaiians to get the island they're born and raised on or even the entire island chain tattooed on them . It's actually a kind of way to identify "family" (other Hawaiians) here on the Mainland . It's a big scary place out there and it's nice to have a taste of home lol.
"Why isn't bull-riding (Beef NASCAR as I call it) the American sport to end all sports? It's an epic battle of the wills between a man and an angry cheeseburger; and if that doesn't typify our awesome civilization, I don't know what does."
Wow I like that idea, and I wasn't informed this was more or less the norm/tradition for Hawaiian born people. I think the tattoo is wonderful and I like the placement because it's different and it looks good, very nice piece of art!
Thanks, guys . This is number 3. I have one more that I'm going ot get done this summer. It's going to be on my shoulder so I have to do it at a time while I'm not working so much. Throwing boxes and reaching up on shelves is soooo hard with a shoulder piece >_<
"Why isn't bull-riding (Beef NASCAR as I call it) the American sport to end all sports? It's an epic battle of the wills between a man and an angry cheeseburger; and if that doesn't typify our awesome civilization, I don't know what does."
It's a beautiful tattoo! And I really love the idea!
It's really cool!!
~Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above.
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place where she's loved.
Concrete Angel
"And so I grew from colt to stallion
As wild and as reckless as thunder over the land.
Racing with the eagle, soaring with the wind.
Flying? There were times I believed I could."