Show off your ink!

[Zen]

mine is not intended to be sexy. it's a feathered,beaded bracelet on my wrist. A display of solidarity with our Native American brothers and sisters and because I don't wear jewelry.

[Velobambina]

mine is not intended to be sexy. it's a feathered,beaded bracelet on my wrist. A display of solidarity with our Native American brothers and sisters and because I don't wear jewelry.

Wow, Zen. I have an affinity for Native Americans, too. Must be the Irish in me. I love your tatt, btw. I'd LOVE to get one like yours. Have you read any of Louise Erdrich's books?

I have a basic road bike tattooed on the outside of my left lower calf. Very simple design.

Still have my multiple ear piercings from my 80s Punk Rock Girl days!

[RoadRaven]

mine is not intended to be sexy. it's a feathered,beaded bracelet on my wrist. A display of solidarity with our Native American brothers and sisters and because I don't wear jewelry.

My daughter and I love it, Zen
I a big collecter of feathers - often plaited into my hair.
And both of us are interested in the various cultures and symbolisms around the world

[CyclaSutra]

Hello again, TEers! I've been hibernating a bit this year and haven't posted for a while. Moved three times, but finally settled and now commuting two hours a day and more when it snows like this. Back on the trainer, la la la.

So this first calf tattoo I got in March when I went to San Francisco with my sister, who is a lesbian. She's got a heart with wings on her back, rainbow-colored. So I got a Hawthorne chainring with six hearts (my fave number) and wings. Now I just have to get in good enough shape again (mayhaps even a teeny tan) so it looks good.

Unfortunately, I had an ink allergy just to the red heart, less than a half-inch-square, so I've been dealing with that at the dermatologists and may have to get it removed. Sigh. FYI red is the MOST allergic color. WIsh I had known that.

THis second picture is of my first tat, gotten at age 19 out of defiance to a bad boyfriend and because I try to be as resilient as a rubber ducky. I'm on the right; some chick with a more in-your-face duck I met at a writers' conference so we quacked about it in the bathroom and had a photo opp.

[IFjane]

Love all the ink - wish I had the nerve to do it myself....but this keeps me from trying:

[KSH]

Let's see if this works!

[Kimmyt]

The thing I love about my tattoo is that I got it for me. If other people can't tell what it looks like when I'm 80, it doesn't really matter. Half the time I don't even see my tattoo, and other people don't either. The fact is, I know it's there, with me all the time, a kind of physical representation of everything that is inside me. It comforts me.

[Pax]

The thing I love about my tattoo is that I got it for me. If other people can't tell what it looks like when I'm 80, it doesn't really matter. Half the time I don't even see my tattoo, and other people don't either. The fact is, I know it's there, with me all the time, a kind of physical representation of everything that is inside me. It comforts me.

Absolutely. When I'm old and wrinkly why on earth would I care what someone thinks about my skin...I'll be happy to still be alive so tats will be no big deal.