Show off your ink!

[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.

[KnottedYet]

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.

I will confess that part of why I want to get my bike tattoo is so that some day if/when I can no longer speak for myself someone will look at my skin and say, "Hey, this chickie must've been a biker."

[Dianyla]

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.

I always find it amusing how everyone always focuses on the "what's that gonna look like when you're 80" topic. Frankly, the rest of me won't look so great when I'm 80, either! Who cares about a little (or a lot of) ink?

No tats yet, but I'm in the planning stages.