@Anthony DiLucido 140662 wrote:

I don’t know if people will think that’s stupid? Any opinions?

I’m afraid just about any movie quote will be stupid. In fact most quotes are. Why not get a real piece of art instead? Your skin isn’t a piece of paper.

I think it’s stupid since you asked.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

@Anthony DiLucido 140681 wrote:

I just feel like if I’m going to get something that’ll be on my skin forever I want it to mean something to me

Why lol?

Stop watching Miami Ink!

@Anthony DiLucido 140681 wrote:

I just feel like if I’m going to get something that’ll be on my skin forever I want it to mean something to me

Oh, I *HATE* it when people insist tattoos have to have some deeper meaning. It misses the point of tattoos entirely, and it also causes people with mediocre or worse ink to defend their pieces to the death, as if the anthropomorphic dick riding a skateboard, smoking a bong applied to their right ass cheek by a half blind little person strung out on crystal meth gains some sort of legitimacy just because they got it for their bro who died last month in a freak gasoline fight accident.

In any medium, once an artist exhibits a piece, they lose control of it. Any and every person who comes to a piece will bring in their own personal experience and life with them, and that will color how they perceive the piece. Some artists try to control this, by writing explanations and manifestos. These artists are failures. They make their art less than it is. The more explanation your piece needs, the more of a failure it is. Art exists to elicit a gut level reaction. To grab you by the balls and say “FEEL SOMETHING, YOU FUCKING CUNT!”. Monet’s waterlilies forces you to slow down, sit, and examine the colors and the light. A good song, say by Rancid, makes you smile. Hell, even Kiss My Royal Irish Ass by Cheryl Donegan or Piss Christ makes you feel something, and that’s the point. To shake you out of the stupor of everyday life, of bills and responsibilities.

In short, art exists to be awesome.

I’ve got two tattoos that have meaning to me. I have Gossamer sitting on a stool crying on my thigh, and an imagine of Calvin and Hobbs walking away, with the caption, “You’ll find love there” on my neck. Both have deep personal meaning to me, but I rarely, if ever speak of what those meanings are. Those supposed meanings do not matter to anyone but me. To everyone else, they are what they really are: well designed pieces by my man Troy Coe at Lambadi City Tattoos. That’s what matters. The craft, the skill, and the solid design. That’s all anyone who ain’t lived my life can see.

In short, tattoos don’t need meaning. They need craft and design. Anything else is LA Ink bullshit, and those guys all make us look like assholes.

Love. Peace. Metallic.

@KnightHawk 140702 wrote:

Oh, I *HATE* it when people insist tattoos have to have some deeper meaning. It misses the point of tattoos entirely, and it also causes people with mediocre or worse ink to defend their pieces to the death, as if the anthropomorphic dick riding a skateboard, smoking a bong applied to their right ass cheek by a half blind little person strung out on crystal meth gains some sort of legitimacy just because they got it for their bro who died last month in a freak gasoline fight accident.

In any medium, once an artist exhibits a piece, they lose control of it. Any and every person who comes to a piece will bring in their own personal experience and life with them, and that will color how they perceive the piece. Some artists try to control this, by writing explanations and manifestos. These artists are failures. They make their art less than it is. The more explanation your piece needs, the more of a failure it is. Art exists to elicit a gut level reaction. To grab you by the balls and say “FEEL SOMETHING, YOU FUCKING CUNT!”. Monet’s waterlilies forces you to slow down, sit, and examine the colors and the light. A good song, say by Rancid, makes you smile. Hell, even Kiss My Royal Irish Ass by Cheryl Donegan or Piss Christ makes you feel something, and that’s the point. To shake you out of the stupor of everyday life, of bills and responsibilities.

In short, art exists to be awesome.

I’ve got two tattoos that have meaning to me. I have Gossamer sitting on a stool crying on my thigh, and an imagine of Calvin and Hobbs walking away, with the caption, “You’ll find love there” on my neck. Both have deep personal meaning to me, but I rarely, if ever speak of what those meanings are. Those supposed meanings do not matter to anyone but me. To everyone else, they are what they really are: well designed pieces by my man Troy Coe at Lambadi City Tattoos. That’s what matters. The craft, the skill, and the solid design. That’s all anyone who ain’t lived my life can see.

In short, tattoos don’t need meaning. They need craft and design. Anything else is LA Ink bullshit, and those guys all make us look like assholes.

Love. Peace. Metallic.

Great post!

@Anthony DiLucido 140662 wrote:

I’m interested in getting another tattoo. I already have a special cross on my right shoulder blade that means a lot to me and I’m hoping I can figure out an idea that means a lot for my second tat. Any suggestions or locations of where I should get it? Im a male with a rather small build. I was thinking of getting the quote “Oel Ngati Kameie” which means I see you but in a spiritual way. Its from a movie so I don’t know if people will think that’s stupid? Any opinions?

why does a tattoo have to have “a lot of meaning” ? why not just get a cool design or art work that you just like ?!

It was a tough choice butt.

Perhaps later. At least you live on the West Coast.