I got a Tattoo!
Of 'sage'
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I feel so alive! Going to get a tattoo is not really something any of my friends would expect me to do... It's something I have been thinking about for a while, you know, a tattoo is not a spur of the moment dicision, as it is stuck with you for life. I needed to think of something that would have a story behind it... So i got a tattoo of the chinese characters for 'sage'
It's on my inner forarm... I was kind of expecting the worst, because that is virgin skin... I was really quite nervous, but my mate Lyndon came with me, and even though he was inadvertantly trying to talk me out of it, suggesting the pain, his presence was good. It was more of a rapid burning sensation realy... and I dont know what was going through my head as the artist - i think his name was Steve - cut into my skin. My arm didn't tense up at all, and we just basically talked crap... it was done in 20 minutes!
It means 'Sage' to remind me about the basic principles of Taoism... or, the way.
So the sage:
In dwelling holds fast to the land,
In governing holds fast to order,
In talking holds fast to truth,
In dealing holds fast to men,
In acting holds fast to opportunity,
In crafting holds fast to competence,
In feeling holds fast to the heart.
I dont know what my mum will think, so, I will sit on it for a while... I dont really know what my sisters will think either, so I might refrain from telling them until summer, when I am forced to wear short sleeve shirts! I think it's way cool though, and the fact that it means something to me, and is important to what I want to advocate, that's an added bonus!!!
I look forward to paople asking me what it means - and then I can tell them all about the way!!! Is it preaching if they ask??? hehe...
BAM!!!
It's on my inner forarm... I was kind of expecting the worst, because that is virgin skin... I was really quite nervous, but my mate Lyndon came with me, and even though he was inadvertantly trying to talk me out of it, suggesting the pain, his presence was good. It was more of a rapid burning sensation realy... and I dont know what was going through my head as the artist - i think his name was Steve - cut into my skin. My arm didn't tense up at all, and we just basically talked crap... it was done in 20 minutes!
It means 'Sage' to remind me about the basic principles of Taoism... or, the way.
So the sage:
In dwelling holds fast to the land,
In governing holds fast to order,
In talking holds fast to truth,
In dealing holds fast to men,
In acting holds fast to opportunity,
In crafting holds fast to competence,
In feeling holds fast to the heart.
I dont know what my mum will think, so, I will sit on it for a while... I dont really know what my sisters will think either, so I might refrain from telling them until summer, when I am forced to wear short sleeve shirts! I think it's way cool though, and the fact that it means something to me, and is important to what I want to advocate, that's an added bonus!!!
I look forward to paople asking me what it means - and then I can tell them all about the way!!! Is it preaching if they ask??? hehe...
BAM!!!
