so i got new tattoos last week. it was perfect timing and i had been wanting these for something like 2 yrs now. it has a lot to do with what i post here constantly. people ask what the motives are or what it means... well, along with my belief that every art, for it to be good, has to have a concept, intentional or not, the tattoos have a lot of meanings to me.
trust and faith, in life, that things will be okay. all's well that ends well. i had lost those two and recently regained them in full force and now realize that those, to me, are essential in life. i have to do things, sometimes, without having a guarantee or a control of the end results. i have to just believe that it's worth it and that through thick and thin, no matter what, it will be okay in the end. it's a liberating magical feeling that i can just keep on trucking and when hard times hit, it's ok. it'll turn out ok in the end. the tattoos are reminders for me (in my own handwriting) so i never forget that. or as my brother would say, so i'll always remember.
also, funny irony, i tend to jump into people, poetic license to adapt the expression jump into things, too deep too fast. i trust people too easily. i have faith in people right away and am willing to give myself too much. so there's the second reason for the placement of the tattoos: achilles' heel.
funny... hard time trusting and having faith in life, but too easy with trust and faith in people. well, there's a thought for your sunday...
CURRENTLY READING:
~ harvard business review on managing yourself (tks duro!)
CURRENTLY ON IPOD:
~ boa sorte by vanessa da mata
