So, I am planning to have the line in this image (it’s from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
by Lawrence Sterne) tattooed somewhere on my person, and I had pretty much settled on the inside of my wrist. (Except that it will be much crisper — this is a lousy scan I found.) Seems that this is the appropriate place for literary tattoos.
Except my wrists are very narrow, and I’m not sure this image could be tattooed to fit on it without risking too much bleeding as I get old and decrepit — it would have to be two inches across or less. I might have to change the orientation of the line. I need to consult with a tattoo artist.
I have decided that this image is fit to have permanently on my body because I have have wanted it as a tattoo for more than five years. That was my benchmark. Seriously, I am wary about my own whims. If I had gotten some of my earlier ideas for tattoos… oh dear.
I still like voodoo veves, too, but that seems like cultural appropriation.
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