akvilejaI turned 18 years old 9 days ago, so was finally able to get my first tattoo.
I got a blackbird in flight for two main reasons:
- A verse from a song that is important to me says “Hold your breath when a blackbird flies, count to seventeen and close your eyes, I’ll keep you safe tonight.” And for a long time I’ve had issues with feeling safe and protected, so my tattoo will be there to remind me that I will always have music.
- Two of my biggest inspirations fell in love to the song Blackbird by The Beatles, and I wish that one day I’ll find someone to love me the way they love each other.
As my first tattoo experience, it was really good and didn’t hurt in the least. It’s on the back of my left shoulder and was done by Lee @ Rebel Ink.
“This tremendous world I have inside of me. How to free myself, and this world, without tearing myself to pieces. And rather tear myself to a thousand pieces than be buried with this world within me.”— Franz Kafka
I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold on to each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. That’s how I think it is with us. It’s a shame, because we’ve loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can’t stay together forever.
“Keeping track of the time and the scenery, shifting gears in my mind like machinery” - Skylark Interabang!? by Made In Heights
Micron pen, watercolour and opaque white pen. Independent project for Visual Arts VG1.
