Mar 25, 2009 01:15
I'm getting my second tattoo in the next week or so, but I'm struggling with the placement. I know, I know... everyone seems to have this problem. My first tattoo, a small, colorful bird, was purely aesthetic. The one I'm planning out now is a line from my favorite book. I'm sure everyone knows it. Ha.
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”
Obviously from Kerouac's On The Road.
I want to shorten the quote to:
burn, burn, burn
like roman candles
exploding across the stars.
The font will definitely be "My Underwood" because the original scroll was written on an old Underwood typewriter. So... placement ideas? I like the idea of having it on my back, in the center, slightly lower than my bra. Or my side... (I have a bird on one side, I know how much the ribs hurt.) I kind of want the tattoo hidden under street clothes, but visible in my bathing suit or underwear.
Help?