My tattoo is biographical
Greetings 😊 this weekend @galenkp from the Weekend Experiences community invites us to share our tattoos with their meaning, but I only have one so I'll tell you a little about this one, honestly the reasons why I don't have more tattoos is because they are expensive, because as a single mother in Venezuela it does not seem logical to me to spend money on a tattoo while I have a limited budget to support my family, my income depends on this platform so although I trust the platform I have my priorities clear, without However, I did this tattoo in 2019 thanks to the good prices of a tattoo artist friend who was planning to leave the country at that time, so I didn't want him to leave without first having one of his works of art on my body, the The second reason why I haven't got a tattoo again is a bit silly, because I realized that my body is small 😅, when I got the tattoo I gave the tattoo artist some measurements, but when he measured my arm he told me that that size wasn't it was the right one, my forearm is thin and I expected to have a big but proportionate tattoo, I realized that even my legs are thin so I don't feel comfortable with its size, if I ever get a tattoo again I think I will have I have to exercise to increase the size of my body because I like how tattoos look on legs and big arms 😁 so as long as I still have so little muscle mass the tattoos would not look good, although my complexes may disperse a bit if I had enough money to do it without sacrificing my family budget.
My tattoo, as you can see, is an owl whose body is a ball of knitting yarn, the owl's legs hold knitting needles and the head of the needles are two skulls, it is a tattoo only with black ink, with an illustration-type design made with a single 3rl needle if I'm not mistaken it's a little over 4 years old. The meaning of the owl is very important to me, owls from Greek mythology are associated with wisdom so it is common to see owls as an image used for graduations, yesterday was the ninth anniversary of my dad's death, He always told me that he would study hard, that education was the best thing he could have in life, he didn't have the opportunity to study but he was a great luthier, he didn't buy me luxuries but he always ensured that I paid for my studies until his body allowed it, I remember that when my sister a little older than me graduated from primary school, they gave her a cute ceramic owl that had a mortarboard and a graduation diploma, that image was engraved in my head, since then they began to like owls, I took care of being a good student and when I finished my first university degree I enrolled in another degree, during the second degree my father died leaving a great void in my life, he was very old and could not enjoy to see me graduated, it just so happens that the emblematic image of the second university where I graduated is an owl, so the owl represents my love for teaching, for study, for knowledge and also to thank for my dad's wise teachings .
I wanted the body of the owl to be a ball of yarn and it would rest on two knitting needles because it is in this art where I feel most fulfilled, I learned to knit approximately 23 years ago, but I never imagined that this was what I It would save my life, thanks to my art I was able to pay for my studies, I was able to start publishing on this platform and support my son, I was able to take this activity as part of my artistic language, my final degree work for the degree in arts was a woven work of art made with two needles, so the art of knitting with needles will always be part of my life, in addition to allowing me to connect with my blood and my paternal heritage, because my father, although he did not knit, was a craftsman and luthier, that is to say the artistic vein comes from his side and I feel that he still lives deep inside my being.
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It is a beautiful tattoo @irenenavarroart and its meaning is making it much more beautiful, great choice! 🙂
Thank you 🤗
Well I love your tattoo, I have always thought that you have to have a lot of confidence to mark the hair. Yours has an incredible connection with you and that's why I like it.
It also looks nice, I hope that when you can do another one, you can adjust the measurements to your proportions. greetings 🤗🤗
Thank you very much for your nice comment, I hope if one day I have another tattoo it will be as important and significant as the first one. Hugs 🤗
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I loved reading your story dear Irene, @irenenavarroart , and that you let us know the great meaning in your life of that tattoo.
I didn't imagine that thin bodies were difficult for tattoos. Your mother is also thin so you may not gain much muscle mass, I don't know what the limit would be for you to feel satisfied with your tattoo.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. A big hug from Maracay.
Small bodies are not difficult to tattoo, what happens is that the tattoos must be small to adapt to the area of the body, I like large tattoos but I have very skinny legs for example 😄
Thanks for the support and comment
Hugs
Ah, ok. Happy evening dear friend.
@irenenavarroart, I have to say that that is a beautiful tattoo. I agree with you, I want more tattoos but living in Venezuela without a good salary it is almost impossible. Priorities are food and personal products. Hard to spend money in luxuries.
The story behind it is very heartfelt. <3
Thank you very much, it's as you say there are more important things for now, having your feet on the ground but without denying yourself the possibilities. Hugs