Tuesday, January 5, 2010

New Weekley - TATTOO TUESDAYS!!

Happy Tuesday Marauders! Hey there literary lovers!! Padfoot and Prongs here with a new way to help add to one of our resolutions...post more. With that attitude in mine we have decided to hop on the bandwagon of one of our favorite bloggers and bring to your viewing pleasure a new weekly! That's right from now on make sure to stop by every tuesday to see our new feature Tattoo Tuesdays hosted by our good friend Tara from 25hourbooks.
Tattoo Tuesday is pretty straightforward. Every Tuesday we will be combining our lover of literature as well as (tasteful) tattoo's that reference various literary works. What could be better?! For our very FIRST episode of this meme we will be featuring not only one of our favorite literary tattoos, but one of our favorite literary bloggers. You probably could have guessed it but what better way to kick off this feature than to highlight the founder!!

""Are you saying that I can fly?"
"I am saying that you can be free."

Tara's first literary tattoo comes from one our all time favorite works: Jonathan Livingston Seagull. For those of you who haven't read this feel free to check out our review and learn about this amazing work of fiction for yourself. It is an empowering story about having the strength to stand for your own beliefs as well as be comfortable in your own skin (or feathers?)
"Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach has been one of my favorite books since I was young. It teaches us the importance of following your dreams and how hard you may have to work to reach them. That failure is only a chance to learn. And maybe most importantly, that no matter how outcast or alone you may feel... there are others out there like you and you just have to find them."
Her next tattoo:

"One of my tattoos is the word "river" in Japanese. I read Siddhartha and LOVED it. The quote "The river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth...in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere, and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future..." really stuck with me. Originally I was going to get the word "river" but when I saw this symbol for it I had to have it. I love the concept of no "Past Tara" or "Future Tara". It's just me in the now."
And finally for you grammar lovers out there Tara sports a selction of punctuation tattoos that is sure to make any book nerds heart do a little pitter patter. Tara had to say:

"Getting my semicolon tattoo the day before National Punctuation Day was a complete coincidence, but it makes for a good title :) I got it on the bottom inside of my left pointer finger in dark brown. I LOVE it! I consider (them) a symbol of my love for reading and writing and I just love how it looks :) " -- So do we!

Alright folks!! Hope you enjoyed this first installment of Tattoo Tuesdays! Make sure to check back next and every Tuesday from here on out for some more literary loving via tattoos! If you have one you would like to submit drop us an e-mail at pnpprinting1@gmail.com!

16 comments:

  1. Ohhh too cool!! I'm going to do get one, sounds so fun! Now, what will I get??

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  2. Glad to hear you feel inspired! I have a quote from the poem 'Invictus' on my wrist, and plan to get many more!!!

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  3. I don't have a literary tattoo just yet, but I'm planning on getting one upon the completion of my library science degree this August :)As of now, it will be an open book on the inside of my ankle/foot...

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  4. I'm so excited you guys are doing this with me! The more literary tattoos to look at the better! (Also thank you for featuring me and saying such sweet things! LOVE you guys!!)

    Tara SG
    25 Hour Books

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  5. Cool feature! It will give me ideas if I ever get a (henna) tattoo.

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  6. @everyone Thanks so much glad to hear you are all enjoying the new weekly. Jenners I would loveeee to see you with a henna tattoo haha. My sister used to be a henna tattoo artist and she gave me the 'Dark mark' when the 5th harry potter movie came out ;P

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  7. I love the idea! Can't wait for the next tattoo tuesday.. and happy blogiversary (or something) to you guys!

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  8. Those seagulls are awesome...

    Here are my tattoos - Ginsberg and Hunter Thompson: http://rodneymunch.blogspot.com/2009/09/ginsberg-hst-now-in-skin-format.html

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  9. @ Young -- Thanks so much glad you enjoy the feature! We are thinking long and hard about which tattoo to feature next. So many kick ass ones out there.

    @ Korean - I have seen yours before and loveeee them. If you wouldn't mind we would love to feature you in the future.

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  10. I love this feature, and those tattoo's are awesome. Looking forward to seeing more.

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  11. Thanks so much for the compliment! We have had a ton of offers to share tattoos and we can't wait to get some sort of schedule going.

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  12. Jonathan Livingston Seagull is one of my very favorite books as is Siddhartha! I discovered JLS this past year and after I read it went out and got a copy for my best friend and he also said it's one of his favs. I too have a literary tattoo. I have pg.244 tattooed on my thumb in reference to a page out of Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins. Actually just a paragraph on that page but it was one of those light bulb moments for me.

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  13. That is wonderful to hear!! I love tattoos that only the possessor can understand. Makes it so much more personal. As soon as we get around to making a schedule we will be sure to contact you if you would like to have your tattoo featured one week.

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  14. I love the semicolon... Great idea, girls! Looking forward to reading more about those!

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  15. This is pretty cool. I look forward to next Tuesday's tattoos.

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  16. @ Julie - Right?! If I ever got a punctuation mark it would probably be the interrobang. Maybe one day...

    @Rebecca - Thanks so much!! It's all thanks to Tara, make sure to check out hers every Tuesday as well for more literary lovin.

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