It's February 1, which means we are only two months away from the start of a new edition of The Tattooed Poets Project, and I have begun assembling the first posts for this annual extravaganza.What better way to acknowledge [...]
Showing posts with label Literary Tattoos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literary Tattoos. Show all posts
Rilke On the Flesh
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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The Tattoosday Book Review: The Word Made Flesh
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, December 16, 2010
If you're looking for an awesome gift for an ink-loving special someone this holiday season, and you can't afford a budget-buster like Marisa Kakoulas' Black & Grey Tattoo, I'd strongly recommend The Word Made Flesh: [...]
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Jack Kerouac Back
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, August 12, 2010
This is an orphan post, what I refer to as a photo with no real story attached to it, as the individual who let me take the photo, never e-mailed me with any further details.I shot the picture at the end of the Brooklyn [...]
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Kat's Mucha Tattoo, With a Twist of Lemony Snicket
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, June 16, 2010
At 31st Street and 7th Avenue, I stopped Kat to ask about her ink.She was happy to see me and had been wondering, having previously read Tattoosday and knowing she worked in the same area as I did, if our paths would ever [...]
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Cenk's Skeleton Tattoo Pays Homage to Yukio Mishima and St. Sebastian
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, September 17, 2009
I met Cenk where I meet so many Tattoosday volunteers, outside of Penn Station on the plaza adjacent to Madison Square Garden.He shared this, one of his four tattoos:This is an interpretation of the depiction of St. Sebastian, [...]
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Alexandra's Tattoo Asks "Whoooo ... Are ... You?"
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, September 16, 2009
I was walking through Penn Statiom in late August, when I stopped dead in my tracks after spotting this tattoo on the upper right section of Alexandra's back:Tattoos are interesting to me, to begin with, but when they illustrate [...]
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Call for Submissions - Literary Tattoos
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, July 26, 2009
THE REST IS SILENCE:Literary Tattoos from Bookworms WorldwideEdited by Eva Talmadge and Justin TaylorCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! We are seeking high quality photographs of your literary tattoos for an upcoming book. Send us your ink! Submissions are open to [...]
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High Culture Vs. Low Culture: Two of Sam's Tattoos
Posted by Unknown on Friday, July 24, 2009
Sam has seven tattoos, but it was this one that first caught my eye:Yes, that is an exclamation point (!) on the back of her neck and head, inked by Mony at Body Graphics Tattoo in Philadelphia.So why an exclamation point? [...]
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