Art on my skin....

I love art. Adore it with every fiber of my being. I once spent over 6 hours oblivious to the world in a tiny Dali exhibit, just because I couldn't tear myself away. Needless to say, my boyfriend at the time never went to a museum with me again, lol.

Now, for an art lover, what could be better than art on your skin?? Art that you can take ANYWHERE with you? All the time?!? And show people you want?? Well, to me it sounds like a happy and wonderful idea.

Here's the problem: I'm intensely thoughtful and ofttimes mercurial. I want it to mean something, I'd like to also be able to see at least my first one whenever I want, but I need it to be appropriate for the conservative corporate world also.

My favorite places for one on my body: Wrists, below the breast or on the ribs, collarbone, hipbone, back (between the shoulder blades), feet, and ankles. In that order. So I think I'll have to let the artist decide based on what idea I go with. I'm petite with a small chest, but an hourglass shape.

My favorite ideas:
- Abstract flowing lines, asymmetrically placed on only one side of my torso, beginning on the side of my breast and curling around the lower half of it to flow down my side to my hipbone
- Words. I love words so much. First I'd have to pick what they say...
Defy your Fear (my own personal motto for years now, I really try to do this in my life as much as I can, I wish I could get this on the inside of my wrist!!! In fact I could save this one for when I am established in my career and can get one there....)
Or maybe: "These violent delights have violent ends" - Romeo and Juliet (though not my favorite Shakespearian play....)
Maybe even something Lewis Carroll, I don't know.....
- Artistic rendering of a Compass Rose (you know, the directional thingie on a map). I'd like it to be twisty, like tree branches, or something a little abstract, and then have the N line be a paintbrush. If I did this somewhere on it could be a blotch that is actually a kitty paw for my darling that died last year.

I'm not sure how involved I want my first one to be, or how personal. Plus which one I get affects where it goes.... Check out the placement of these deviantART tats:
Below breast
Ribs
Collarbone
Hipbone

Just some food for thought, I'm getting more and more serious about doing this. Maybe for my birthday in a month or so and I wanted to record my current thoughts about it somewhere for later review. So here they are!!! I'd likely go semi-far from home to have it done by an artist I had recommended to me that works at a great shop: 13 roses tattoo!