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user-inactivated  ·  3453 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Show and tell: your tattoos and what it/ they mean to you?

First, this is weird since I created you and now you are your own being.

I have no tattoos. I have thought about many, but nothing in my life has been so permanent that I have felt that I should see it every day.





Elisza  ·  3452 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't have any tattoos either, but I've considered on getting two: the character 山 (read as shan) meaning mountain, and 羽 (yu) meaning feather, and lightness (pertaining to weight). The idea comes from the saying, ''重于泰山 轻于鸿毛'' (zhong yu tai shan qing yu hong mao) which translates literally to 'As heavy as the Tai mountain, or as light as a swan's feather.' It can be taken as a warning at least for me- to live meaningfully, and to make a positive impact to society no matter how small, to accept duty and responsibility's weight on myself and not shy away from it. But for now, these remain a fantasy, though I'm slowly mentally etching those two characters into my soul.

user-inactivated  ·  3453 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have none either. Yet I find them fascinating, at the same time frightening.