Submitted by CCSM:
“I must learn to love the fool in me – the one who feels too much, talks to much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laught and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.”
- From Love me, love my fool: Thoughts from a psychoanalyst’s notebook
(89 votes, average: 4.02 out of 5)
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five stars. this is like a meta-meta-tattoo, a commentary about getting or not-getting tattooed and a “self-commentary” by the tattoo. number 1 reason I don’t have a tattoo is simple fear of pain (“the one who feels too much,” “gets hurt”); number 2 is that I’m a creature of habit and take few chances (“takes too many chances”); number 3 is fear of the artist’s hand slipping (or in this case the artist or myself misspelling a word, “wins sometimes and loses often,” “hurts and gets hurt”); number 4 is that I’m a control freak when it comes to controlling my pain levels (“lacks self-control,” also see 1 above); number 5 is that I change my mind a lot, loving something (let’s say a tattoo design or a lover or an author) one moment and hating it/him/her the next (“loves and hates”); number 6 is that other people are equally capricious (“gets hurt”); number 7 is that I promised ma I wouldn’t get one (either way, “promises and breaks promises”); number 8 is that I’m a crybaby (“cries,” see 1 & 4 above). Having said all this (“talks too much,” and I could keep going), your tattoo has taught me that I need to get a goddamn tattoo (and a psychoanalyst!). Thank you.
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That is the most beautiful quote I have ever read. It almost brought me to tears. I understand the sentiments in it exactly. To have that on your body is so lovely. Your tattoo made my day. Thank you.
Nice… I’d jizz on it…