Comments on: Birdcage

By: MackDCamp

MackDCamp — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:23:43 +0000

Also, Andy, I just reread your narrative about the tattoo and was blown away when you mentioned Slapstick. I got the daffodil added to my birdcage based on Slapstick. Nice to know someone else is as nuts about KVJ as me.

By: MackDCamp

MackDCamp — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:21:21 +0000

I have the same birdcage (modified slightly for spacing reasons and the addition of a daffodil emerging from the cage) and have never had people ask about a fire hydrant. I personally, had never even seen the resemblance. But I agree with Bert… The tattoo is for you and about you…. If people don’t like it they can decide not to get it put on their body.

My mother hates my Vonnegut tattoo saying it’s stupid to ‘destroy my body’ with a tattoo based on books written by ‘a crazy man’ and every time I have to remind myself that tattoo’s are in extrinsic expression of an intrinsic life motif. No explanation needed

By: bert9

bert9 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:08:02 +0000

I have that exact tattoo on my the right side of my rib cage and it seems you had an equally gifted tattoo artist do yours. Ours as close to perfect as any can get.

With that said, almost everyone that I’ve shown it to asks if it’s a fire hydrant, but they ask in earnest. It doesn’t seem like those comments bother you, but in case they ever do just remember 2 things.

1) No matter what people think it looks like, you know, I know, and any Kurt Vonnegut fan knows that’s EXACTLY what he drew. It even looks like HE tattooed you. And…

2) The meaning you get from it far outweighs any stupid comments.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:13:55 +0000

I’m actually the second guy on here with a Kurt Vonnegut tattoo and a Streetlight shirt, haha. Somebody got Edgar Derby’s tombstone on their arm in pretty much the same place I have my birdcage.

By: jakob

jakob — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:47:03 +0000

STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO!!!
nice shirt…i think i’m going to get some streetlight manifesto lyrics tattoo =

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:17:40 +0000

I have actually been told a few times that it looks like a fire hydrant, but only one person (a rather vindictive, permanently annoyed guy I worked with on a blue collar summer job) has ever insisted that it looked more like a fire hydrant than anything else. Everybody else who says anything to that effect is either joking or adding it in as an after thought.

Sorry this response is so late, by the way. I had been checking the blog for weeks and had figured that my submission simply hadn’t been accepted.

By: Ally

Ally — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:17:50 +0000

I love it. Question, though: do people ever ask you about the fire hydrant on your arm? It looks a bit like a fire hydrant, though that’s no fault of yours–just Vonnegut’s drawing skills.

Please don’t take that as a criticism of the tattoo…I do love it, and I think it’s wonderful, and kudos on expressing your love for Vonnegut without a sphincter or “so it goes.” I’m honestly just curious if you ever get that reaction.