Feb 12

see hear feel

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This is Sarah’s tattoo:

I fell in love with Ulysses by James Joyce when I was in college studying literature, identifying with the bumbling, conflicted Leopold Bloom.

When my life was recently turned upside down by heartache, I was reminded of this line from the “Hades” chapter, spoken by Bloom: “Plenty to see and hear and feel yet.”

I modified the line to bring out the main points, and had it done in white ink on the inside of my wrist. Most artists don’t like to do white ink tattoos, but I wanted this tattoo to be for me and not immediately visible to anyone else. It’s my daily reminder that no matter what unexpected turns that life can take, there’s always something new around the corner.

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Suzanne M - 12 Feb 10 at 13:39:11

This is awesome. I, too, fell in love with Ulysses in college. Great tattoo concept, really interesting execution.

cait - 12 Feb 10 at 19:02:47

love this! it looks awesome. love the sentiment and the font. i love how it looks (or maybe is?) slightly raised

karen - 12 Feb 10 at 23:10:40

love the white ink. love it.

Mary-Kathryn - 13 Feb 10 at 17:58:16

This is beautiful and I love the intimacy of it with the white ink!

Marz - 15 Feb 10 at 22:57:03

what font is it? It is beautiful. I love love love white ink, even if tattoo artist don’t.

Sarah - 16 Feb 10 at 14:06:23

Thanks for all the love, everyone. And thanks, Jen, for posting my tattoo.

Marz – my tattoo artist wrote this out herself, so it’s not a font.

trixie - 13 Mar 10 at 21:18:23

My skin color is that of a chinese, I’m wondering if I get a tattoo with a white ink, will it still be visible? thanks!

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marta - 06 Jul 10 at 13:22:04

i LOOOVE it!
i too want to get a white tat on my inner wrist…
can you pleeease post a pic in color so that i can see exactly how it looks?

beautiful!!!

eli whitney - 30 Jul 10 at 13:54:12

how is the white ink doing/how long have you had this? i would like to get something done in white ink as well but wanted to know how it holds up. i also like the concept of having something close to you that you can read but that others don’t need to necessarily see

annie - 13 Oct 10 at 12:51:26

Wow! Awesome. Never saw anything like it.

erica - 09 Nov 11 at 21:18:56

I love this, and I want a white ink tattoo but everybody is telling me artists won’t do it. I WANT IT and LOVE yours!