This is Dominick’s tattoo.
Simply the word “integrity.” I wanted it to be phonetically spelled because of my extreme passion for words.
In college when I learned or came along new words, it excited me to look them up. The word “integrity” comes from my interpretation in a line from “The Great Gatsby
” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, my favorite author. Nick Carraway is making an assessment of himself as a man in chapter 3. He thinks:
“Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”
That quote in the book stands out for me every time i read it. Fitzgerald once said, “You can stroke people with words.” I believe it.
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Wow, cool tattoo (not to diminish your scar – I myself have an 8 inch scar on me and it has no issues whatsoever sharing my skin with a tattoo, hope yours does the same =D)! Simple and special at the same time.
Also the idea of stroking people with words is definitely something that speaks to me.
awesome tattoo. love the story behind it. never read the great gatsby (gasp!) but your tattoo is still cool :)
I think this is an awesome tattoo.
I was thinking about getting the word ‘honesty’ tattooed on my wrist with the same break down of the the word like you have and was just courious, since you love grammar, as to why the there is a different marking between the ‘teg’ and ‘ri’. And if there would be one in the word “honesty” lmao
the ” ` ” is the mark to denote an accented syllable. in “honesty” it would be on the first syllable.