This tattoo was submitted by Haley.  It comes from Dr. Seuss’s very first children’s book from 1937, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.

This is on the inside of my right ankle, completed by Emily at Body Art Ink in Terre Haute, IN.  The first time I ever read to kids was when I was in high school for Read Across America.  I read this book, which my dad read to me as a kid, and the kids got so into the story.  Their enthusiasm and that experience solidified my decision to pursue a degree in teaching English.

(19 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)

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You may have noticed that things are a little different around here!  I’m finally able to dedicate a little more time to the site, and wanted to post about some of the changes:

• New look – Technically it’s the same look, but a little prettier.  Bigger images will soon start appearing in posts as well.
• New Bookstore - The Contrariwise Bookstore contains all of the books, poems, essays, and etc. that have been featured here.
• Updated RSS Feed – The feed has been fixed and will now display full posts and images instead of just excerpts!  If you unsubscribed due to that irritating problem, it’s all fixed.
• Tags – The tag cloud has been added to the navigation bar on the right so you can browse the site by authors, book titles, etc.

That’s it for now.  Happy spring, everyone!

(6 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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TJ Lefebvre submitted this tattoo:

My name’s TJ Lefebvre and I got this tattoo after quite a bit of thought and deliberation, (the quote stuck with me for two years before I had it permanently done) . It’s a quote from T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“, ‘do I dare to eat a peach?’.

The line of questioning has always intrigued and inspired me and, well, it speaks for itself. It’s placed on my wrist facing me, and anytime I’m at any task is a constant reminder of all I’m passionate about.

(20 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)

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This Hamlet tattoo was submitted by Joh.

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

- Hamlet, Act I, sc. iii

Joh, however, prefers another quote:

I have to say, I love Hamlet, I love Shakespeare in general, and I love the message of the whole speech.

Plus, the excellent Clueless reference cannot be ignored:

Heather: It’s just like Hamlet said, “To thine own self be true.”
Cher: Hamlet didn’t say that.
Heather: I think I remember Hamlet accurately.
Cher: Well, I remember Mel Gibson accurately, and he didn’t say that. That Polonius guy did.

(15 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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Molly Crabapple submitted this picture of her tattoo.  It reads “Audentes Fortuna Iuvat” (”Fortune Favors the Brave”) and comes from Book X, line 284 of The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil).

(20 votes, average: 3.95 out of 5)

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This tattoo of Dream from The Sandman is on Michael.

Everytime I hear “Tear In Your Hand” by Tori Amos that got a reference to Neil Gaiman:

“..if you need me, me and neil’ll be hangin’ out with the DREAM KING.

Neil says hi by the way”

I feel good to have Sandman on my body and in a way in my soul.

(16 votes, average: 2.56 out of 5)

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This is Jocke Berg, singer in the Swedish band Kent, with a tattoo of the Key to Hell from Season of Mists, volume 4 of The Sandman.

(10 votes, average: 4.10 out of 5)

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This tattoo of The Key to Hell was submitted by Favve.

I got this tattoo about two weeks ago. I started reading The Sandman like a year ago or so and I became a huge fan of Gaiman’s, I read every book that I can get. When I read Season of Mists, I thought about the Key to Hell as the perfect piece of art to be inked, it was perfect, with a deep meaning, related with Neil Gaiman and with a great design!

I got it to deal with changes, I’ve always been some sort of status quo person and changes in every sense affect me a lot. This tattoo have help me through my very own seasons of mists.

(19 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5)

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This tattoo was submitted by Preeti and is from Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, Volume 9: The Kindly Ones.

Gaiman’s a favorite of mine, and the quote just really struck me, I’ve got a bit of wanderlust and want desperately to see everything and live everywhere. Not to mention, Lucifer says it to Delirium and barring Dream, they’re my two favorite characters.

(32 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5)

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I’ve been working on a feature film in the middle of nowhere (I do stills), and of course the day I head into the land of no internet access, Neil Gaiman links to my site on his Twitter!

I am declaring the next 5 days “Neil Gaiman Week”.  I say 5 days because I am headed back to the land of no internet access in 20 minutes and I don’t have time for a full week’s worth of posts.

This one comes from Ula:

Here is a picture of my tattoo of Dream from Neil Gaiman’s “Fables & Reflections.”  This particular design is from the the story “Ramadan.”

(24 votes, average: 4.46 out of 5)

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