Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos » The Sandman

tempus frangit

Jen — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:43 +0000

This is Will’s tattoo:

This was my first tattoo, though I’ve been thinking about it for … well, a long time. The phrase comes from Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” series, from Delirium’s sundial and means “time is broken.” For me, it was always a play on having no sense of time, but realizing that memories are persistent beyond any real sense of time. I can remember what happened ten years ago better than I can what I did for lunch yesterday. I think most people are like that. Having it just above where most people wear a watch is just part of the joke.

Similar Posts:

Theme Week: Neil Gaiman, Day 5

Jen — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:00:24 +0000

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.

Similar Posts:

Theme Week: Neil Gaiman, Day 4

Jen — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:00:02 +0000

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.

Similar Posts:

Theme Week: Neil Gaiman, Day 3

Jen — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:00:19 +0000

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.

Similar Posts:

Theme Week: Neil Gaiman, Day 2

Jen — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:00:58 +0000

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.

Similar Posts:

Theme Week: Neil Gaiman, Day 1

Jen — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:21:49 +0000

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.”

Similar Posts:

Neil Gaiman

Jen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:00:23 +0000

“Sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”

- Neil Gaiman, The Sandman

(source)

Similar Posts: