Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos » Ulysses http://www.contrariwise.org Tattoos from books, poetry, music, and other sources. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 see hear feel http://www.contrariwise.org/2010/02/12/see-hear-feel/ http://www.contrariwise.org/2010/02/12/see-hear-feel/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:36 +0000 Jen http://www.contrariwise.org/?p=1261

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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“…I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.”

- Molly Bloom in Ulysses by James Joyce

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