Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos
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This belongs to Amanda.
This final sentence-fragment, featured on the last, image-less page of Where the Wild Things Are
, is a meaningful touchstone for me, as a mother, because of its simple message about the steadfast nature of parental love.
Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye
and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day
and into the night of his very own room, where he found his supper waiting for himand it was still hot.
This is Jessica’s tattoo. It was done by by Dave Kruseman at Forever Yours Tattoo in Atlanta.
“Let the wild rumpus start!”
– Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are comes out today!
Is this your Where the Wild Things Are tattoo?
Photos (1, 2, 3) by p22earl; republished under a Creative Commons license.
Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are comes out on October 16th!
This is Peder’s Where the Wild Things Are tattoo.
Photo by Niklas; republished under a Creative Commons license.
Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are comes out on October 16th!
This Where the Wild Things Are tattoo is on a stranger! E-mail me if this is yours.
Photo by love not fear; republished under a Creative Commons license.
Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are comes out on October 16th!
This is Miss Grace‘s tattoo of one of the Wild Rumpus scenes from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak:
I’ve wanted this tattoo for almost a decade. My favorite book as a child, my son’s favorite book now. I am a children’s services librarian by training (although sadly not by trade – I’m currently in a bookstore), and I wrote extensively on the work of Maurice Sendak, and specifically Where the Wild Things Are, in conjunction with earning my master’s degree. I’m going to have have it colored true to the original illustration. Tattooist is George Campise.
Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are comes out on October 16th!
This is Alex’s Where the Wild Things Are tattoo.