i dont understand that concept actually. why do people fear skulls? i have a tattoo of a skull and i love the shit out of it, i'm just always baffled at the reactions i get from people when they see that it is a skull. i've had a lot of comments like "wow, that's a beautiful tattoo!" and then 5 seconds later... "oh, it's a skull...." and they kinda shy away.
i understand that to most of the world, skulls represent death. ultimately though, i dont think death should be something that we fear that much, that a picture of a skull makes us uncomfortable.
what i dont understand though, is people say that one should not fear death, especially if "you know where you're going" (which i find obsurd, no one knows where they're going). but if someone fears a skull, does that mean they fear death? and if they fear a skull does that mean they fear themselves? because everyone has a skull.
i just dont understand. without our skulls, we would be nothing. our brains would flop around, we would have no shape to our faces, we would look like blobs with bodies.
the only thing i'm afraid of, is when i go to paraguay to see my family. they live in a very tight-knit, very mennonite (reserved and conservative) community and i know i will get a lot of comments like "why do you have the sign of the devil on your foot?" and "you need to repent, that's evil!!" and dumb shit like that. ultimately, i dont give a shit, it's my foot, i'm the one that has to have it on my body for the rest of my life. and i would have it no other way! (hopefully no one tries to scrape it off though!)
people dont even bother to ask what the meaning is behind it, they just say "ew skull. bad. begone satan!"
granted, i knew that there would be some controversy in it when i got my tattoo, so i'm not really complaining so much as just trying to wrap my head around the narrow closed-mindedness of this world.
i'm not gonna get a jesus tattoo or a bible verse tattoo, just because i know that if someone says "you have a tattoo. that's bad." i can be like "yeah but it's a cross. or yeah but it's this and this bible verse, so how can that be bad?"
ultimately, having a skull on my body does not change who i am. it does not make me a bad person. it actually inspires me every day to be a better person. and if anyone tries to tell me that that's wrong, i believe i have full rights to tell them to fuck right the hell off. am i right?
When I see a skull, it reminds me of the chemical hazard sign for poison :)
ReplyDeleteTattoos are a very personal thing --- like you said, you're the one that is wearing it so why should anyone else care? And if they make a fuss over it, you have every right to tell them to fuck off :)
- Marie Angela
I did not know you had a tattoo!
ReplyDeleteMy first tattoo is going to incorporate a skull into the design. Fact.
BEGONE SATAN!
manoj: yeah! it's a TB one! a skull with flowers and a banner underneath that says "20 Going On..." (of course, what else haha)
ReplyDeletewhere are you getting your tattoo?
we can both have the mark of the devil on us! bahaha
Well, some people think Skulls = Death = Baaaad, but they also think Hitler = Death = Baaaaaad. What they don't realize is that Hitler was a mean cook.
ReplyDeleteI know, my philosophy is so inspiring...