Tattoo and Piercing Pics

he screamed like a little girl!!!!!, j/k he took it like a true warrior.

 

my pics are a bit big to stick in the thread and too many to resize. don't have all the piercing pics up just yet. 14 piercings> labret, 0ga and 10ga each ear, 2 navel, left nostril, tongue, both nipples, apadravya, frenum, and a prince albert

 

my birdie. i traced a McKays Bunting out of my birds of north america book, then modiefied it to suit me, and I finally felt satisfied. I love all birds, equally (but pengys, theyre up there...), and this little birdie shows my love for the little cheepychirpies. cost 84.00 @ lucky devil, by tattoo artist jenn .

 

I really like the dove.

 

Your tatoo is lovely Shine, and is similar in style to mine.
Don't have any pics to post as yet, but mine is an Irish (Celtic) cross, and is over my heart in a similar place to your bird. Like yours too, it is unelaborate; basic black lines.
When Saint Patrick made it to the Emerald Isle he was shocked to find the place brimfull of Celts (pagans) that worshiped Lugh, Irish God of the Sun. And there wasn't a Christian to be seen! But instead of doing the usual Christian thing where they beat the original race into submission (like Cortez did to the Aztecs), Patrick was a pretty nice guy. Instead of persecuting the Irish natives he got along with them very well and as a sign of respect merged the cross of the Christian crucifix with a circle representing the sun that was worshiped by the Celts. And so the Irish/Celtic cross was born! In the light of its history, I have always seen it as a symbol of unity and tolerance for different cultures.
Rock!

 

i'm glad you see it as symbol of unity and tolerance for different cultures thats a really beautiful thing. not trying to sound negative, but i think you need to dig a bit deeper into your history on st patrick dude, sounds like you got your info from a children's sunday school book. the merging of symbols you mention came after st patrick had murdered, raped and destroyed everything pagan he and his army could, part of what makes him such a "saint" in chrisitan eyes and definitely in true heavy-handed xtian spirit. what a way to spread their beliefs of love, peace and salvation. if people really knew what st patty did, they wouldn't be so willing to party it up on st patty's day, especially if they're pagan. it took them a while to realize they should try to convert pagans instead of killing them, dead folks can't contribute to the collection plate. the merging of the symbols is similar to the situation when a bishop had the druid's sacred oak cut down in the town square and quickly had an evergreen tree planted and claimed it was all to symbolize a new beginning and unity. actually it was to keep his head connected to his neck. if these xtians are so loving and tolerant of others, why is it that they just recently decided to lay down their arms and stop killing each other in ireland. is it because they have muslims to fight now or is it because they designing a new cross to symbolize pagan/xtian/muslim unity? i am by no means bashing anyone's beliefs or religion, we all have had our difficulties. and every belief has some fluff bunny crap involved with it. sorry if i pissed anyone off, that's definitely not my intention. i'm just trying to keep the history straight. st patrick is the same to informed pagans as what hitler is to jews and xtians, he actually killed more xtians, something else history hides. you don't see anyone partying it up for saint hitler's day do you?

now back to the ink and holes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more ink! more piercings!

 

Wow, interesting reply my man! Didn't mean to hit a nerve there, especially as you are possibly pagan yourself? No offence intended. Though my comments were simplistic, there are, as you probably know, tricky areas in your own comments. We seem to be either side of a supposedly black and white issue, which isn't black or white by any means given what we currently know about Patrick, that being fairly little. For my part I guess I made it seem too white, so apologies. I was really just talking about my tattoo man, that was about the scope of it...

Well, first off I'd better reply to your response to my following spiel:
"instead of doing the usual Christian thing where they beat the original race into submission (like Cortez did to the Aztecs), Patrick was a pretty nice guy."

Maybe this does sound like a kid from Sunday School, not that I ever went to Sunday school in my life. But what we actually, SPECIFICALLY know about Patrick is very hazy. There is a lot of conjecture and, as a good example, whilst most of the Irish take Patrick as an admirable Irishman, many hardcore Welsh take him as a great Welshman. My point is that we don't even know for certain that Patrick, renowned Irishman, was even Irish, let alone certain other more specific details. We certainly have absolutely NO evidence that he "murdered" and "raped" people, as you wrongly claim above.

How do we negotiate all the drivel, dodgyness, murkyness surrounding his history? Without becoming a specialist it's very hard to get to the heart of it, but there is a way to get to know him to an extent as a real man, and that is to read his own writings. Here you will come as near to being face to face with him as is humanly possible. The first striking thing about his writings is that they are very beautiful and lyrical. Moreover, they're down-to-earth, unpretentious, and he often humbles himself and puts himself down, especially where his use of language, his writing skills, and his general intelligence are concerned. Nor does he speak hatefully of his fellow man, pagan or otherwise, and he rarely says anything at all that wouldn't accord with the whole vibe of Hippie ideologies. I'm not a Christian and have no religion to support, I'm just being objective here. I admire his pacifistic ideas.

A murky point in lieu of your pagan comments can be found in his "confessio", or autobiographical Confessions, where Paddy claims that he "brought religion" to Ireland, which implies that whatever was there when he arrived was not seen as worthy of being called a 'religion'. Obviously, this betrays arrogance and disrespect for the Celts on one level. But at no point does he show hate, loathing, or any of the repulsive Nazi leanings that you have sadly and unnecessarily tagged on to him in your post above. If you want to check this book yourself, the most concrete historical document relating to Saint P, I'd recommend the translation by Sir Samuel Ferguson, a famous poet and scholar from olden-day Belfast.

I didn't realize that certain quarters of the pagan community had such a hateful dislike for Paddy; as a counter-balance, the Catholic Church have a real love for him and support him to the nines as being a great example of the non-violent, humble Christian devotee. Being neither Pagan or Christian, I take neither side and just think he's a good guy!

As far as the stuff like the following comment goes, I'm afraid to say it's of no relevance and only serves to insult the person you're talking to, especially as this had been only a casual chat about tattoos:
"why is it that they just recently decided to lay down their arms and stop killing each other in ireland"
You maybe have some kind of political axe to grind, but I've no interest in what it might be. Not trying to be rude, just being honest.

You seem to be way more clued-in on symbolism than me. As regards the Celtic cross then, I know, of course, that there are loadsa interpretations of its symbology. I was explaining what my tattoo symbolises to me, which is something beautiful. It may mean something else to you, something negative, which is a shame; but since it isn't attached to you things have worked out well. You also no doubt know that the interpretation of the Irish Cross's crucifix and circle motif as a union of pagan/Christian synchronisity in Ireland is very common.

Anyway, it's the middle of the night in Ireland and my brain hurts! And in fairness Astro, I could do with learning a lot more about history, so you're probably nudging me in a good direction.
Cheers, Fiddler

 

didn't hit a nerve, just providing a different viewpoint, with information provided by a tribal member who is a world religion student, working on a degree in religious anthropology. yes i'm pagan, as you can tell. i follow my native american heritage (attakapa-ishak, cherokee and choctaw). i'm a member of a multi-faith famlial tribe and was standing up for my brothers and sisters belief's, as they do for mine. most of my tribe follows an animistic path similar to witchcraft. i'll try to get some documented sources on this subject. i'm all for comparing info to learn and help everyone find some middle ground. as to the hitler reference, anyone who commits genocide of anyone is all the same to me. but even hitler had his good kharma, he put the volkswagen into production, yay for the hippies! it would be nice to find out st patty is the humble, accepting man you've read about. anything is possible, and often it's hard to get history straight due to influences in the past who worked very hard to hide the ugly and/or beautiful things from teh world's past.
peace and blessings to everyone! now show me some ink and holes, if you ain't got any, go get some and take a friggen picture!

 

I love your bird, nice and simple.

 

No sweat Astro. Didn't realize at the time my reply was going to be so super-huge! I love Native American culture and spent a lot of time learning from the people involved in getting the Prophetstown project (www.prophetstown.org/) off the ground in and around 1999/2000. I was working most closely with Miami tribal members and really learned a lot.
Anyhooo, back to tattoos........

 

Ok here is my Tat. I always wanted a tattoo but wanted to make sure I decided on the right "symbol" that represented me for who I'd like to think I am.

The reason for this tattoo is it is humorous but straight forward at the same time. If you laugh when you see it for the first time then you get it, if you don't laugh and are disgussed by it then it did what I hoped it would do, shock you.

Like me I think I am a funny person but I won't put up with bullshit or fake wannabe type individuals. You got something to say, say it and mean it. I am sick of people who worry more about what others think or what others think about them. People spend too much time trying to please one another and forget that they are individuals and should act as such. Be funny, be straight forward, just be yourself and those who accept you for what you are will always be your friend, the rest are just living mannequins walking the earth like zombies never knowing where they are going and how they got there.

 

i must say, it definately is different. I definately agree with the zombie thing you mentioned too. Keep getting inked. That's all I have to say. it's the only way of life - Live free and be yourself.

 

I'm getting this as a chest piece when I get the funds/a hookup.
achertonia styx medusa or death's head sphinx moth.
the "death's head" will be more defined as a skull though.

 

that's PERFECT! I love it.

 

septumm....I am stretching my septum in pretty much the worst possible way- putting more and more rings through the same hole.They aren't even the right kind of ring, they're jump rings like for making jewlery. I have 5 through there so far plus a 14g cbr thingy. I love the feeling of stretching this piercing. Does anyone know how bad of an idea it is to be doing it this way? Could this weird kind of cheap metal be really bad and cause an infection? It hasn't so far in the 3 or so months I've been stretching it. I'm too poor to buy a bunch of body jewlery, I just steal little packs of these things heh.

 

It could definitely cause infections...

Be really careful what you put in your body, mama.

 

I can't take a picture of my tatt, when I try it just comes out like a black blob, I jsut can't twist myself into quite the right position to get it! Its on my lower back, almost on my arse - maybe I will ask my flatmate to take a picture of it later!

Anyway its the Celtic Knot of Eternity - there was a picture earlier of someone that had one on their wrist, but they said that theirs was a buddist symbol, I always thought it was Celtic, who knows? Anyway, I understood it to mean that nothing ever really ends, I had a nervous break down in my early 20s and got the tatt soon after that as a reminder to myself that life goes on and I can get through anything!

I also have my nose pierced, both ears - but just normal (however I don't recommend piercing your own ears with nothing but a block of ice and a stud! Takes a long time to heal!!) and I used to have the cartlidge on my left ear pierced, but I got the shits with it and took it out and my bellybutton piercing kind of grew out.

I am planning on getting another tatt on my right wrist pretty soon, but I jsut have to find some one who can write in sanskrit first!!

 

Yes, I was the one with the eternity knot on my wrist. It is one of the eight auspicious signs in the Buddhist religion along the path of spiritual enlightenment. The knot of eternity symbolises an uncommon quality of Buddha's abandonment, his abandonment of the delusions and mistaken appearance.

 

Well there you go! Learn something new every day!! Makes me like my tatt even more to be honest

A medium once told me that I was a buddist monk in a past life, so maybe my getting the tatt with no knowledge of it being a buddist symbol was some kind of past life influence?? Who knows!!