Tattoo
Last Saturday 12th September I got my first tattoo.
It is a very strange experience and I am surprised that so many people get them without much thought. The pain is very unlike what I expected and quite hard to explain. It feels like when you were a kid and someone scratched you really deeply. Some of the pain feels like that, some parts hurt 3 times as much and some parts hurt less. Getting the outline done is much better than the colouring in. Part of my design was under my arm which was very painful.
I had thought about getting one for around 12 years but couldn’t commit to what, where and actually being brave enough. Turns out I was really brave.
Nothing could have prepared me for the whole process. It looks so different now that it is actually done. Different to what I expected but I am a complete perfectionist! I got it in a place where most people won’t see it because it’s just for me. I feel different too, tougher, braver, ready to take on anything, but I am just the same really.
It still hurts 3 days on and I am not sleeping that well but the pain will be over soon. It really is such a difficult thing to describe. I look at it and it doesn’t look or feel real. Some parts I love and in general I am happy. There are parts I might change if I could but I never regret anything and at times I love it. Who knows, who cares can’t change it now and It was an experience I wanted to experience in my life.
I don’t think I will get another one though – it doesn’t tickle!
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sheela said: (on October 25th 2009, at 9:22 pm)
crikey sunshine that’s massive!