anyone_interested Just wondering in exhanging tattoo ideas and then getting it done? . 041217 ... p2 sure i've already got 2 arm/shoulder & finger see: tattoo_design i'm thinking of getting another behind the ear or on the back of the head 041217 ... Death of a Rose well then big guy, I'm up for it. so we exchange ideas and pics until we each see something we like, then after the deed is done take a pic and post it to the blather yahoo album. hows that sound? . 041217 ... Death of a Rose by the way, the folder "skite tattoos" on the rehtlab site contains my upper arm piece. 041217 ... p2 good idea i've put up my tats too i already know what i'm getting the pali/devanagari word: dukkha and i will get it somewhere on my head because that's where all dukkha originates 041217 ... p2 but if you have a rough idea i'd love to be and would be honored to be part of a corroborative effort to refine it to your liking 041217 ... . suffering 041217 ... Death of a Rose hey p2 dude, what are the symbols for tanka and the third noble truth? or are there symbols associated with them. how about "The Way"? I'm seriously looking at doing an arm band that would incorporate The four symbols above (provided there is four symbols) with a skull, moon, rose a daggar. All surrounded with intertwining thorny vines. whatcha think? 041230 ... Moron "Rose AND dagger" 041230 ... p2 what do you mean by tanka? see: tanka as for The Four Noble Truths see: http://www.iscreamsundays.com/catu_ariya_sacca.gif i guess these aren't so much symbols as ways to write them in another language i'll keep an eye out for symbols though oh, and post some designs as you come up with them if you need web space to post them lemme know ;) 041230 ... Death of a Rose really bad website information I guess. one site had listed the second noble truth was "tanka". I'm pretty sure I'm quoting it right. Thanks for the enlightenment. And the symbols. All four will go into the design. 041230 ... p2 hmmm i know you understand but in case others are reading along and see the gif i put up the picture only has a single word to represent each truth dukkha means suffering samudaya means origin nirodha means cessation magga means path or way therefore magga does not necessarily mean "path to the cessation of suffering" but is used here to represent that idea see: magga for other magga 041230 ... Death of a Rose either way, I think I'd just take the dukkha, samudaya, nirodha and the magga and have each one planted within each of the other four symbols. 041230 ... Death of a Rose skull w/ dukkha moon w/ samudaya dagger w/ nirodha rose w/ magga watcha think? 041230 ... p2 i see now you are correct in your quotation it seems tanka is the desire or craving for personal fulfillment thus it is the actual origin of suffering unfortunately my dictionary does not have this word nor can i find more than a few references all of which are in english so i'm not even sure what language i should be searching (pali, sanskrit, tibetan, hindi) 041230 ... p2 good symbols for each truth :) 041230 ... Death of a Rose I'll ship you something when I get a sketch together. . 041230 ... Death of a Rose on a different note; Q: How many Zen buddhists does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, they are the light bulb. 041230 ... p2 haha i thought you were gonna say "None, there is no light bulb" too much matrix i guess 041230 ... pete who wants to read confessions with me? i just finished the first chapter of the first book.. well that was a little while ago.. a good read, by St. Augustine.. i am disappointed by the lack of references to the philosophers he is citing, on to his biblical sources 041230 ... Death of a Rose well just for the record my back tatt is now complete. just letting it heal and i'll post a pic on the blather album. p2 - the bastard tattoist who i asked to provide with a sketch of the armbanc tatt took my 20buck deposit over 2 months ago and still hasn't provided me with a sketch. i'll be going back to my regular guy. 050613 ... p2 damn, that sucks funny i was just looking at this blather on friday wondering whatever happened to it cuz i was thinking of doing the armband as well keep me posted :) 050613 ... Doar he actually got to work on it but i have yet to go down to review it with him. still though i've booked the date to get it done. july 14th, 2005. and the back is just about healed. should have a pic uploaded pretty soon. peace out yall. 050703 ... Doar p2 dude. the back piece is finished and has been posted on the rehtalb album. but only for a limited time. . 050711 ... Death of a Rose P2, i should be getting the sketch before halloween (cross fingers) but i don't think i'm going to get it done at there, i'm thinking of going back to my original tattoo guy. maybe before x-mas. i will e-mail a pic of the sketch once i get it in my grubby little fingers. 050926 ... p2 cool so where will this next masterpiece be? i still can't decide where to get my next one just a warning i may steal your images for myself :) 050927 ... Doar I'm thinking of the right bicep armband, nearer to the elbow than the shoulder. *MOM, P2 IS STEALING MY TATTOO IDEAS* :) 050927 ... falling_alone i've started to play around with the idea of getting a tattoo, on the back of my neck, of the golden snitch. 050927 ... sirflaccid How about saving a portion of the upper pubic region and getting one of "the bic man" pushing a lawn-mower. 050927 ... Freak i still think that is the most stupid thing ive ever heard. i think im gonna get another dragon 051014 ... sirflaccid I would equate that to bi-curiuos. Sounds like a cool idea, but its not something I would be able to do. That's what makes it so intriguing. 051014 ... p2 hey doar any update on this? i'm thinking of doing this with black light ink www.blacklightink.com 060424 ... Doar hey p2 dude, your luminescent idea is very, very intriguing. ship me a sketch of what you are getting done. my own plans have been put on hold, as I've just quit my job here at the greed factory. 060424 ... p2 actually i was going to base it on your arm band and have either the words or the pictures in the blacklight ink so that only part of it is visible or i may go with my original idea and get it on the back of my head and the blacklight ink should make it worksafe but this plan will be on hold as well since i'm growing out my hair to get cornrows in september 060424 ... p2 btw i read that the white may turn brown so i guess i'm nixing the head idea 060424 ... doar i look forward to seeing what you will get created in skin art. 060424 what's it to you? who go blather from