I've often toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo ... more so now that everyone else seems to have one. A nice rose on the bum. A butterfly on the shoulder. A circle of barbed wire round an ankle.But now, on The Guardian blog, Shirley Dent (who boasts a William Blake tattoo on her shoulder) has opened up a whole world of new possibilities! She links to a couple of websites that have some really great bookish designs (see here and here).
I will spend some time thinking about what literary tattoo I would choose ... and meanwhile open the question to you.I know there are some pretty good tattoo artists in town (didn't the delicious Anthony Bourdain get his Ouroboros tattoo done here?). Which would you butterflied-flowerified-skullandcrossboned people recommend?
Incidentally, I remember a very interesting academic paper given at a literary conference several years ago at which the author/poet Albert Wendt talked about the Samoan tatau (tattoo) as a form of literature!
Postcript (2/8/08) :
Even more literary tats at the Gawker.
