face ghost in hand tattoo

Woo! We made it through eight of our assigned sixteen lines in class today! I was almost dead-on.

Then again, that fact is depressing. My students were not happy today and I couldn't blame them. Fortunately, we took it slow and explained each and every line in detail - still, they were not pleased. Hopefully tonight's work will treat them more nicely, especially since I typed up a commentary for them. Of course now the book starts to be useful...

*sigh* Lessons for next time: Prepare more than a night in advance for a textbook you've never taught from.

Christina's Flawed Tattoo is Just Right

I spotted this interesting tattoo while in Penn Station last month:


Christina, to whom this piece belongs, called this a "reverse tattoo," in that the main focal point of the piece is the word "Flawed".

The word is empty of ink and is created by the artist using negative space.

But why "flawed?" Christina explained that "we all have a weakness" and that "only God is perfect." It"s a reminder that "everyone has need for improvement" and that no one is ever perfect.

This is one of four of Christina's tattoos.

Thanks to Christina for sharing this with us here on Tattoosday!