As this is my first post, I decided to kick things off with a bang. One of my co-workers said the other day that it is only a certain type of person who would think to get a tattoo. She then went on to list the many (and none desirable) attributes of such people. After listening to my co-workers badmouth tattoos as being skin decoration for bikers, drug addicts, rock stars, and prostitutes (among allusions to combinations of these) I politely informed her that not all tattoo fans are of that caliber. Most of us do read, and some of us have even decided to get things from books put onto our skin permanently, mostly due to love of the work. And this got me to thinking: What about the lovers of Dickinson's work? Surely I would be able to find some pics of people who loved her work enough to immortalize it on skin.......and I was not disappointed.
Dickinson Tattoo #1
Dickinson Tattoo #2
Dickinson Tattoo #3
For those interested in more information, that first link is a full printing of "How happy is the little Stone" which falls in the Franklin Edition of her work at #1570. The second and third links are none other than the Belle of Amherst herself.
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I think if I tattooed Emily D's face to my back...I'd find a better tattoo artist :-)
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Yeah... that back piece doesn't look to great. lol. I like the calf piece though. Definitely agree with you that lovers of body art are often stereotyped, its a shame..... Oh, and my roommate has T.S. Elliot quoted on his back. "This is how the world will end, not with a band but with a wimper."
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The first one (on the leg) is kind of cool. The masculine-looking Emily on the back is really creepy, though. I bet the owner of that tattoo is an English professor. Who else would love E.D. that much?
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