Sunday, 19 October 2014

Tattoo

   If I were to get a symbolic tattoo of any kind on my body permanently inked, I would get this infinity sign with my grandmothers signature on the loop of it. I would get this tattoo with her signature on it because she means a lot to me, she passed away on March 3rd 2006 because of breast cancer. I only saw her twice in my lifetime when I was young and each year I did visit her I spent almost two months with her. She was an amazing woman, she took care of 6 kids and all of their kids who are my cousins, and she was the strongest woman I knew. I still have vivid memories of her and me although I wish we shared more. She did a lot of things and sacrifices for me and my brother which we really appreciate. I want to thank her in a way by inking this tattoo on my back. I never got to go to her funeral so I want to do this for her.
   An infinity symbol and the word infinity means a lot of things, here are a couple definition from different sources:
1.The word Infinity:  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Infinity+symbol
1. The quality or condition of being infinite.
2. Unbounded space, time or quantity.
3. An indefinitely large number or amount.

2. Infinity symbol: 
Google definition- 
  1. Infinity (symbol: ∞) is an abstract concept describing something without any limit and is relevant in a number of fields, predominantly mathematics and physics.
  2. 4. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/infinity
  3. These links are also sources I used for my research.
  4. The word infinity in general means the quality or state of endlessness or having no limits in terms of time or space. In math infinity is a "numberless" number and is symbolized by the lemniscate which looks like the number 8 written sideways. This symbol for infinity was first used in the 1600's by a  mathematician named John Wallis. I am linking this symbol to my tattoo because my grandma will be with me forever looking over me and this tattoo will forever be on my body, bounding me and her forever. The infinity sign is also very small and through the loop will be her initials in capital handwriting which are C.K.B. I would get this tattoo on my left shoulder because it feels right to me. I write with my left and it would feel more powerful to me. Another reason why I chose this symbol is because it is small, which I want my tattoo to be like. If people see my tattoo I hope they would understand the basic meaning of the infinity symbol which most people do, and see that I have initials of someone that meant so much to me I got a tattoo. I would say for sure that my values are covered in this tattoo especially the main one which is love. This is not an EXACT accuracy of my tattoo, but it is something like this I want in black ink. 

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