A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Explaining Love in Tattoos

From BME’s love themed tattoo gallery, here’s two ways of talking about love. On the left we’ll start with a simple love letter, on Lil Miss Strange by Lucas in Beerse, Belgium. On the right is a tattoo by Mark at On Edge in The Netherlands, with a slightly more indepth explanation — “love is the reunification of the two halves of a split soul”.

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15 responses to “Explaining Love in Tattoos”

  1. LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen Avatar
    LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen

    The left on looks like the words are all jumbled in the sentence, but its because they wrote “is the reunification of the two halves ” in two lines, and then UNDER those two lines they added “of a split soul”..

    which means that if you’re trying to read like a normal english person, you’ll be tempted to read left to right, but that would then make this :

    “Love the reunification of a split of the two halves soul”
    .. …….
    that obviously doesn’t make sense, you have to kind of unjumble the words if figure out how its written..
    anyways i just find that a bit odd, but they both send out a beautiful message: love. 🙂

  2. LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen Avatar
    LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen

    The left on looks like the words are all jumbled in the sentence, but its because they wrote “is the reunification of the two halves ” in two lines, and then UNDER those two lines they added “of a split soul”..

    which means that if you’re trying to read like a normal english person, you’ll be tempted to read left to right, but that would then make this :

    “Love the reunification of a split of the two halves soul”
    .. …….
    that obviously doesn’t make sense, you have to kind of unjumble the words if figure out how its written..
    anyways i just find that a bit odd, but they both send out a beautiful message: love. 🙂

  3. LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen Avatar
    LeaveThePoliticsToMadmen

    The left on looks like the words are all jumbled in the sentence, but its because they wrote “is the reunification of the two halves ” in two lines, and then UNDER those two lines they added “of a split soul”..

    which means that if you’re trying to read like a normal english person, you’ll be tempted to read left to right, but that would then make this :

    “Love the reunification of a split of the two halves soul”
    .. …….
    that obviously doesn’t make sense, you have to kind of unjumble the words if figure out how its written..
    anyways i just find that a bit odd, but they both send out a beautiful message: love. 🙂

  4. gato Avatar
    gato

    i love that bum… kudos on the glutes girl… i just wanna bite it

  5. gato Avatar
    gato

    i love that bum… kudos on the glutes girl… i just wanna bite it

  6. gato Avatar
    gato

    i love that bum… kudos on the glutes girl… i just wanna bite it

  7. Meredith Avatar

    “Love is the reunification of two halves of a split soul” sounds an AWFUL lot like the main philosophical concept behind Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

  8. Meredith Avatar

    “Love is the reunification of two halves of a split soul” sounds an AWFUL lot like the main philosophical concept behind Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

  9. Meredith Avatar

    “Love is the reunification of two halves of a split soul” sounds an AWFUL lot like the main philosophical concept behind Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

  10. jack6two Avatar
    jack6two

    what a wonderful ass-cheek – kiss, kiss, kiss…

  11. jack6two Avatar
    jack6two

    what a wonderful ass-cheek – kiss, kiss, kiss…

  12. jack6two Avatar
    jack6two

    what a wonderful ass-cheek – kiss, kiss, kiss…

  13. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    I wish I could kiss her shapely behind

  14. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    I wish I could kiss her shapely behind

  15. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    I wish I could kiss her shapely behind

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