“My back has the most meaning to me, it’s for my family. My father passed away and he is the center gravestone, the rest of my family that has passed will be on the other surrounding stones. this was also my first tattoo. The quote on my arms, I basically live by!”
Read more for the quote..
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun!” – Don Marquis.
Both by Paula Higgins, Ground Zero Studios, Haledon, NJ.
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24 responses to “The Idea Gun”
it’s quietly, not gentle.
and i’m not *certain* but i think it’s blake, not thomas.
apple – Click the first link in the post..
um, no it’s right
Or here.
fuckin’ AWESOME memorial tattoo.
i’ve had something similiar planned out for my dad for over six years now (the end of the month is the seven year anniversary of his death), but do not have enough money to get it done and haven’t found an artist to draw it out. aw.
Beautiful.
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light…”
-Dylan Thomas
Sorry #1, but this is definitely an accurate line from, arguably, Dylan Thomas’s most famous poem.
Duskwood?
Very lovely tattoo. : )
I really love the tattoo and quotes, but I’m not so sure that relatives are going to be so thrilled that they have markers waiting for them. o.O
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[email protected] !!! true that! 🙂
is that lightning or a tree? it’s a nice thought, but i would be really unhappy if this was on my back.
sadly I think of Rodney Dangerfield when I hear that poem.
amazing. beautiful. great idea.
This is my tattoo lol And #11 most of the family for the stones is already passed away and the very few that arent are actually ok with the idea. Thank you for all the comments and to the people that knew where the line was from.
Both AWESOME sayings!
Simply beautiful.
I love that Dylan Thomas poem. 🙂
You’re mistaken Apple.
It is indeed right, and beautiful too!
The quote about the gun reminds me of Chairman Mao…something about the people are the gun and the communist party aims it. or the other way around? anyway…unintentional association.
i absolutely love that poem – actually, i plan to incorporate the last two lines (do not go gentle into that good night/rage, rage against the dying of the light) my next tattoo. this is beautiful.
YAY team Dylan Thomas-quote! =D
#1 – ‘quietly into the night’ is from Bill Pullman’s rousing speech towards the end of Independence Day.
It bears some similarities to Dylan Thomas, admittedly. But still…whoops.
Hey…at least you were close. Blake was, after all, one of the authors of Independence day.
The original, not the compromised second draft…