Today's tattoo is one of those rare designs that is worth sharing, even if the reader can't behold every inch of it.
Julie Platt sent these photos, along with an explanation, which follows:
Julie says
"It's the audio waveform of a blackbird song made into bracelet around my left wrist. It's inspired by an image on the cover of Kate Bush's album Aerial.The tattoo was inked by Chris Boilore at Fish Ladder Tattoo, in Lansing, Michigan.
I got this tattoo to commemorate earning my MFA -- I wanted something visible to remind me of poetry, whose root is song."
Check out one of Julie's poems over on BillyBlog here.
Julie Platt was born and raised in Pittsburgh and now lives in Michigan. Her print poetry chapbook, In the Kingdom of My Familiar, was published by Tilt Press in 2008. My mini e-chapbook, Imitation Animals, was published by Gold Wake Press in 2009. Two poems from
Imitation Animals were selected to appear in Dzanc Books' Best of the Web 2010. My work will also appear in the forthcoming e-anthology Poems to Sweat By: Hungry Young Poets 2009, published by VanVinkinroy's Indie e-Book Emporium.
Thanks to Julie for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!
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