in an extremely hungover state about 2yrs ago i almost asked a tattoo artist acquaintance to give me the smashing pumpkins heart. i still like that design - as a simple, stylised design, different from the usual stylised heart - but i'm glad i didn't get it.
i've been seriously thinking about getting a substantial tattoo for awhile now, somthing from my shoulder to my elbow, but i don't think i can afford to commission the artist whose designs i would most want. i saw a cool one the other day: it looked like an image from one of those really old botanical books, a really detailed and large image of an exotic flower. i don't normally like those kinds of tattoos but this one was really beautifully done.
i used to think that if i was ever going to get something permanently etched into my skin it would have to be really 'meaningful' but i don't feel that way now - i just want something that i think is really beautiful, really aesthetically pleasing to me.