Re: Tattoo...
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:48 pm
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!
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The Dev wrote:HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!
wow....
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indo_mex wrote:So it's probably only me that finds the Dev tattoo a bit disturbing. I admire the work but there's an image of a guy you don't know tattooed on your body for life.
merimarsu wrote:OK, I'll try and clear up my motivation behind the piece.
I've been a fan of Dev's work since the first squel on "Sex & Religion". I was 13 when the album came out, it made a huge impact on me. When "City" came out at '97, I was 16 and mad as fuck at everything. At the beginning of the new millenium, I was doing some heavy experimenting with all your psychedelic drugs and listenign to "Terria". When "Synchestra" came out, I was i the middle of "growing up", back in school, taking some responsibility in my life and actions. When the DT project and it's 4 albums were announced, I was suddenly a homeowner and married.
Every important step in my life since my early teens, be it self-destructive or healing, Devin has been on the soundtrack of my life.
I've been getting ink since I was 18. Before this latest piece, I had almost full sleeves filled with obscure music references and a couple of band logos (selected with good taste, of course ), except for a small corner in my inner left bicep. I had some hard to get appointements with a local master of the black&grey portrait tattoo and when I saw this photo, I knew what I wanted. I love the pic, mainly 'cos I it's a great picture and it's not one of those iconic promo shots you see tons of (good & bad) tattoos over the years. If you see it with my whole sleeve and don't recognize the Man, you'll easily dismiss it as a generic surreal/horror-face. Of course, if I get the chance to show it to Devin when he's in Helsinki, I'll definitely try to creep him out
So, is it disturbing or creepy? You can think what you want, I love it.
merimarsu wrote:So, is it disturbing or creepy? You can think what you want, I love it.
indo_mex wrote:merimarsu wrote:So, is it disturbing or creepy? You can think what you want, I love it.
Hey,
Thanks for the clarifications. You make a couple of interesting points for me; namely that you're covered with them so it's not as bad and of course you love it which ultimately is all that matters. I'm involved in the arts so personally find it quite gimp-ish to have another artist putting their work on my body - just a personal philosophy that is slightly egoistical I'll admit. Devin is and may always be my favourite metal musician followed by Varg Vikernes. You couldn't get two more different cats but it shows me that I'm only interested in the musical art they produce. To me they're as odd and philosophically perplexing as each other but it's irrelevant because I feel I have a healthy disassociation between the artist and their art. We (fans) don't really know these people whose music we admire and listen to constantly so the close mirroring of your life to (what you perceive to be Devin's) just enforces the oddness for me personally. In fairness, it might be that I find tattoos to be very extreme so for example, if I "love a pic" (never mind a guy's facial pose that lasted for about 1 second of his life) I'd be more inclined to use it as a desktop image for a few months rather than spend a few hundred euros tattooing it on my body for the rest of my existence. I really don't want that closeness to the identity of another human being on my being - I like to think I've more self-respect, self-importance and individualism to do that. I think there's other less extreme ways of paying tribute and respect to other people. Sorry for being a dick.
merimarsu wrote:You just happen to think it somehow grants you more self-respect, self-importance(?) and individualism...