Posts tagged "submission"
  1. Notes: 499 / 4 months ago  from fuckyeahtattoos
    fuckyeahtattoos: I’ve been obsessed with the writing of Sylvia Plath since I was about 12. She gave me direction, not only in inspiring me to study literature to degree level but giving my life that little bit of direction.  The image is, of course, Sylvia Plath on one of the covers of the bell jar, surrounded by tulips (one of my favourite of her poems) and hooks, an image which reoccurs throughout her poetry.

    fuckyeahtattoos:

    I’ve been obsessed with the writing of Sylvia Plath since I was about 12. She gave me direction, not only in inspiring me to study literature to degree level but giving my life that little bit of direction. 

    The image is, of course, Sylvia Plath on one of the covers of the bell jar, surrounded by tulips (one of my favourite of her poems) and hooks, an image which reoccurs throughout her poetry.

     
  2. Notes: 697 / 1 year ago  from fuckyeahtattoos
    fuckyeahtattoos: While based on a book, this is a recovery tattoo. I read The Bell Jar for the first time right around when I started treatment for anorexia in high school, and it was a book I could really relate to. I fell in love with the quote, “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart:  I am, I am, I am. “ and I knew I wanted to incorporate it into a tattoo at some point. I chose the handwriting of my dad, my mom, and my boyfriend because they were (and are) all very important in my journey of recovery. Not that they were the only people…but there was only room for 3.  I went back and forth for over a year about what to get with the quote, but finally settled on a fig. In The Bell Jar, there is a part where she says, “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story.  From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked.  One fig was a husband and a happy home and children…and another fig was a brilliant professor…and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America…I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose.” So to me, the fig represents the path of life I have chosen. It was done by Dana Powell at Ink Junkeez Tattoos in White Plains, Maryland.   love-love-hereweare.tumblr.com  I L♥VE THE FIG!!!!!!

    fuckyeahtattoos:

    While based on a book, this is a recovery tattoo. I read The Bell Jar for the first time right around when I started treatment for anorexia in high school, and it was a book I could really relate to. I fell in love with the quote, “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart:  I am, I am, I am. “ and I knew I wanted to incorporate it into a tattoo at some point. I chose the handwriting of my dad, my mom, and my boyfriend because they were (and are) all very important in my journey of recovery. Not that they were the only people…but there was only room for 3. 

    I went back and forth for over a year about what to get with the quote, but finally settled on a fig. In The Bell Jar, there is a part where she says, “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story.  From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked.  One fig was a husband and a happy home and children…and another fig was a brilliant professor…and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America…I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose.” So to me, the fig represents the path of life I have chosen.

    It was done by Dana Powell at Ink Junkeez Tattoos in White Plains, Maryland.

     

    love-love-hereweare.tumblr.com

     I L♥VE THE FIG!!!!!!

     
  3. Notes: 521 / 1 year ago  from fuckyeahtattoos
    fuckyeahtattoos: This is my fifth tattoo, first submission.  It says “I am, I am, I am” and is a reference to The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath.  At one point, she refers to her heartbeat as sounding like “I am, I am, I am.”  I’ve struggled with chemical depression throughout my life, and really connected with Ester’s struggle in the novel.  I got this bad boy at Renaissance Tattoo in Buffalo NY

    fuckyeahtattoos:

    This is my fifth tattoo, first submission.  It says “I am, I am, I am” and is a reference to The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath.  At one point, she refers to her heartbeat as sounding like “I am, I am, I am.”  I’ve struggled with chemical depression throughout my life, and really connected with Ester’s struggle in the novel.  I got this bad boy at Renaissance Tattoo in Buffalo NY

     
  4. Notes: 631 / 1 year ago  from fuckyeahtattoos
    fuckyeahtattoos: This is my Sylvia Plath tattoo from her book, The Bell Jar “i listened to the old bray of my heart, i am, i am, i am.” It is my third, and most beloved tattoo. The quote is extremely meaningful to me because for many years i have suffered with depression and it reminds me that when times are hard, even though i may not want to continue onward, my stubborn heart won’t let me give up..i am alive

    fuckyeahtattoos:

    This is my Sylvia Plath tattoo from her book, The Bell Jar “i listened to the old bray of my heart, i am, i am, i am.” It is my third, and most beloved tattoo.

    The quote is extremely meaningful to me because for many years i have suffered with depression and it reminds me that when times are hard, even though i may not want to continue onward, my stubborn heart won’t let me give up..i am alive

     
  5. Notes: 30 / 1 year ago  from aplathaday
    aplathaday: I hope it works this time :) I love Sylvia and this blog is just beautiful <3 love & tulips.

    aplathaday:

    I hope it works this time :) I love Sylvia and this blog is just beautiful <3 love & tulips.

     
  6. Notes: 232 / 1 year ago  from
    fuckyeahsylviaplath: I could not be happier with my first tattoo.  :)  “I am.  I am.  I am.”  (submitted by erinmcgorry)

    fuckyeahsylviaplath:

    I could not be happier with my first tattoo.  :) 

    “I am.  I am.  I am.” 

    (submitted by erinmcgorry)

     
  7. Notes: 71 / 1 year ago  from tattoolit
    tattoolit: My tribute to Sylvia Plath, my favorite writer. This is the inscription on her tombstone. It is essentially ‘whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ and I have surely been through some things I thought would kill me. So it is comforting to have a reminder of hope on my skin.

    tattoolit:

    My tribute to Sylvia Plath, my favorite writer. This is the inscription on her tombstone. It is essentially ‘whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ and I have surely been through some things I thought would kill me. So it is comforting to have a reminder of hope on my skin.

     
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This blog is a spin-off from my main blog http://lovingsylvia.tumblr.com/

Here, I want to collect all the Sylvia Plath tattoos, that I will be also posting on "Loving Sylvia", but I thought it would be cool to have an overview of them in one place, since I realized that some people might be only interested in the literary tattoos and not in other Sylvia stuff. :)

Have fun and get inspired! ;)
 
 

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