My next tattoo will probably be on the left side of my bicep (facing out) its a picture of the theatre masks (comedy and Tradgedy) and a libra scale underneath them... the thing about me and tattoos is that it has to mean something to me and I have to draw it. That is a must, who the fuck am i to have someone elses art on my body... not saying its dumb to have someone draw your shit, but i am an artist i just dont see it happening with me ( u never know though nothings concrete with me).
The reason im getting this tattoo is because of the fact that one of the most frequent thing in human nature is an outward expression of emotions. laughter and sadness are experienced with everybody, this tattoo is saying that there is a struggle to balance your smiles and frowns. sorta like the white dude (Officer Hoyt) from training day said. some old guy (who had his chest blasted by Denzel 'Alonzo Harris' Washington's shotgun later in the movie, lol.) figured Hoyt couldnt figure the streets out but Hoyt knew more than they thought...here go the dialogue::
Roger: You figure that joke out, you'll figure the streets out.
Alonzo Harris: There ain't nothing to figure out, that's just some senseless bullshit. Don't listen to him.
Jake Hoyt: You know, I already figured 'em out.
Alonzo Harris: Really?
Roger: You already figured the streets out.
Jake Hoyt: It's all about smiles and cries.
Alonzo Harris: Put the drink down, man, the motherfuckers out of his mind.
Roger: Hold on, Alonzo, hold on. Smiles and cries, smiles and cries, I hear ya.
Jake Hoyt: Yeah. You gotta control your smiles and cries, because that's all you have and nobody can take that away from you.
I dunno how that shit relates to the streets but the quote itself had me thinkin..in most situations in life u gotta control your smiles and cries. you cant smile while walkin in west philly and you can't cry during sex. It a work to balance the two, although its not like filing papers it is something.
The tattoo is a commemoration of that work, the balance bettween smiling and crying. The "OK" state is the base while the smiles and cries are opposite sides of an emotional spectrum each with its own platform on the libra scale. Besides its always been a struggle to balance the two when it comes to me....
PZ
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