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posted by Kathleen

2008-06-27

I had this tattoo designed at Infinate Ink in Hamilton, the guys were great at helping me come up with a design. I wanted a butterfly in pinks and purples with a chinese symbol in bluer shades. The symbol means mother and I got it just after my first daughter was born. I'm going to get a miniature version of it on my pelvis after my wedding with the wedding date on it instead of the mother symbol.

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	christine	2009-12-03
	I like it. It has a meaning and it's your own idea. About the "abstract" symbol, I don't really think it's that big of a deal. I mean most ppl are just going to ask what it means they won't read chinese characters lol. Good luck with future ones =]
	Kathleen	2008-12-10
	It wasnt put there to be readable, it's a way of incorporating 'mother' in a graphic way without writing it or getting a DOB or anything. If I just wanted to write mother on my back I would have done. The butterfly is a symbol of who I am.
	Bob	2008-12-09
	It makes me wonder what the point is of getting an actual word in a living language tattooed on your body if you're not going to make it readable or correct. And again, they are "characters" not "symbols."
	Kathleen	2008-12-09
	Hi Bob, yes the symbol is more intended to be abstract than an actual readable word. I wanted to incorporate being a mother into it and the chinese symbols looked really nice across the wings, far nicer than just writing it.
	Bob	2008-12-09
	I had to really search to find the Chinese character (not "symbol") in there. I finally did, and it's not quite right. Probably oesn't matter since it just looks like a weird abstract design anyway.

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