I made the choice to get a tattoo yesterday. Was it the best choice in the world, probably not, but I don't regret a thing. See, my opinion of Tattoos is that you're turning your body into a piece of artwork, and you're making it a home you find beautiful. We paint our houses and change the color of our hair, some get plastic surgery to try and find themselves or make something more likable.
For me, this tattoo is my way of making my body my home, truly my home. The tattoo is of a hand mirror with the glass cracked. The words on the mirror say 'We're all mad here' (Alice in Wonderland) backwards (you can only see it clearly by looking at it through a mirror lol). The idea behind it is that you're looking through the mirror from the wrong side (Wonderland).
Why did I choose an Alice in Wonderland tattoo? I have a silly but very personal reason. When I was younger I had a huge learning problem and could not for the life of me read a book. I found an old battered copy of Alice's adventures in Wonderland, and before I knew it I was reading that book.
It is also the theme of my first ever story. I wrote a short story about Alice going back to Wonderland all grown up. It was the first story I wrote from start to finish.
That is why I chose it. Alice is the first story that really made my imagination kick into overdrive and think 'what if' for the first time. Alice prompted me to try my hand at writing and I've never been happier than when I'm creating words from nothing.
I'm never going to regret this tattoo, I'm going to treasure it because it reminds me of who I am and what makes me happy in this life. No one else needs to understand the meaning, only me myself and I.
To everyone else, it's a cracked mirror with backwards words :D
My next one will be the Cheshire cat, continuing my Alice theme until this arm is finished.
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