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Angel tattoo designs are gaining popularity

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Angel tattoos are probably the most common designs for women worldwide. Angel tattoos can be versatile and may be used to create unique designs in a lot of different ways. Angels are thought to be one of the most beautiful heavenly creatures and represent different ideas to different individuals. Professional tattoo studios typically have a number of angel tattoos to pick from and each might possibly be altered into whatever design you'd like. Angels have represented beauty, purity, and spirituality in several different cultures throughout history. The character of a angel has often been employed to symbolize someone's transformation to a higher plane of existence, either physically, mentally, or spiritually. Most angel tattoos have a great amount of detail so the attractive nature associated with the design and style and the intricate aspects of a design can match the loveliness associated with the angels which have been depicted in literature and art. Angel tattoos are easily...

Sara Eliza Johnson and Paradin's Emblem (The Tattooed Poets Project)

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Our next tattooed poet is Sarah Eliza Johnson , who sent along this photo: Sarah explains: "This tattoo is an emblem from Claude Paradin's Devises Heroïques , published in 1551. I spent a long time deciding on a tattoo and vacillated a lot. I eventually settled on this one because (aside from the aesthetics) it spoke to me while I was facing and processing some really heavy stuff, and I realized that I saw my past, present, and future in these birds struck through with an arrow--each mortally wounded through the breast, but not dead, still flying with their heads lifted. The tattoo was done by Jeny Ann Kennedy  ( @jenyannkennedy ) at Evergreen Tattoo Company   ( @evergreentattoocompany ) in Fairbanks, AK." Sarah also sent us the following poem, which is from her book Bone Map ( Milkweed 2014) Archipelago: The Paradise of Birds How can an incorporeal light burn corporeally in a corporeal creature? — The Voyage of Saint Brendan I come to a series of lights in the fog....