Self strength

A lot of my family ask me,"why do you draw on your body?"

My response is.. If my body is my temple, then the art is my stained glass windows. 
It's a quote one of my favorite bands said. 

I personally have a story of why these quotes and drawings are on me. I have seen other people with amazing stories behind their tattoos like Duchess from black ink crew, Kat Von d, just to name a few. The stories of other tattooed people are truly awakening and so strong I'm always astounded.  With my tattoos I have a total of 6. (In one tattoo I'm showing my toes, no bad talk please. My toes are not perfect)

This tattoo is deep for me it's in arabic(I study the language) it says in English "love yourself first." A lot of us have our own way of describing what love yourself is, yet it ends up in the same definition. My way of understanding love yourself first in Arabic is take time to step out of being comfy into un comfy, and don't come out until you have learned something different within yourself. Be friends with things you use to fear. This is what I tell myself  when I see my tattoo.  Keep learning about yourself.

This tattoo says "never a failure always a lesson" now I was told after getting it that Rihanna the singer has the same tattoo. I did not copy. If you have read I went through a big change at a young age. And I'm still discovering myself. I just know while I am I always want this engraved in me. I'm not perfect. I beat myself up for that sometimes. And having a reminder that I'm strong and life is never predictable. It soothes me and I believe and I continue on.

This elephant is a symbol of my last name. Ndlovu(n-love -you) I am so proud of my culture.    Its so many meanings in this elephant who we stand for and so much that I can't put it into words but I can say one thing. The elephants qualities are strong in the blood of us.

In Hebrew it says " its a blessing and curse to feel everything so very deeply" and it's true. Love is strong pain is strong.  That's all we battle. But they are both unforgettable. They make us who we are. Our feelings create our own story. 

Yes yes yes I saw the pic on google. You may say its trendy. But to me its truth. I know personally for me I am the person that "wears the heart on the sleeves." I walk into love. It just goes through me from my feet to head. After my heart n mind make a choice my feet are told to walk and act. It's a gesture towards anything, in your life.