Braille

A tattoo seen at the Modest Mouse concert on Olympic Island.
Thanks to JohnnyBallgame for figuring out that it's the lyrics from a Bjork song (and for dany4 for independently verifying!)
-added March 19, 2007: Wow, I had no idea that this photo would be so popular! I guess it's a pretty cool tattoo!

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© Michael D'Amico mdworld@hotmail.com says:

didn't you want to fix the tag before taking the shot?...hehe.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

JohnnyBallgame says:

It's the lyrics to Bjork's song 'Bachelorette' off the Homogenic album. First two lines are:
'I'm a fountain of Blood,
in the shape of a Girl'.
Cool photo of an amazing tattoo.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Duchamp says:

Wow! Cool shot.

So, how long is the song?
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

tracer.ca says:

Oh wow.. that is amazing. That and I love that song!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

Ale Nahra says:

oh, please! post this to Words on Skin... we don't have anything like this so far!
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

dany4 says:

I used this documentation about Braille to find out that it starts by
"I'm a foutain of blood
In the shape of a girl"

so I suppose that those are the lyrics of Bachelorette by the singer Björk...
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

er malefico++ [deleted] says:

unbelivable..
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

CharlieBTuna says:

So cool!!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

Jimi.B says:

Absolutely fantastic!
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

cecily7 says:

The colors are distracting in this photo. Try converting it to b&w, it doesn't need color... I like the tattoo but it needs a more dynamic setup to make it into a great photographic image.

-voted as "deleteme5" (from the Delete me! group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

omnia says:

tragic

if it was in sign language it might have been visually appealing as well as useful
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

-gadgetgirl- says:

i doubt that the idea for the tattoo was so that someone could read it specifically someone blind. i think that visually it is interesting. Bjork is a cool artist and so for me it makes the tattoo even cooler. this is a unique idea. much more original than having chinese or japanese characters as so many people are doing.
but regardless the interesting tattoo, i think the photo is pretty boring. mostly just bad composition and her tag should not be sticking out.

i vote deleteme7 (from the delete me group)
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

omnia says:

she may as well have put in morse code across her forehead "I am a total loser"
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

AnDy631 says:

Getting that tattoo would be incredibly bloody painful. This photo captures that feeling well.

"deleteme10"
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

BlueHairGroup says:

Fucking awesome.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

sjakiemuis says:

Am I the only one who's attention is drawn to the washtag?
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

omnia says:

the poor girl is blind and can barely dress herself, and you mention her tag is hanging out?
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

lynx81 says:

it's the red pimples that threw off my spelling...
Posted 47 months ago. ( permalink )

tozε says:

if it healed badly it's readable in braille..
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

dora. [deleted] says:

i like this shot, good shot
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Darja Bajagić [deleted] says:

I love it, but isn't braille supposed to be raised? A blind person would really not know how to read that.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

andadapt says:

brilliant tattoo, but find it strange she chose to use no capital letters at all. especially seen as its lyrics!

im also sporting a braille tattoo, but mine has caps!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

megditi says:

i like that her tag is sticking up.
i like that it's not in caps.
i like that it's not raised.
i like her pimples.

hooray for imperfection!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Elusive Elegance says:

That is amazing.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

shooster says:

what a pain that would be to tattoo. Nice capture.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

resourceress7 says:

there are a few dots missing, but it's legible. man, i really wanted to reach out and tuck that tag back in! here's what it says:

i'm a fountain of blood
in the shape of a girl
you're the bird on the brim
hypnotised by the whirl
drink me make me feel real
wet your back in the stream
game we're playing is life
love is a two way dream
leave me now return tonight
tide will show you the way
if you forget my name
you will go astray
like a killer whale
trapped in a bay
i'm a path of cinders
burning under your feet
you're the one who wills me
i'm your one way street
i'm a whisper in water
secret for you to hear
you are the on(((tag))) grows distant
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

misery is a butterfly says:

i love the idea. gonna get a braille one myself.
even if the picture isn't perfect by any means, it still does what it should: show us something.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

urbanbrat89 says:

I love it. Im going to get something for my daughter and I was wondering how it would look. This is amazing
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Michele Greco (aka djmike_foh) says:

Oh, WOW
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

hypersapiens says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Inkspotting, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

fromtheforest says:

wow, beautiful!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

f a f i says:

fantastic ink!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

swahili.be says:

sweet!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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