Wednesday, May 28, 2008

OK, posting this here and on Facebook..time for some creativity from my artsy friends..

When Holly was born, I got this tattoo on my chest, near my heart...

Yes, get the collecrive "Awwwww..." out of the way. Now..

I need one for Aislinn.

Aislinn means dream or vision. Damned if I can find a celtic/tribal symbol that means dream or vision. I did find the kanji for "dream"...

and while I quite like it, Aislinn is an Irish name, so a Japanese symbol doesn't make the same amount of sense as finding a Celtic, tribal, or at least, something that could be given the same kind of influences in a design..something that would not look out of place next to my holly.

So, my friends..any ideas? I'm stumped..and I'll warn you now, that if you google "dream symbols" or anything like it, you get links to dream interpretation, what things symbolize in dreams, not symbols that mean dreams.

I could always get a Sandman tattoo, but somehow I don't think the wife would be too happy with that.

posted by Unknown @ 3:10 PM

4 Comments:

At 11:03 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Rob, here some things I found that may or may not inspire...

Aislinn, Aisling (ASH leeng, ESH leeng) Gaelic word for 'dream, vision'. It is also a type of poem where Ireland is portrayed as a beautiful girl in peril.

So I thought...

Very cool album cover:
http://www.aisling.fanspace.com/

Something maybe more in line with your thoughts:
http://www.goddess.com.au/goddesses/Epona.htm

 
At 12:36 AM, Blogger Nastyboy said...

Aislinn is Irish....U2 is Irish.... just get a tat of Bono.

 
At 12:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

If it absolutely doesn't have to be Celtic you might look into something Polynesian, Samoan, Maori etc. They've got some great tribal tattoos, patterns and animals. Youtube has some decent videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7mZnumM2Ik&feature=related
(the song for this one is great!)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlhHJSnwrog&feature=related

Anyways, hopefully some of that helped.

 
At 8:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

No big deal, but just to let you know this is the Chinese symbol for dream. The Japanese one is almost identical but the line going across the top, left to right, is unbroken.
LB

 

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