At one of the busiest intersections in Manhattan (34th and 7th), I recently met Kelsey, who offered up this still-fresh tattoo:
This is a scene from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, when Alice meets the Cheshire Cat for the second time.
The tattoo is based on this illustration:
This is her most recently tattooed piece. The inspiration behind it is that this was one of her favorite stories, ever since she was six years old.
This was done by Mark Roberts at Fine Line Tattoo Parlour in Deep River, Connecticut.
As a postscript, I noticed in the original photo I took, down on her ankle, was another tattoo, an apparent equation:
I e-mailed Kelsey asking her what the significance of "<3.14". I initially thought that it had something to do with being less than the value of Pi. (π).
Her response surprised me with its cleverness:
"Well, it's <3.14 because <3 is a heart and 3.14 is Pi, an irrational number ... I got it at a tattoo parlor in Augusta, Maine. Four of my friends also have that tattooed in the same spot."
Thanks to Kelsey for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
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