Meaningful tattoos

Meaningful tattoos are what we all want to believe in seeing permanently inked body decorations. Tattoo wearers in tribes and ancient cultures never got something inked just because it looks nice. Their tattoos were always related to something specific and even had their duties like protecting, giving special powers or attracting energies to their wearers. Nowadays when we can find tattoo parlours in every town and we have resources to pay for these not very cheap body decorations, the situation has changed: pretty often meaningful, personal tattoos are replaced by trendy figures and pop-culture symbols without very deep personal meanings.

You don’t have to be a deep thinker to find meaningful tattoo ideas for yourself. Firstly, think about the most important things in your life, your best qualities or values you might lack for now but your consider very important. Think about your dreams and goals, about your interests and family heritage that’s not going to disappear from your life in a month or a year. You are getting tattooed to carry this body decoration the rest of your life. You can also embody the life verities and cognitions you have come to through your life adventures.

Johnny Depp is one of the most famous tattooed celebrities who has told that his body is like a journal and his tattoos are like diary entries that form a story of his life. The truth is that also he has inked something on his body and decided to change it later – that’s not really something what we do with our diary entries, right?

The biggest mistakes people make are misspelled words or getting names of their lowers inked on their bodies. The statistics show these are the most famous tattoos people want to get removed or covered up with other tattoos when their lovers change. It’s your body and you are the only one who has to live with it. Don’t get a tattoo to prove something or just because something looks cute or seems cool: these are considered meaningless tattoos, especially if you haven’t done any research to find out the meaning of symbols you have on your body. The best tattoo artists are also great at helping people to find meaningful tattoos that fit well their personalities!

It doesn’t matter if someone thinks your tattoos are clichés as long as you know what they mean to you. Skulls, anchors and dragons can be meaningful tattoos for men the same as butterflies, cheetah prints and flowers for ladies. If you know why you are getting these tattoos, what stands behind them and have no doubt that you need it – go for it! It’s great to wear something personal always with you – inked on your body as a reminder and source of energy and strength!