iheartmyart: Grace Weaver, Untitled, 2012

tattoolit: My tattoo is from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.  The tattoo reads ‘Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop,’ returned madame; “but don’t tell me.’ punctuated exactly as it is in the book. The quote reminds me that even the elements we deem impossible to overcome are mere roadblocks if you believe in your own strength and personal philosophy.

fuckyeahtattoos: My mom calls me “baby bird” and has since I was a little girl. We decided to get tattoos together for the second time when we visited New York for Christmas. We were wandering around Brooklyn and found a cute tattoo parlor in Williamsburg, where we met Kimberly, a tattoo artist that travels and happened to be in town from Canada that day. She happened to be free and sketched this beautiful design for me (along with a baby bird in the tree roots) based off of many of the antique mirrors in the tattoo shop. Red was a clutch decision, and a good one at that.

Xiao Wen Ju in “Magical Thinking” by Tim Walker for W, March 2012