The target this time is my right forearm. I’ve cycled through several different possibilities for this. For example, the Lorentz time dilation equation plays a role in many SciFi stories, including Heinlein’s classic Time for the Stars, where it plays a central role in the plot. it also turns out to be relatively easy to deduce, at least in a special case, using only Euclidian geometry–see this post on another site. Combining this with Dali’s famous melting clocks seemed like a natural, but Steven says this particular design won’t work on my arm. I believe him: I trust his artistic sense. In any case, he’s working on something that will work, perhaps on my left arm.
Meantime, I went looking for other tattoos inspired by artists. Eventually I found one based on a Kandinski watercolor that I liked. Kandinski is another of my favorite artists. In fact, I’ve had the same Kandinski print, a gift from my former spouse, hanging in every office I’ve had since the mid-1970s.
Anyway, the design will look something like the one at left. The idea is that it will start on my lower, right wrist and continue diagonally up my right arm to my elbow, with the little red triangle snippet at the top being just above the elbow.
Steven says he can do this one, but it will probably take more than one session. He’s booked for a few weeks–he only does this on Sundays–so it will be a while before this gets done. Still, I expect it will be done before the big SoonerCon trip at the end of June. I’ve even bought some short-sleeved shirts to wear so I can show off this new tattoo.
I’ll post photo’s once Steven has done his magic.
This is based on a Kandinsky watercolor, “Gray Circle, 1923.” That’s the middle section of the tattoo. The bottom third and top widget are add-ons in the Style of Kandinksi. This isn’t original with me but instead copied from an instagram post where you can see the tattoo on an actual person.
I toyed with the idea of changing the lines in the bottom section to waves and adding a Feynman diagram, then sticking Schrodinger’s wave equation onto the graphic. But I liked this design so much more, I abandoned that idea. Besides, I’ve got another idea for the wave equation that involves an Escher woodcut. More on that in another blog.
Here are the three parts of the tattoo, followed by the Kandinski original.
Here’s the Kandinski original.
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