Henna and newest post

Hey everyone! Im back sorry for not being on top of my blog like I should have been...but i had school getting out, girlfriend problems, and then on top of all that i had getting a buisness off the ground to deal with also. Anyway aside from all that im going to try to get this up and running again NO promises lol =) ill try my best. So for my first post of restarting the blog its going to be on my Henna that i got yesterday at the Saturday Market, I love that place, its amazing. To let you in on a little info. Henna is a plant that is very interesting, it reacts with your skin temperature. It dies your skin a brownish red color. What it does is after you peel away this Henna paste your left on your skin this light brown color. 24 hours after it comes off it turns a darker brown. Its a Semi-permanent tattoo that stays on for about two to three weeks.Heres some pics of mine...This is when the paste is on my arm..This is a Second after i peeled the paste off..These are pics from the day after i got itHere are some pics of my drawings of lotuses..Heres some facts of the Lotus and why i got the henna and probably will get a tattoo of it. The lotus flower starts as a small flower down at the bottom of a pond in the mud and muck. It slowly grows up towards the waters surface continually moving towards the light. Once it come to the surface of the water the lotus flower begins to blossom and turn into a beautiful flower.In modern times the meaning of a lotus flower tattoo ties into it's religious symbolism and meaning. Most tattoo enthusiast feel that the a lotus tattoo represent life in general. As the lotus flower grows up from the mud into a object of great beauty people also grow and change into something more beautiful. So the symbol represent the struggle of life at its most basic form.
Lotus flower tattoos are also popular for people who have gone through a hard time and are now coming out of it. Like the flower they have been at the bottom in the muddy, yucky dirty bottom of the pond but have risen above this to display an object of beauty or a life of beauty as the case might be. Thus a lotus flower tattoo or blossom can also represent a hard time in life that has been overcome.Lotus flower and peonies are also two flowers that are very popular among Japanese tattoo artists and they make a great compliment to Koi Fish tattoos. Ironically enough the two koi fish and lotus flowers can often be found in the same pond in front of a temple. The Koi fish is a symbol typically for strength and individualism. So there you go theres the facts for the Lotus flower and the reason i would get it is for the facts and one tattoo it would be worth getting. Heres a pic of the tattoo.I think this is a sign that thats the tattoo i will get because i got the lotus on Saturday and on Friday i was drawing the Immaculate Heart of Jesus and the tattoo has both.=), Thats all for now.
God is love,
~Tanner "3Oh!Se7en"