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fuckyeahtattoos: Here it is! This is my first tattoo, I got it in December when I went back to my home city, San Francisco.  It’s taken from the chorus of Skinny Love by Bon Iver, “I told you to be patient, I told you to be fine, I told you to be balanced, I told you to be kind.” It’s difficult to accurately explain, because there are so many different reasons why I got it, and because it’s difficult to explain with language how much Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, the album For Emma, Forever Ago, and this song mean to me. For Emma, Forever Ago is my favorite album of all time, I could listen to it over and over forever and not get sick of it, and every time I listen to it I feel a little different. I’ve loved the song Skinny Love since before it became Bon Iver’s most popular song, and I’ve always loved it, always will love it. But most importantly, when I was 17, my life fell apart with the collapse of my family and resulted in the near death of my sister. I was really the only member of my family left standing, I was the glue, and there were two things that made the burden on me at all bearable; my best friend, and For Emma, Forever Ago. I would listen to Skinny Love over and over, sometimes sobbing, sometimes numb, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes furious, and every time it would bring me back to earth and give me hope that someday everything would be okay. At times, I wanted to sulk in my own sorrow, feeling sorry for myself that I had to deal with such misfortune, but Skinny Love would always remind me to pick myself back up, to appreciate what I still had, to appreciate that I was still strong, and that I should remember to be patient, fine, balanced, and kind.  When I met Justin Vernon, we had a heart to heart about how his music made me vibrant, and vivid, and happy and sad and vivacious and truly alive, and how infinitely grateful I was to him, as a musician and a person. He gave me a hug (two in fact) and told me to stay strong. And I am.  Done by the extraordinary Matt at 2Spirit Tattoo in San Francisco. He’s doing all my work from now on.  whitecholeander.tumblr.com My next tattoo. This is happening reading week. I love it

fuckyeahtattoos:

Here it is!

This is my first tattoo, I got it in December when I went back to my home city, San Francisco. 

It’s taken from the chorus of Skinny Love by Bon Iver, “I told you to be patient, I told you to be fine, I told you to be balanced, I told you to be kind.” It’s difficult to accurately explain, because there are so many different reasons why I got it, and because it’s difficult to explain with language how much Bon Iver, Justin Vernon, the album For Emma, Forever Ago, and this song mean to me. For Emma, Forever Ago is my favorite album of all time, I could listen to it over and over forever and not get sick of it, and every time I listen to it I feel a little different. I’ve loved the song Skinny Love since before it became Bon Iver’s most popular song, and I’ve always loved it, always will love it. But most importantly, when I was 17, my life fell apart with the collapse of my family and resulted in the near death of my sister. I was really the only member of my family left standing, I was the glue, and there were two things that made the burden on me at all bearable; my best friend, and For Emma, Forever Ago. I would listen to Skinny Love over and over, sometimes sobbing, sometimes numb, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes furious, and every time it would bring me back to earth and give me hope that someday everything would be okay. At times, I wanted to sulk in my own sorrow, feeling sorry for myself that I had to deal with such misfortune, but Skinny Love would always remind me to pick myself back up, to appreciate what I still had, to appreciate that I was still strong, and that I should remember to be patient, fine, balanced, and kind. 

When I met Justin Vernon, we had a heart to heart about how his music made me vibrant, and vivid, and happy and sad and vivacious and truly alive, and how infinitely grateful I was to him, as a musician and a person. He gave me a hug (two in fact) and told me to stay strong. And I am. 

Done by the extraordinary Matt at 2Spirit Tattoo in San Francisco. He’s doing all my work from now on. 

whitecholeander.tumblr.com


My next tattoo. This is happening reading week. I love it

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