There Is No Love Where There is No Bramble.
I spent Saturday evening with the guys at Black 13 — a highly recommended shop in Nashville — getting my second (and most likely, last) tattoo.
The text comes from the song “Say Valley Maker” from one of my favorite records — A River Ain’t Too Much To Love by Smog (who’s just going by Bill Callahan now).
As for the significance, this is a reminder of what life has been teaching me in the last 6 months: that nothing worth having comes without effort, that life is often more rewarding when you take risks, and that — as my mother told me just a few weeks ago — we are given obstacles so that we can grow enough to move forward.
Next: a Tony Danza tattoo, obviously. Or maybe something more direct.
I’m liking your new tattoo a little better.
Beth
May 26, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Is that because I credited you with some of the inspiration?
I promise I won’t ever get one on my face…
briggsa
May 27, 2009 at 1:37 am
Listening to your talk on instructional design at Barcamp. Cool tattoo.
Jeff Goins
October 17, 2009 at 7:10 pm