Thanks for your kind words, lovely 😊
I struggle with the idea of marking my skin permanently.
My mom suggested one time that I paint them and hang them around the house instead of putting them on my skin!
That's a great idea, mom! 😉 I reckon it really helped me to carry around a gecko drawing in my wallet for years as a teen and young adult. Someone had made the suggestion by saying:
"Draw what you think you want inked on your skin and carry it around in your wallet for a year. If you're not sick of looking at it after that year then get it tattooed on your skin!"
It was a sensible thing for me to hear at that point in my life.
If you ever decide to share the tattoo ideas/pictures here on Hive please tag me; I'd love to see them 😃
And I adore the painting idea kind of for the same reason, but I think more than that. The painting on the wall also gives you a chance to appreciate the art... and then take it down if you've changed so much it no longer 'fits'.