Tattoosday (A Tattoo Blog): Friedrich Nietzshe

Last month on 86th Street in Brooklyn, I met Joe, who shared this cool tattoo on his right bicep:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWKjsTvG2hdV9arwacTTehYb88_uKVvl2UAyXOFqNI69WaVlBLT2ASNAj9GbbucL8WuLMRfQkxCAzi06Uw3KI1ZBMqQa57keUe6JMZ01MXfs4Mpz_rmp5uc8LYRgzU6v4n4416TC2ynU/s1600/nietzsche.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWKjsTvG2hdV9arwacTTehYb88_uKVvl2UAyXOFqNI69WaVlBLT2ASNAj9GbbucL8WuLMRfQkxCAzi06Uw3KI1ZBMqQa57keUe6JMZ01MXfs4Mpz_rmp5uc8LYRgzU6v4n4416TC2ynU/s400/nietzsche.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="st">Joe credited <a href="http://mattvancuratattoos.com/">Matt Van Cura</a>, formerly of <a href="http://www.larktattoo.com/">Lark Tattoo</a>. Matt now works out of <a href="http://www.davincitattoo.com/">Da Vinci Tattoo</a> in Watagh, New York. </span><br /><span class="st"></span><br />Joe came in with an idea for this piece, armed only with the phrase "<span class="st">Increscunt animi virescit volnere virtus," and worked with Matt for a couple of hours as they pieced the art together. Be sure to click on the photo to get a larger view of the exceptional shading, line work and detail. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDB3PpejiAv-LvmneDiPgQEKJqTdwJX3WotuYiAzZS7Kfl0VrPBBjTFEHgi2faRcoKqaRu2K_wiEUTFk8dDcDzDAoDfSlwFuImo7XArqvGIbjdVuP46Xo8JKQCUUzG3fi29FRXFomq0E/s1600/nietzsche+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDB3PpejiAv-LvmneDiPgQEKJqTdwJX3WotuYiAzZS7Kfl0VrPBBjTFEHgi2faRcoKqaRu2K_wiEUTFk8dDcDzDAoDfSlwFuImo7XArqvGIbjdVuP46Xo8JKQCUUzG3fi29FRXFomq0E/s400/nietzsche+detail.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><span class="st">When I asked what the Latin translated to, Joe told me it meant "the spirit grows, strength is restored through wounding." A little research on my end revealed that the exact translation,"the spirits increase, vigor grows through a wound," is a quote attributed to the German philosopher <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_of_the_Idols"><u><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: small;">Die Götzen-Dämmerung (Twilight of the Idols)</span></u></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">.</span></span><u><span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: small;"><br /></span></u><br /><br />Thanks to Joe for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />  <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I can contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

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