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muffaboo
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Re: poppy flower tattoo?
Posted by GoldenRod
Posted by ThePinkGoose
Posted by lipglossjunky73
I think the pictures are beautiful and love the symbolism, but I feel they are such a deep red they look like gaping wounds....I don't know of there is a way to make them look less wound like. I want to get a lotus flower... I love flower tattoos!
I was thinking the same. The first one looks like a gaping wound to me or a blood smear. Just being honest before you actually put it on your body. The first one just caught me off guard with the way it looked. I would make it a more defined flower. :)
That was my first thought, too.
ITA with all of this
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Re: poppy flower tattoo?
Posted by GoldenRod
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/poppy-symbolism.html
In Christianity, poppy symbolism is recruited to represent death as a period of tranquil slumber. This association is seen in metaphor as the red petals of the poppy symbolize the blood of a sacrificed Christ. Themes of resurrection and immortality (salvation of the soul) blossom as the poppy (and the spirit) never really die, just renew and ascend.
In Chinese symbolism, the poppy represents rest, beauty and success. However, its associations with opiate-induced stupors also lend meanings of sloth, dependence and an inability to temper pleasure with the banalities kicked up by living a pragmatic life. Honest masters know enlightenment is induced from within and through a connection with the infinite. Dependence upon external substances/influences to lift the veils of illusion is considered a lazy approach to enlightenment.
http://livingartsoriginals.com/flower-poppies.htm
The flower symbolism associated with poppies is beauty, magic, consolation, fertility and eternal life. The Egyptians included poppies at funerals and in burial tombs. The Greeks used poppies in the shrines of Demeter, goddess of fertility, and Diana, goddess of the hunt. Poppies denote sleep, rest and repose. In modern times, poppies have been associated with Flanders fields as an emblem of those who died in World War I.
Poppies in Chinese Art
Poppy SymbolPoppies represent the loyalty and faith between lovers.
The best "meaning" of a poppy tattoo I found is from this site:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/poppy-tattoo-meaning.html
Therefore, what exactly is the intention behind getting this particular tattoo may best be explained by the person getting inked with it. There can be no precise explanation for choosing the poppy tattoo, however, this article will try to provide some probable explanation.
thanks! i did read all of the articles and sites you posted :)
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sfp0701
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Re: poppy flower tattoo?
I like the second and third ones. Nice symbol.
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