PAPER BOAT – lonely

what is the significance of the paper boat in a tattoo?

the paper boat is sometimes associated to childhood

takes us back to that time when we learned how to make it, with dad or grandpa
in the biggest moments of boredom they would pull out a piece of paper and teach us to fold it here and there to get out a little toy to pass a few hours

later, those little boats would then end up in puddles in the street, to see if they really moved on
their way

 

the tattoo of a little paper boat tells us about an introspective moment

that moment of standing in silence and looking at that little boat in the puddle

melancholy
silent

the little boat gives us a feeling of melancholy and loneliness

 

often when we think of a little boat in the middle of the lake we imagine a single man on board, perhaps with a fishing pole in his hand

alone
silent

 

immersed in the water and its thousand whys

 

why tattoo a little paper boat?
because it doesn’t even have a captain and is carried hither and thither by the course of the water

is a symbol of “not being a captain” of one’s emotions, of one’s personal sailing ship

transported by memories, at least for a while

 

 

With love, but always irreverent

L A D Y S A R A