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Song of the Open Road

AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune—I myself am good...

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Walt Whitman

I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. One world is aware and by far the largest to me, and that is myself, And...

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This is what you shall do…

This is Benjamin’s tattoo: My tattoo is from Walt Whitman.  The first printing of Leaves of Grass (and none of the subsequent printings) had a preface with the following quote: “This is what you shall...

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I Sing the Body Electric

This is Mai’s tattoo. I was always fascinated by this poem, and especially by the first line, I always loved the way the words looked together, their ring and what they meant. It’s merely the opening...

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nothing collapses

This is Corey‘s tattoo. All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses,  And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. - Exceprt from Walt Whitman, ‘Song of Myself’.  Read the whole...

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a great poem

This tattoo belongs to Zachary Dean. This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your...

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I contain multitudes

This is Emma’s tattoo. For me, it’s a statement that I am not an open book and there are many facets to my personality The font is King. I chose a typewriter font because of nostalgia (I learned to...

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I exist as I am

This is Geneva’s tattoo. The story behind it is that I’ve suffered for a long time with body image issues and accepting myself as I am. Reading Whitman’s poetry, especially “Song of Myself”, and going...

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