Hey guys,
I am looking to get another tattoo and I've got an idea, but don't know how to visually represent it. I want to get a half-sleeve with a visual depiction of the "war of ideas." Problem is, I'm not sure how to represent this idea without automatically thinking about cartoonish versions of Mises and Hayek fighting Keynes and associates. And although we are speaking of the endless battle of ideas here, I'd rather it not be a violent depiction.
So.... anyone have any thoughts on how to visually represent the endless struggle of ideas, of which we are all apart of?
i2idotorg: Hey guys, I am looking to get another tattoo and I've got an idea, but don't know how to visually represent it. I want to get a half-sleeve with a visual depiction of the "war of ideas." Problem is, I'm not sure how to represent this idea without automatically thinking about cartoonish versions of Mises and Hayek fighting Keynes and associates. And although we are speaking of the endless battle of ideas here, I'd rather it not be a violent depiction. So.... anyone have any thoughts on how to visually represent the endless struggle of ideas, of which we are all apart of?
How about a tattoo of Bill Clinton being bent over and ramrodded by Karl Marx with Barry Obama drinking a beer and cheering him on?
I would see it more as a voyage of discovery with many pitfalls and distractions along the way - Jason and the Argonauts, perhaps with Human Action and For a New Liberty as the Golden Fleece. (Perhaps, Keynes as those terrible sword fighting skeletons that wouldn't die in that 1960's film.)
How you would get all that on your arm, I have no idea!
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liberty student: That is the funniest thing I have ever read on this forum.
Which one?
See, I'm great at coming up with creative stuff - but making it small and concise is not within my range of abilities. Give me a concept in one sentence, and I'll turn it into a 700-page novel. But give me a concept that encompasses all of history and is the major part of everything I care about, and I can't possibly express it in a single, still image.
Speaking of tattoos, though, I'm thinking of getting my avatar done between my shoulder blades. Possibly with my signature around or below it.
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Go offline, take a piece of paper and crayons, and do drawings as if you were a 5 year old kid.
Do about 10 to 20 of them, going from the simplest to the most complex.
Then scan one or two and post them here. Don't be shameful of your own art. I am sure we will be encouraging and come up with further suggestions. But you must come up with your own style first.
Art transcends ideology.
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i2idotorg:Problem is, I'm not sure how to represent this idea without automatically thinking about cartoonish versions of Mises and Hayek fighting Keynes and associates.
Lightsabers.
'Nuff said.
Diminishing Marginal Utility - IT'S THE LAW!
Just please don't make the Austrians the Jedi... we're the true Sith Lords, not self-sacrificing sissies.
okay, here's one I've been knocking around for a while....
There is a man in a business suit, with the head of a donkey. He's sitting on a commode, which is leaking. The puddle is colored with stars and stripes, brown, yellow, and blue. Out of the donkey's pocket is a check from Goldman Sachs. In the donkey's hand is a pennant, bearing the face of Barack Obama, whose skin is dyed green.
Facing him is is another man in a business suit, with the head of an elephant. He looks very stern, sitting behind a high-school principal's desk. Out of his pocket hangs a check from Goldman Sachs. In his hand is a pennant, bearing the face of John McCain, whose skin is dyed green. Next to the desk is a waste paper basket, where you can see a crinkled copy of the Constitution sticking out.
On the desk is a container of lipstick. Both donkey and elephant have fixed their gazes on the thing.
From under the desk, you can see a man's leg protruding, and maybe a bit of an elbow, as if the man in question has his face in the lap of elephant-man. The desk obscures the rest of him, so you can't quite tell what's going on. On the floor, next to that leg, is a pennant bearing the face of Bob Barr, whose face is dyed green.
Behind the elephant is a one-armed bandit. It's windows register "F", "E", "D".
Behind the scene is a window, through which you can see angry people waving dollars and throwing molotov cocktails, but no one in the room seems terribly interested. The lipstick issue, you see, still hasn't been resolved.
The caption reads, "Potty Before Principal".
Unfortunately, I think this might be the opposite from what you're looking for. It probably won't fit on your tattoo, either.
~jaq
Since you already have tattoos it is probably useless to say this but all tattoos, except for the ones of basic shapes and single color, look like a paintball accident after 20 years of sun, oxygen and gravity.
But go for the kind of tattoo that says: "At least he read interesting books in prison."
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probably wont last the test of time but i still love the slogan "Self Pwnership".
alansmithee: probably wont last the test of time but i still love the slogan "Self Pwnership".
I take back what I said before. That would actually work on faded, saggy skin.
But you spelled "pawnshop" all wrong.
Here are some pot-induced (the high's nearing its end though) suggestions:
1. Someone basking in light (preferrably just a face)
2. Handcuffs Breaking with two bloodied fists
3. Someone holding up a book while being shot in the head.
4. A monster holding up a twin-pan balance with one hand, while the other's holding a bloodied weapon or heads (refers to egalitarianism).
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