Hello, everyone! In this post I'd like to present you one of my tattoo-designs which combines tribal elements with some ancient symbols used in the Taoist cosmology (namely, the Yin-Yang symbol and the Wu Xing ideograms).
Wu Xing tattoo. Ideograms meaning: the chinese Five Elements: Wood (木, mù), Fire (火, huǒ), Earth (土, tǔ), Metal (金, jīn), Water (水, shuǐ). For more Kanji/Hanzi-tattoo-designs visit my website, seiza.ro.
In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin-yang is used to describe how opposite or contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world; and, how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many natural dualities (such as light and dark, high and low, hot and cold, fire and water, life and death, male and female, sun and moon, and so on) are thought of as physical manifestations of the yin-yang concept.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (instead of opposing) forces interacting to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation.
The Wu Xing, (五行 wŭ xíng) also known as the Five Elements, Five Phases, the Five Agents, the Five Movements, Five Processes, and the Five Steps/Stages, is a fivefold conceptual scheme that many traditional Chinese fields used to explain a wide array of phenomena, from cosmic cycles to the interaction between internal organs, and from the succession of political regimes to the properties of medicinal drugs. The "Five Phases" are Wood (木 mù), Fire (火 huǒ), Earth (土 tǔ), Metal (金 jīn), and Water (水 shuǐ). This order of presentation is known as the "mutual generation" (xiangsheng 相生) sequence. In the order of "mutual conquest" (xiangsheng 相勝) or "mutual overcoming" (xiangke 相剋), they are Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, and Metal.
My tattoo-design turned into a real tattoo.
If you use any of my tattoo-designs as a model / inspiration / starting-point for a tattoo you might consider sending me some photos of the tattoo once it's complete. Thank you in advance.
Hello the Person behind Kanji Tattoos.
ReplyDeleteI am writing to you as a director of LionHearted Toys Pty Ltd, a company incorporated and based in Australia.
LionHearted Toys is dedicated to creating conscious toys for an awakening world. We aim to bring awareness and joy in equal parts to everything we do! We are also committed to being in integrity with all of those we deal with, whether they be customers, workers or suppliers.
My company, in the person of Richard Mueck our founder, has created a new toy called an Upple. Some shots of it are below.
It’s a fun piece for playing, lighting, meditating on and the like.
As part of our marketing and in preparation for production, Richard was inspired by an image on your site and created this symbol:
You’ll appreciate that whilst its derived from your design it nevertheless has significant changes from your original.
So I write to you to seek clearance. Specifically, on your site you wrote:
“If you use any of my tattoo-designs as a model / inspiration / starting-point for a tattoo you might consider sending me some photos of the tattoo once it's complete. Thank you in advance.”
So would you be ok with us using the above symbol? We think its sufficiently different to not be regarded as a passing off at law, however we’d also like to not have a legal battle over it and instead, to honour and respect its lineage. As such, if you wished, we’d be happy to attribute its inspiration to you, although we’d need to know your name unless you’d just like a reference to your site.
What do you say?
I thank you in anticipation of your reply. Respectfully, Peter psl@peterslustig.net [Note: images didn't copy so please email me directly so I can forward to you. thanks]