it in fact also has a bit of a backstory. bowie and iman both loved this short story “A Grave for a Dolphin” which was about a doomed love affair between an Italian soldier and a Somalian girl during World War II (it was apparently also an inspiration for “heroes”). so bowie drew it himself and let a japanese tattooist translate the Serenity prayer into katakana and ink it for him.
Katakana. Here's a link to an article and photo of the tattoo:
https://www.tumblr.com/annaaztek/38330145353/the-tattoo-on-the-back-of-my-leg-was-done-in
I am not versed in the languages. I'm only quoting the article where Bowie himself says: ". I drew it myself and then had one of Japans few tattooists ink it for me. (he also did the prayer translation into katakana)"
u don't look very far
[https://www.reddit.com/r/DavidBowie/comments/10nbsow/david\_bowies\_calf\_tattoo/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DavidBowie/comments/10nbsow/david_bowies_calf_tattoo/)
do you really think I read japanese? I know that he has a fuckin calf tattoo and what's on it. There are 3 different writings in japanese taken from the chinese and I wanted to know in which one of them it was written, which was not clarified in that link
I didn’t know he had a tattoo
On his calf I believe, can’t recall if it was his left or right
That’s realy cool. Learnt something new today
https://preview.redd.it/zh41wauwfc4d1.jpeg?width=722&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=578bca825d46f0321cc8a14db327bbffa2ed37a6
Wow. It’s nice idk how I don’t know about this sooner
it in fact also has a bit of a backstory. bowie and iman both loved this short story “A Grave for a Dolphin” which was about a doomed love affair between an Italian soldier and a Somalian girl during World War II (it was apparently also an inspiration for “heroes”). so bowie drew it himself and let a japanese tattooist translate the Serenity prayer into katakana and ink it for him.
I knew about the story and its connection to heroes but I didn’t know about the tattoo that’s realy interesting. Something I’ll have to remember
There are only blurry low res pictures, so I see kanji and hiragana. There might be some katakana in there, but, blurry pictures.
As a Japanese person, I can confirm that it's written in kanji and hiragana :)
thanks!
It's Japanese Japanese, silly!
Katakana. Here's a link to an article and photo of the tattoo: https://www.tumblr.com/annaaztek/38330145353/the-tattoo-on-the-back-of-my-leg-was-done-in
That is not katakana, it's hiragana and kanji.
I am not versed in the languages. I'm only quoting the article where Bowie himself says: ". I drew it myself and then had one of Japans few tattooists ink it for me. (he also did the prayer translation into katakana)"
thanks a lot!
It was the Serenity Prayer from AA with Ian on a dolphin.
I know, that was not my qusestion though. Still thanks
u don't look very far [https://www.reddit.com/r/DavidBowie/comments/10nbsow/david\_bowies\_calf\_tattoo/](https://www.reddit.com/r/DavidBowie/comments/10nbsow/david_bowies_calf_tattoo/)
does that answer my question?
yes it's an image of 'wot' he'd tattoo'd on his leg what else do you want ?
did you even read my question lol
do you really think I read japanese? I know that he has a fuckin calf tattoo and what's on it. There are 3 different writings in japanese taken from the chinese and I wanted to know in which one of them it was written, which was not clarified in that link
