Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
— C. S. Lewis
Alice contemplates which side of the mushroom to eat, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
The Beast from Lev Grossman’s The Magician.
Tattoo inspired by the novel 100 Years of Solitude.
Tattoo inspired by George Orwell’s 1984. Doubleplusgood.
Tattoo based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Fantastic new school tattoo of Edgar Allan Poe.
“Let the wild rumpus start!” Tattoo of Maurice Sendak ‘s Where the Wild Things Are .
Log-a-Log from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
Illustrative tattoo inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland .
Really unique, surreal, tattoo of Edgar Allan Poe.
“Too weird to live, to rare to die.” Great black & grey portrait of Hunter S. Thompson.
Tattoo of Curious George .