Play vs. Contemplation
Tattoo for @_coma__ I did this tattoo at Visions of Ecstasy, and honestly, I didn’t think much of it at first. It was based on a painting of Apollo and Dionysus—a classic theme, sure, but one I hadn’t really connected to before. I just liked the image.
But after the session, something stuck with me. I started thinking more about the story behind it—these two gods that represent totally different things. Apollo is all about control, structure, logic. Dionysus is the opposite—chaos, emotion, instinct. It’s that clash between order and wildness, and once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it.
I fell in love with the painting after the fact. The more I sat with it, the more I saw myself in it. That back-and-forth. That tension.
The whole Apollo and Dionysus thing comes from Nietzsche—he used them to explain the two sides of art, and honestly, the two sides of being human. And suddenly, this tattoo wasn’t just a cool image anymore. It felt like something else. I
t’s not just about two gods. It’s that feeling a lot of us know—trying to keep it together, but also kind of wanting to let go. That push and pull you carry around without really noticing, until it suddenly shows up in your artwork—or your life.
