It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for the second installment of Tattoo Tuesdays. Thanks to Amalie for this sweet story about her husband’s nautical NOLA ink.
My husband is a sailor and has even had the opportunity to be part of the crew for a tallship. Since he sailed on a tallship he has earned a lot of sailor tattoos. Whenever he gets one tattooed on his body he always puts a Jewish twist to it. His most recent tattoo was done by Walt Clark of NOLA Tattoo. It’s a compass rose intertwined with a Star of David pointing to a Fleur-de-Lis. Sailors would tattoo the compass rose on them so that they would always find their way home.
My husband chose a Fleur-de-Lis to be his Navigator’s North for two reasons. Firstly, he wanted something that was not the usual N for North. He and Walt looked at a lot of old sea charts and found that many used a Fleur-de-Lis. Of course, this was because a lot of the maps were made by Frenchmen so north was the way home. But the second and most important reason is that our first-born son was born in New Orleans last year. As you know, New Orleans has adopted the Fleur-de-Lis as the symbol of the city and its people. So my husband’s Navigator’s North is not only authentic, it also points to the place where our son was born, the place we now call home.
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