The shape of things to come...

The thing about me is that you can usually get a good idea of what I've been up to from the markings on my flesh.


`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
Alice didn't think that proved it at all; however, she went on. `And how do you know that you're mad?'
`To begin with,' said the Cat, `a dog's not mad. You grant that?'
`I suppose so,' said Alice.
`Well, then,' the Cat went on, `you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad.'
(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, 1865)

As was the case with the Lady of Shalott tattoo on my right arm, this was beautifully done by Iain Clark at Aurora Tattoo in Lancaster, and photographed quite appallingly by me (it isn't easy to take a picture of your own arm with a mobile phone, so I had to take one upside-down and rotate it). It's still pink and puffy, but you get the idea. I feel a bit less lopsided now!