: Psico Design ep. 9 : LETTERING

LETTERING, the hidden meaning in a tattoo 

 

in this short article of the section “PSICO DESIGN – the psychology of the drawings” we address the meaning and symbolism of the LETTERING from a mythical or primordial point of view, to apply it in the portrayal of the tattoo

 

Anyway, we speak of fairytales that make us dream, there’s no time for science here

 

The prefrontal cortex has no ground here, we move within the emotions of the limbic brain or the instinct of the reptilian brain 

 

THE LETTERING is an element linked to externalization, a shared information

 

sometimes with a diary, sometimes with a postcard to a friend, sometimes with a love letter… sometimes with a newspaper article, headline, stamp or sign

 

the writing speaks, it wants to communicate and therefore symbolizes a need for externalization

 

such a great internal turmoil that wants to get out

sometimes a turmoil that’s just a big mess

sometimes huge feelings that can only be whispered in ink and not spoken in words

sometimes so messed up thoughts that they need ink to find a stable shape

 

sometimes instead, it’s just love

a letter to our beloved, a dedication to our mother, a thought for our son

 

something so affectionate to be infinite

in any case, it needs to communicate something that comes from our inside to  someone who is outside

 

the writing could also be with a typewriter-style FONT instead of

HANDMADE

 

and so here things change a bit….

it becomes news, a sure fact

it becomes a machine that writes, something scientific and logical, no longer a human hand connected to a beating heart

 

it becomes the article of a newspaper or a telegram

it becomes a galactic coordinate or a firm date

a time

a place

a city

a moment

 

something precise and immutable, objective, immutable by feelings

 

it becomes a reliable news

 

or it could be written with a ruined marker that doesn’t work anymore

or with a brush that discharges ink only in strokes

it can be something urgent and shouted that doesn’t mind the form but the need to arrive loud and clear, giant and quickly

 

or it could be…. everything you want, depending on the font that you choose, the impact that the writing can have on the interpretation of our mind changes

 

what does not change, is the need to communicate

 

with love,

by Lady Sara