A arte da tatuagem

Sylvia Plath, "The Fifteen-Dollar Eagle"

"There are other tattoo shops in Madigan Square, but none of them a patch on Carmey's place. He's a real poet with the needle and dye, an artist with a heart. Kids, dock bums, the out-of-town couples in for a beer put on the brakes in front of Carmey's, nose-to-the-window, one and all. You got a dream, Carmey says, without saying a word, you got a rose on the heart, an eagle in the muscle, you got the sweet Jesus himself, so come in to me. Wear your heart on your skin in this life, I'm the man can give you a deal. Dogs, wolves, horses and lions for the animal lover. For the ladies, butterflies, birds of paradise, baby heads smiling or in tears, take your choice. (...) If you've got a back to spare, there's Christ on the cross, a thief at either elbow and angels overhead to right and left holding up a scroll with  "Mount Calvary" on it in Old English script close as yellow can get to gold."


Em "The Fifteen-Dollar Eagle", o leitor vê-se obrigado a fechar frequentemente os olhos, imaginando cada um dos corpos tatuados a partir da descrição detalhada de Plath. Mas se Sinbad, as borboletas que esvoaçam com o andar ou o Cristo no Calvário parecem desafiar a imaginação, as tatuagens que se seguem mostram como as imagens da short story não são impossíveis.
Aqui encontra mais exemplos de como a arte da tatuagem pode fazer do corpo uma tela sem qualquer tipo de aspas. Consegue identificar os quadros que as inspiraram?