I had cancer on 2009 so I decided to celebrate my victory doing this! I always wanted a tattoo after my treatment and the concept of it, has been in my mind since a long time. The dead trees represent New York because I received my treatment in that city and it was winter when all this started. The clock represents the distortion of time while I was living there the whole year, I took it from my dear Salvador Dalí’s paint “The persistence of memory”, this experience was so surreal to me so this detail was perfect! The cage represents the cancer (Hodgkin lymphoma) and, finally… the sparrow, flying free from the cage, from the nightmare, represents me. This bird was ideal to me, it means a lot of beautiful things.  In December I’ll add the final touch: a heartagram hanging from the peak of the sparrow, this will represent the man I love, and whom I met on 2009.  I have this tattoo on my back, the session took 6 hours and a half. To be honest, it didn’t hurt at all (I thought it was gonna be worst!). I’m very happy with the final result.

I had cancer on 2009 so I decided to celebrate my victory doing this! I always wanted a tattoo after my treatment and the concept of it, has been in my mind since a long time.

The dead trees represent New York because I received my treatment in that city and it was winter when all this started. The clock represents the distortion of time while I was living there the whole year, I took it from my dear Salvador Dalí’s paint “The persistence of memory”, this experience was so surreal to me so this detail was perfect! The cage represents the cancer (Hodgkin lymphoma) and, finally… the sparrow, flying free from the cage, from the nightmare, represents me. This bird was ideal to me, it means a lot of beautiful things. 

In December I’ll add the final touch: a heartagram hanging from the peak of the sparrow, this will represent the man I love, and whom I met on 2009. 

I have this tattoo on my back, the session took 6 hours and a half. To be honest, it didn’t hurt at all (I thought it was gonna be worst!). I’m very happy with the final result.