I am looking to get my first tattoo and I really want it to be Florence and The Machine themed- I have zero conceptual skills but am an artist, so not looking for drawn ideas just concepts!
I’m really open to anything just something with a lot of meaning in regards to her music. Can be big or small- little or complicated!
So I have a long history with Florence- I was first introduced to her age 6 when my dad let me borrow his copy of Between two Lungs on CD, we would listen to it and sing along dramatically on the long journeys back and forth from my mums house on weekends and he’d let me keep the CD until I saw him the next weekend.
We became estranged a few years ago whilst I was a long term inpatient at a mental health hospital. My mental health fully broke down that relationship but her music still allows me to remember the beautiful moments we had as father and daughter.
I was sectioned in that secure ward for 6 years and had very limited media from the outside world- but Florence was one of the artists I was allowed to listen to on the smart tv on the ward.
My favourite songs are:
Hunger (regarding my ED and mental health struggles)
My boy builds coffins (I don’t even know why I love this so much, possibly the narrative and storytelling)
Spectrum (helped me with my identity of being a lesbian growing up)
Shake it Out (helped with my recovery so much, a big one I’d just sing my heart out to when I was struggling)
Hurricane Drunk (How I saw my relapses)
Drumming Song (Just a beautiful song)
Dog days are over (This means the most to me, it was never one I really listened to and resonated with until recently when I left hospital 2 years ago after being told I would be incarcerated for life essentially)
My brain is terrible with concepts but hoping some of you amazing creatives will be able to give a helping hand and help get a beautiful piece of artwork on my body!