So after Karate Kid was sold out this weekend, me and my bud decided to go to the tattoo parlor. Random, I know. But I decided to get one. My first one. While thinking of concepts it eventually became a no brainer for me.
The Inspiration:
Philosopher Rene Descartes once locked himself into a room, striving to investigate existence and skepticism. This was a metaphysical search. In Meditations on First Philosophy he engages in an experiment of doubting everything. The notion of doubting made him certain of one thing and that was his own existence. For him to doubt, there had to be someone who was doing the doubting (which confirmed his existence). In a nutshell, He proved his existence, by thinking hence the term “I think, therefore I Am”.
The Meaning For Me:
I am a thinker, personally and professionally. It is what I do most of my day. It is the thing that helps me cope and the think that makes me happy. It reminds me that I am alive. The act itself, proves to me my own existence every day. For when I stop, I will know that something in me has died. And so thinking remains my quest, my fix, my passion, and my zeal in life. And the pen (which represents communication) will always precede it because I don’t just think in my head, but I strive to share my thoughts with words in classrooms and on paper for the world to hear.