Getting a tattoo to honor Christopher Nolan’s impact is a cathartic experience
People are often looked down to get tattoos from movies or TV shows. I don’t understand this theory but I also have over 20 tattoos for my love of fantasy worlds or music. So maybe I’m not the one to break that down.
But one thing I’ve found to be a bit of a letdown in getting tattoos, is the process of determining when something has become important enough for me to get a tattoo of. I actually had a Christopher Nolan tattoo on my wrist, Birdcage from Status There to represent my favorite of his films. But when I looked at the larger body of Nolan’s work, I felt like tattoos weren’t enough of my favorite director.
it took Reissue Interstellar In IMAX For me to commit to Nolan’s next tattoo the decision was simple: I wanted it to be the Morse code for “survival.” In the film, young Murphy (Mackenzie Foy) realizes that the dust left by the ghost in her room was in Morse code formation. He was giving a warning. He told the letter to stay and Murphy knew it was all about her father, Cooper (Matthew McConaughey).
Cooper doesn’t listen, and goes on a mission that will keep him from his family for decades, and the two don’t win until Murphy takes over on his deathbed, but Cooper can see the impact this trip means to the community. While the reunion is beautiful, the movie still holds a special place in my heart as someone who lost their father. I wish my father had stayed, hence the need Interstellar Tattoo was born.
It is important to find a way to express yourself through art
Many people make fun of tattoos and feel some way about them. For me, tattoos are a form of expression. I can share all the things I love through art on my body. And I found an amazing artist in Kreg Franco at East Side Ink who helps me bring these ideas to life. Often times, I just text him “I want this” and he comes up with drawings and ideas that fit my style.
With my country Interstellar The tattoo, was less about his art and more about the meaning behind it. Losing a loved one is hard, but as someone who is always afraid of losing my father, movies like this really remind me how much I loved him. Yes, I have always been close to my parents, my mother is my best friend. But I always had this fear of losing my father, of not having the man who watched the same movie with me over and over again by my side.
I didn’t watch Interstellar Even after his death, I was in college when the movie came out and lost its release. But seeing it after losing my father, I hoped there was some hidden message that I was missing. I wanted my father to be a ghost, protecting me and looking out for me. The more upset I get, the more I will now remember Murphy and her plea for her father to “stay.”
