Circle Tattoo Designs : represents life and death circle

The Zen circle motifs are particularly interesting for tattoo center clients because of their deep symbolism and their ancient origins. When this universal representation of the universe was found and brought to the western civilization in 1960’s by hippies, the meaning of it as a representation of the life and death circle became world known, making the model a searched one in the tattoo studios.

Of course it is hard to represent the real process of creation of Zen circle on human skin. In the Easter civilizations calligraphers draw the Zen circle in one impulsive move of their skillful hand. Thanks to this fact each different Zen motif has its own distinctive features that allow the true admirer to even tell who created it and what hidden meaning the creator wanted to put in the circle.
That’s why even the most skilled tattoo artists can not just catch the needle and start drawing on the skin. They do train like the Japanese calligraphers do – with hours they draw circles, trying to achieve that perfect move, which will allow them to try and tell stories with just one Zen circle. Once the design is perfected, the artist can transfer it easily to the skin of the client and the tattoo will still have its distinctive Zen circle look.
The fashion seemed to be the only reason why the young people wanted tattoos with circular design like the Zen circle designs but with the time it seems more and more of them try to understand the true meaning of the tattoos they draw on their body and accept some of the ideas of the rich culture that gave the design to the Western world.
Of course a design so pretty deserves to be tattooed even if the spiritual side of the client is not so well developed, as it will certainly be pretty enough to satisfy his aesthetical desires too, not just the religious or spiritual ones.
Still if the person does not know a thing about the Zen circle, explain its true nature before you tattoo it. Tell him or her that it represents the human life form birth till death and they should only have it tattooed if they accept their life will someday end and find it just a continuation of the normal way the things in the universe develop. They might not understand a word but at least you will have tried and some might even start digging and find the roots and the long history of this great tattoo circular motif – the Zen circle.