The image that inspired this new tattoo is from the memento mori widget in the “stoic” app on macOS. This would be my second tattoo.

I’ve tried searching around but perhaps I just don’t know a formal term for it, but the general idea is a design I’d add to regularly. Or maybe it’s not as broad a concept as I think.

I like the visual design language the app uses. All their views are stark and simple. However, I am not in love with it as art on my skin if I were to just copy it on over.

Someone suggested rings that go around my arm and that seems cool. I could do five “bands” with 18 pips each. I want it visible to me when I look at my watch on my left wrist.

I’ve seen this “track your time passed and life left” concept with keychains or two jars at home where you move an item at regular intervals, but having it as a tattoo as an always-there reminder seems lovely to me. The ritual of getting a new dot filled in every year sounds really fun!

I’d love suggestions if you have ‘em!

n.b. the WeCroak app is my current favorite memento mori