Hallelujah Hatrack

This week’s topic for Illustration Friday (www.illustrationfriday.com) is tattoo.

Also, since I have a tattoo (on the outside of my right calf) I thought I would include that as well.  

This tattoo is the Cherokee work for ‘peace’ (Nvwato hiyadv) interspersed with the number 7.  In the Cherokee culture, the number 7 holds great importance – it represents the seven sacred directions.  Of the seven, four are directional (north-south-east-west), two are pagan (Mother Earth-Father Sky), and the final is spiritual (where you are).  Sometimes people think that this represents where you are physically, like at my desk or in Connecticut or at church, but what this means is where you are on the inside: where you are emotionally, or with your earthly relationships, or where you are with God, and of course where you are with yourself.