Memento Mori - Sugar Skull

Graphic tattoo like design inspired by the mexican Day of the Dead (Dia de los muertos) celebration with the text Memento Mori or remember that... more

by Nabucodonosor Perez

Title

Memento Mori - Sugar Skull

Artist

Nabucodonosor Perez

Medium

Digital Art

Description

Graphic tattoo like design inspired by the mexican Day of the Dead (Dia de los muertos) celebration with the text " Memento Mori " or " remember that you are going to die.
On the center of the skull there is an an Agadez Cross, an african symbol of the tuaregs that represents the Southern Cross or Crux, a constellation used for orientation on the southern hemisphere. This symbol was transferred from fathers to their sons with the following sentence "Son, I give you the four directions of the world because you never know where you are going to die"
Around the Agadez Cross there is an inscription in Gaelic, Irish language:
""Is fearr aiféala a bheith ort faoina bhfuil déanta agat ná aiféala faoi na rudaí nach raibh sé de mhisneach agat a dhéanamh"
" that means:
"It is better to regret the things that you did instead of the tings you were not brave enough to do"
The skull is decorated with floral and geometric designs.

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Uploaded

August 7th, 2012