Salvador Dali said that delusions offset by paranoia are things people should actively pursue. He even claimed that fears dissociated from his reality were the source of his creativity. The eccentric artist was famous for not knowing how to count money, and showing up to important functions dressed in unconventional style. For example, he showed up at the opening of the London surrealist dressed in a diving suit.
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This is a tattoo design of my favorite Dali painting, the elephants. The painting is based off a sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini which sits in front of the Basilica of Saint Mary above Minerva, and depicts an elephant carrying an obelisk. The elephants is a fairly comprehensive piece because these same religious undertones define a lot of his work.
"Well, take what you want from me, you deserve it all"
I disagree with Dali's style, but the absurd nature of his madness has touched on far too much for it to be called culturally irrelevant. This is the conundrum of Dali. By the very nature of his work, his method is opaque to the perceptions of the mind; however this mysteriousness is the secret to his success. By creating this intangible separation between subject and piece, Dali sought to pose his own eyes for that of the viewers.
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