and those who choose each other as brothers

spreading forth to knot work shoulders and feathered wings that span down to the elbows

taken from the opening page folio 29r of the Saint Matthew's Gospel in the 9th century illuminated manuscript

Amidst the vast array of Celtic imprints

this eleven-pointed star is one continuous line weaving back to source

Soldier Celtic Cross Tattoo Design iceland and those who choose eachEvening's long shadows became the night, in the small Irish graveyard where I made the grave rubbing that became this tattoo pattern. Memorial to a soldier who had fought and died in a foreign land. Not forgotten.