Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to learn braille this year? Perhaps you would like to support your kid, relative, or friend who is a braille reader. Or potentially you are a veteran teacher who knows braille, but you’re looking for new ideas for activities and lessons. Whatever your reason, braille is incredible and allows the visually impaired to achieve literacy and that’s a beautiful thing!
January is Braille Literacy Month, in honor of the birthday of Louis Braille, who was born on January 4th, 1809. We now celebrate National World Braille Day on January 4th in honor of his legacy. With technology rapidly evolving and digital services moving into this space, educators insist that braille and reading print is still an incredibly valuable tool for children and adults. Let’s take a look at some braille tattoos that celebrate this tactile writing system!
The tattoo artist who shared this image explained that the braille says the person’s family name and the word “strength.” We love the sentiment behind this inspiring tattoo’s message.
“I didn’t just get this tattoo in Braille because it was clever, but in honor of my Aunt Cathy,” the person who shared this image wrote of her visually impaired aunt. “My favorite thing about her was how important she could make you feel. If you spoke to her, it felt like nothing mattered more in the entire world than the words coming out of your mouth.”
Sisu is a Finnish concept described as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness and is held by Finns themselves to express their national character. While we do not have an equivalent term in English, we still love the idea behind this braille tattoo.
“Only with the heart can one see well; the essential is invisible to the eyes,” this person captioned the image in Spanish. We love the addition of a flower here.
This person has a series of braille tattoos of coordinates looks intriguing. The artist has done an incredible job keeping the lines and dots incredibly tidy.
“Resiliencia” this tattoo reads in Spanish. That’s a great word to tattoo on your body as it will be with you for the rest of your life. Not a bad thing to have on your side!
This beautiful purple butterfly has the word “mum” tattooed below in honor of the person’s mother. This is such a moving tribute and a stunning design.
This is a tribute tattoo for this person’s “daddy.” A great way to pay tribute to someone is by tattooing a word or image that reminds you of them always. This is a lovely way to celebrate the man she loved!
“Love you, mother” the person with this tattoo captioned the image they shared of it. It is so amazing that these simple formations mean so much to people.
We’re entering a tunnel of love so if you are a grinch, you might want to skip ahead a few images. This bold shoulder tattoo is remarkable and completely amorous.
We love this tribute tattoo that’s a reminder to never give up the fight for what you believe in. What a marvelous sentiment to help you live each day like you mean it.
Here, we find red ink that spells “love” and is accompanied by the finest floral, decorative element. How does red immediately make things visually appeal more?
Self-love is such an important element of leading a healthy life. We find a reminder to do just that in this wrist tattoo with the tiniest dots we ever did see. This subtle tattoo has got to be one of most microscopic on the planet!
There you go! 25 braille tattoos that showcase the beauty of the writing and how it inspires others every day of their lives. This month, celebrate this amazing form of communication and the literacy it has given so many!
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