Rebecca on the meaning of her side tattoo ” The tattoo was done by Rob (roberttattoos.com) at Brooklyn Tattoo about a year and a half ago. The image is a drawing by Maurice Sendak from a book he illustrated called Dear Mili. It was written by Wilhelm Grimm (of the Grimm Brothers fame). I read the book often as a child and recently rediscovered it. The sentiment which best illustrates my love for the book lies in the letter which opens the text:
” You see, the brooks and the flowers and the birds come together, but people do not; great mountains and rivers, forests and meadows, cities and villages lie in between, they have their set places and cannot be moved, and humans cannot fly. But one human heart goes out to another, undeterred by what lies between. Thus does my heart go out to you, and though my eyes have not seen you yet, it loves you and thinks it is sitting beside you. And you say: ‘Tell me a story.’ And it replies: ‘Yes, dear Mili, just listen.’ “
