A Career In Ink

Julia writes, "6 years ago I decided to change my life and go back to uni to study medicine. I decided that if I got through I was going to get a tattoo to celebrate – I wanted a tattoo that said something about me – about where I'd come from. It took a long time to come up with the idea, but I came up with this – the neurone represents my medical degree, which synapses with my first academic passion - the biogeography of plants (so maybe I'm a bit of a freak). To tie these together further, I chose plants that have medical (or at least pseudo-medical) uses – the dog violets can supposedly improve renal function (I want to be a nephrologist – many people think that makes me even more of a freak), and chamomile is known to have a calming effect (I thought it ...