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Pranipaatena, pariphrashnena, sevaya. It's a triad of words that has been on my mind a lot. The source paragraph from the Gita opens my dissertation monograph. The proximal trigger was signing my contract as Assistant Professor (tenure track), at the Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School.  I lettered this on site, at the Paradise tattoo parlour on rue Sherbrooke earlier today. It was transferred on to my skin, and tattooed over by Seb. I love the result. I have lettered this exact triad often, but it doesn't always come off. I wanted to do it in one shot, no take backsies, in the moment. Whatever lands on the page is what goes on my skin. So there was a thrill, of a sort. It’s not perfect. The second na in pariprashnena is a bit off. The sa at the beginning of sevaya is a bit small.  And of course, once it was scanned, Seb aligned the three words. And the resulting tattoo is as much his interpretation of my template at it is mine. Subtle choices about h...