Black-and-Gray Tattoos

Jahan Yousaf

Jahan Yousaf has an intricate tattoo on her upper right arm.  The design includes gears, and eye, and a crescent moon and star which are a symbol of Islam.  Jahan grew in an Islamic household and went to Islamic school as a child.  Her father is Muslim and was born in Pakistan, while her mother is a first-generation American of German and Lithuanian descent who converted to Islam when they got married.

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Jahan Yousaf

On the outside of Jahan Yousaf’s right forearm is the Vajra Brush, a work of art by Alex Grey. The piece symbolizes the spiritual nature of art. At the center of the drawing is a combination of a paintbrush and the eastern spiritual symbol Vajra. Two winged snakes wrap around it, similar to the Caduceus symbol. Though it is often used as a symbol of medicine, the Caduceus represents occupations associated with the Greek god Hermes.

The artist explains a means that the meaning of the vajra paintbrush is “to awaken people to their own essence through the light of higher vision. The entire history of art is an expression of universal creativity that invisibly surrounds and supports every creative act. The vajra is a spiritual device, a thunderbolt scepter owned by the Hindu god Indra and adopted by the Buddhist sages as a symbol of the diamond-like clarity and brilliance of the mind’s true nature.”

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Yasmine Yousaf has a portrait on her right forearm of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain with half of his face as a zombie. A Krewella fan drew the design for her and she had it tattooed in April 2013.
She told iHeartRadio “This one is like my dedication to Kurt Cobain cause he’s what got me obsessed with music in general. They were my first obsession band. I was obsessed with Nirvana, so this is like my tribute to him being alive forever and his music, but him also being dead in real life.”

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