"They're body art. I don't think it's abnormal that someone who spends their life in other skins wants to claim their own by marking things on it that matter to them."
Know your rights Done in 2004. Title of a song by the Clash. Waves added in 2009.
Bouddhist prayer in khmer tongue for her son Maddox
The prayer covers a kanji meaning death in japanese. It was her first tattoo done in 1993.
"A Prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages" In 2009, Angelina added a few lines on the upper left corner.
"Courage" in Japanese, done in 1994 and erased later.
"Power of will" in Arabic.
Recovers a tattoo of abstracts lines designed with Billy Bob.
Roman numeral 13 : she got this tattoo because she doesn't believe in superstitions. In 2009, it became XIII V MCMXL, 13 may 1940, the date of Winston Churchill's speech. In this famous speech, he said : "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
H for her brother James Haven (was also said to remind her of former boyfriend Timothy Hutton), done in 1997.
The famous dragon done in 1997 and the name of her ex husband Billy Bob added in 2000 (both removed). After removal, she said : "I'll never be stupid enough to have a man's name tattooed on me again."
They have been replaced by Cambodia and Ethiopia coordinates (N11º 33' 0'' E104º 51' 00'' and N09º 02' 00'' E038º 45' 00''), countries where her adoptive children were born. A line was added for Shiloh with
Swakopmund (Namibia) coordinates (S22°
40' 26'' E014° 31' 40'').
And another line after the adoption of Pax Thien with Vietnam coordinates (N10° 40' 00'' E106° 41' 40''). Knox and Vivienne
birth place, Nice in France : N43°
41' 21'' E07° 14' 28''. A few lines on upper right corner added in 2009.
A M in the hand for her mother Marcheline.
Tiger made in 2004 in Bangkok
(Thailand) by Sompong Kanphai, tatooed over
a dragon (1998) above two
iroquois symbols (1997).
" Quod me nutrit me destruit " The cross covers a
dragon done in Netherlands in 1996.
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