Tarja/Lilith

Finally working on this again; not sure how long it’ll take me cause I hate coloring on tablet screens 😭😭 (once a traditional artist, hard to change to a digital artist)

Every time I listen to any Ozzy era Black Sabbath or Ozzy’s solo work I can’t help but get a weird sense of sorrow filled nostalgia. Like I love the music, and it’s always been a big part of my life since birth, but the fact that he’s gone always plagues it. I miss his crazy ass. I know he’s human and therefore he would die but he had a weird sense of “oh he’ll never die” to him because of how much he endured. He was a pop culture icon for what, 40 years? Probably longer? It still feels so weird knowing he’s gone.

I have this song tattooed on my arm and I have never once regretted my decision. It’s very personal to me as a song, it’s my first ever tattoo, and I got it the Saturday after he passed. He wasn’t a saint but he knew it and admitted it. We’re all fucked up beings in our own ways. I wish to try to live my life with no regrets like he did, and my tattoo is a symbol of me finally taking that leap towards becoming more openly myself and saying “fuck you” to those who don’t like it. It’s been a journey, and will still continue to be an adventure for a while, but we have to be resilient to survive.

Thank you, Ozzy. The world still misses you and your presence.

“My eyes are blind but I can see,

The snowflakes glisten on the trees

The sun no longer sets me free”