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Tattoos: Changing Fashion Fads by James Govier
The young man waited in uneasy anticipation while the artist prepared his tools. Rapid short breaths were making the young man’s heart pound even faster as doubts circled in his mind: “Maybe I shouldn’t go through with this.” “Should I say something?” "What am I getting myself into?" Even though the young man was still undecided about actually going through with it, the artist prepared his arm for the havoc that was about to begin. “Relax,” said the artist. “It never hurts as bad as you think.” As he brought the needles up to the skin, the young man heard the faint buzz of the machine. The tiny needles began puncturing his skin; he flinched at first, but found that the pain wasn’t as excruciating as he had originally thought. The artist began to work his magic. It was as if he was painting a picture on the young man’s arm. After about 45 minutes, the artist stopped, admired his work and exclaimed, “There you go, son. You now have a tattoo.” The young man looked at his arm, and through the blood and swelling, he could see the image he had chosen. He had now joined the ranks of many people who are turning their bodies into human canvases. In fact, over the last decade there has been a sharp increase in the number of people that are getting tattoos. Since the art of tattooing has become so popular, the reasons people are getting them are changing, the risks are becoming more controversial, and tattoo removal has become more common.
Whereas the process of getting a tattoo hasn’t changed that much over the years, the reasons that people are getting them have. One of the most popular reasons is that it is a perfect way to rebel from the constraints of a conservative, uptight nation. As reported by James Gardner, a critic for the New York Post, “Body art allows people to reinvent themselves as rebels.” Yet, in defacing their bodies to make some great social outcry against conformity, they are, in a way, hypocritically
The young man waited in uneasy anticipation while the artist prepared his tools. Rapid short breaths were making the young man’s heart pound even faster as doubts circled in his mind: “Maybe I shouldn’t go through with this.” “Should I say something?” "What am I getting myself into?" Even though the young man was still undecided about actually going through with it, the artist prepared his arm for the havoc that was about to begin. “Relax,” said the artist. “It never hurts as bad as you think.” As he brought the needles up to the skin, the young man heard the faint buzz of the machine. The tiny needles began puncturing his skin; he flinched at first, but found that the pain wasn’t as excruciating as he had originally thought. The artist began to work his magic. It was as if he was painting a picture on the young man’s arm. After about 45 minutes, the artist stopped, admired his work and exclaimed, “There you go, son. You now have a tattoo.” The young man looked at his arm, and through the blood and swelling, he could see the image he had chosen. He had now joined the ranks of many people who are turning their bodies into human canvases. In fact, over the last decade there has been a sharp increase in the number of people that are getting tattoos. Since the art of tattooing has become so popular, the reasons people are getting them are changing, the risks are becoming more controversial, and tattoo removal has become more common.
Whereas the process of getting a tattoo hasn’t changed that much over the years, the reasons that people are getting them have. One of the most popular reasons is that it is a perfect way to rebel from the constraints of a conservative, uptight nation. As reported by James Gardner, a critic for the New York Post, “Body art allows people to reinvent themselves as rebels.” Yet, in defacing their bodies to make some great social outcry against conformity, they are, in a way, hypocritically