Elizabeth Bachmayer Professor Magee College Writing Paper Tattoos: An Art Form When I turned 18‚ I finally got the tattoo that I have been wanting to get since my 16th birthday. I designed it myself. It says‚ “take a breath” with a heart at the end of it. I went to the tattoo parlor a week before my actually appointment and explained to my tattoo artist the exact font‚ coloring‚ and reason behind my tattoo design. The saying “take a breath” is meaningful to me. I try to follow the advice
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Tattooing. Like most body modifications‚ tattoos are an often misunderstood form of body modification. Despite the stigmas‚ tattoos have become a unique object of desire to diverse groups of people. But are the popular perceptions of tattoos out of synch with the true meaning behind them? This essay will explore the social and cultural practices of tattooing and the causal connection between the mind and the tattooed body. It will also explore why tattoos engender uneasiness and curiosity‚ and constitutes
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Page 1 Tattoo: “With You Forever” The poem "Tattoo" by Ted Kooser dramatizes how things of your youth are carried with you although so much else changes with your age. These are dramatized through the comparison of what the tattoo meant at one time and how after years‚ the old man is just as any other old man. The tone of the poem in the very beginning is straight forward by showing how things in the past linger on‚ when it comes to the middle it changes over to a strong youth‚ and the end
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Each day tattoo artist are tattooing more and more people. Tattoos have become a normal sight to see on anyone. In today’s society‚ many citizens think badly of people with ink. It is becoming harder to obtain jobs because the business industry tends to judge tattoos as unprofessional. Honestly‚ it is not any different than someone expressing themselves with a hairstyle‚ or clothing choice. Some of the best employees could be looked over due to the ink on their skin. A person’s skin does not define
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i did was the origin of tattoos as my documentary was on tattoos and i needed to dig deeper into the meaning of tattoos and why they are around
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Abstract - The significance of tattoos and the tattooing arts are neither smooth nor unified‚ and actually can be considered as varied and punctured as the skin on which the tattoo is placed. The elusive unified account is due in part because of the wide variety of cultures in which tattoo has been practiced‚ from Japan and the South Pacific to ancient Greece. There is even evidence of tattooing that can be traced to the Bronze Age. Indeed on the 5300 year old “Iceman”‚ tattoos were found in great number
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Tattoos a Fine Art Tattoos are considered fine art and are accepted more now than ever before. “Tattoos date back to 12‚000 BC. The word "tattoo" comes from a Tahitian word "tattow" or "ta-tu" meaning to mark the skin” (Lori). Tattoos have been evident in many cultures throughout the centuries” the ancient Greeks tattooed spies‚ the Romans tattooed criminals and the Polynesians tattooed ranking members of their tribes” (Lori). Around the 1950’s tattoos lost popularity they picked up a stereotype
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Another trend that is causing infection among a rising number of people is the “poke and stick party‚” a scenario in which friends give each other tattoos in their homes. The parties They are viewed as being more fun rather than going to a parlor where they need to comply with regulations. Poke and stick parties are also rising in popularity is because it is a lot cheaper‚ or even free‚ to get it done by their friends. (Concern Growing). What they don’t seem to realize is how dangerous it is to
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For many years tattoos were a form of taboo. Despite the negative stigma of tattoos with gang members‚ bikers‚ and circus freaks‚ this art form has become an accepted part of middle-class American life despite their once negative association. The history of tattoos has shown growth in popularity due to the advancement of art styles‚ machinery and sterilization. The meaning of tattoos has shifted numerous times since their introduction into Western societies by sailors returning from the Pacific
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filling my skin with tattoos telling a story of my life. My parents have a different view on the portraits and designs I have permanently drawn on me than I do. They think they are ugly and have no purpose being on my body and are repulsed every time that they see them. My parents grew up in a Jewish household and have been taught that one who gets tattoos is committing a crime against their body by defacing it for eternity. However‚ in the generation that I have grown up in‚ tattoos have become a way
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