Tattoos are rather apalling to me.
I have seen some amazing art produced on skin, and am impressed by the thought and symbolism that they may represent. Still, I probably heard too many stories about lonely, drunken sailors in far-off ports. Or maybe it was viruses and diseases spread by unclean needles and contaminated inks. And who knows what sort of women would get them.
Don't get me wrong, I had my share of biker fantasies! And I know plenty of perfectly reasonable women with tattoos.
DS has tattoos that seem to mark various rites of passage for him. He's awesome, but I'm glad he usually keeps them covered in spite of the fact that I gladly take credit for introducing him to the designs themselves.
My radiation required that I have tattoos so the same place would be in the cross hairs. They are about this big and this color (dark green): . .
So the first illustration is additudinal. The second is what I recommended to my daughter.
DS and DS's GF sent photos of theirs.
Here's a link about women who had tattoos after mastectomies. That makes sense to me.
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I can agree with you about tattoos, but the second piece is very creative!! I like it a lot!
In New Zealand they are a little different. Ta Moko is the tapu (sacred) form of family and personal identification among those of Maori whakapapa (genealogy). Moko is the process of carving (cutting deep grooves) and coloring a family history story-telling pattern into the skin of a Maori descendant. Not that many Maori have it covering their faces these days, but tattoos are still very big over here.
I like your recommendation for your daughter :)
There are deep and heartfelt ideas behind both these tattoos, love the tattoo recommended to your daughter and the top tattoo, is lovely clever artwork.
HA!!!
Loved the idea you had for your daughter's tattoo.
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I rather like tatoos and hope to get up the nerve, and the perfect design, to get one in the not too distant future. I dream of being 80 with long gray hair and a tatoo on my forearm.
Have you ever seen the pictures of the woman that had a radical mastectomy and had her scars tatooed with branches and leaves? It's amazing and incredibly powerful.
I was involved in a small discussion about tattoos on another blog just last week~weird!
I don't care for them at all.
That being said, tattoos of the Maori are completely different. That's part of their culture.
I've also seen the photos Holly mentioned. Again~different than the tattoos kids get on spring break, etc.
THOSE are the ones that just gross me out. ICK!
I like the one you chose for your daughter! ;-)
I like the statetments you make with your art. Although I like tattoos in moderation (I have two), I can certainly undertand your rfeeling about them on various levels. The one you designed for your daughter is funny, but speaks the truth from a mother's point of view:>
I love your humour on this subject and your unique perspective on not wanting a tattoo but having them. Love your work!
Fun! Love the words and the illos.
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I agree on the tatoos there. My niece was dating a very nice young man in a rock band whose every orifice was pierced and had tattoos in some interesting places (or so she said). When she was telling me about him I reached across the table and held her hands - "promise me, please promise you'll never do that". "OMG no" she said, "why would I do that, that's gross". Lovely girl.
really appreciate your illo and all the thought and comments from it!
I had a lot of friends in the army with tatoos. I was never drunk enough to get one myself.
I've never been hip on tattoos. I have to say that the Wild Things tat is exceptionally well done and clear, however.
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