with tattoos their first thoughts would be of criminals, sailors, bikers, or gangsters. Not anymore! Tattoos have become culturally acceptable in today’s society. They have a rich history that dates back to 2000 B.C. before any kind of negative stigma was formed. Because of that stigma, however, tattoos and people with tattoos have developed a bad reputation. Many concerns such as the procedure, health risks and career complications are what have caused some of the negativity towards tattoos. In today’s
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Tattoos are Art Patti Fuller DeVry University Professor Schnee Research Paper December 12, 2010 Great art inspires. Art can evoke strong emotions; compassion, joy, sorrow, anger...the list is extensive. In the words of the artist, Mark Rothko (2010): The fact that people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions...the people who weep before my pictures are having the same religious experience I had when painting them. And
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Body Art across the Globe In this paper I will be discussing the differences in body art and ornamentation within three different cultures across the world. Each culture has a different way of defining their body art, whether it is with body paints, scarification, body piercing, body shaping, or tattooing. Each culture has different reasons and different ways of celebrating life, death, and aging within their tribe or group, each with a specific rite or traditional way of going about it. The cultures
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ink tattoos presented in the texts. “When, for example, does tattooing become self-mutilation?” This quote is taken from text 1 by Andy Carrington who’s a poet and writer. In 2012 he published this text “Is Tattooing a Form of Self-Mutilation?” through his personal website. The question is: Does tattooing mean self-mutilation at all? It depends how you turn the perspective. Andy Carrington has a majority of tattoos, since he wrote “I will confess I chose to have a majority of my tattoos done
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for myriad reasons. Do having tattoo in this post-renaissance period still serve as an accurate predicator of aberrant behaviour? In our society, people from our older generation who spotted tattoos are either gangs affiliated members or people engaging in nefarious activities, thus bearing such marking will attract remarks akin to signs of rebellion or the marks of a miscreant. Nonetheless, today, we are beginning to see a paradigm shift regarding the use of tattoo in our conservative society. This
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works of art? Tattoos often times give people a negative image of others. Despite the message or meaning behind them, some people without them find tattoos to be unprofessional and inappropriate. Permanent body art can be inappropriate in certain settings; especially if they reference profanity, racial, sexist, or obscene thoughts. People are sensitive to those subjects and judge others impartially. Tattoos should not be a deciding factor in an interview or position for a job because tattoos should not
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Body art has been around for many centuries and over time it has developed into a way to express oneself. From tattoos to piercings, to even more extreme fashion like cosmetic surgery, body art sure has became a creative way for people to make a new identity for themselves. In my opinion, body art should not be practiced unless their culture or beliefs are the ideal reason or if they take a course in body modification just so they acknowledge the risk and complications that come with procedures
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Tattoo represents a lot of things depend on the person. Most people believe that a tattoo is a bad sign and it leads them to find the person as a good or bad. I don’t believe that tattoo can find a person good or bad. I understand where people get their beliefs from, mostly comes from religions and I totally respect that. In my opinion, tattoo is a symbol that represents something important to the person. I have a tattoo and it doesn’t mean I am a bad person; my tattoo represents my hometown; it’s
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The art of Tattoos has been around for thousands of years symbolizing individuality, experiences, status, religion and expressions in a form of body markings. Since its discovery, tattoos have made an impact in society and cultures globally representing a new civilization in itself. Suggestions of its accidental finding has reveled that there is no real documented beginning to this phenomenon and the attractiveness of its concept continues to immaculately grow revealing unique stories through vivid
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“Tattoo Parlors and the First Amendment” Tattoos must be protected under the first amendment. A 2010 court ruled that tattoos are “sufficiently imbued with elements of communication to fall within the scope of the first and fourteenth amendments” (Anderson Vs. City of Hermosa Beach. 26. United States District Court for the Central District of California. 9 Sept. 2010. Print. ). In Anderson versus City of Hermosa Beach, Anderson sought to open a tattoo parlor but was denied the privilege to do
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