Tattoos-The Pierced Ears of The New Millennium

Back tattoos have a big part of the body art craze of the last few years. From time to time I see people with what I would call extreme body piercing and tattooing. I like most bodyart, but tend not to be too impressed with facial tattoos and designs that run down the arm to the fingernails. But maybe that’s just me.

When I was in high school, back in the Dark Ages, it was a bit of a scandal to get your ears pierced. Just plain old bottom of the ear lobe piercing with a little rhinestone stud. Now, well, anything goes. A lot of people go the design your own tattoo route and so you see some less than artistic tats out there. But then, some people are really good and the designs are beautiful. I’m far too big a wimp for tattoos myself, though I did think about getting my ears pierced when I was in high school.

I work in churches, for the most part, and most designs for tattoos are not really all that church friendly. Lots of older folks still think that only freaks and weirdos have tattoos. And to be honest, a lot of freaks and weirdos do have tattoos. But these days the fake tattoos are pretty good-so the casual observer such as myself can’t really tell the difference.

I have seen a lot of Henna tats are Ren Fairs-and I do like the way more of them look. There is also wonderfully anachronic about women dressed in hoop skirts with bright blue tats poking out here and there. Ink is meant to be seen, and I tend to find myself staring once in a while. The piercings of ears in all locations and manners is also interesting. I like that whole top of the ear peircing.

Spider tattoos and star tattoos and all manner of wildlife tattoos and tribal tattoos seem to be pretty commonplace these days. I am often surprised to see a tatoo on a older woman-and it is not an old tattoo. One of my poor relations is a tattoo artist, though I doubt that he will ever hit the big time and be on TV like the squad at Miami Ink or London Ink. Tattoo design seems simple enough-and the internet makes it easy to find all the tattoo designs you could ever want.

The days of simple tattoo pictures of hearts with MOM written in them seem to be gone, though that particular tattoo design makes regular appearances in the Movies and on TV. Tattoo stencils are the easy way do tattooing. Temporary tattoos you can use to impress someone in a dimly lite room. The temporary tattoos I like are the ones of rose stems that circle the wrist or upper arm. A temporary tattoo lasts about three days, whereas the real ones last a tad longer.

It’s even easier to just find some tattoo pictures and add a tattoo using Photoshop. Maybe the facial tats aren’t so bad after all. I like the tribal tattoos myself.

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