Amber Garwood Prof Deanna Jessup English 112 3 June 2011 Tattoos vs. Piercings Your 18th birthday is one of the most important birthdays. You are finally of legal age to get a tattoo or a body piercing. The difficult question you now face is which one do you choose? You would love either‚ so the decision is mainly based on the expense‚ aftercare‚ permanence‚ and the pain of each. Both are great ways of self-expression but I feel body piercing is an overall better idea. Over the course of this
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Tattoos have been an art alive for centuries. First they started out as a way to mark an individual and their place in society. Then they evolved into an art form for many people and some people get them just to have them. But here’s a question long pondered in the art of tattoos. I know I thought about it for a long time myself‚ before I had my first tattoo done. There are two main questions most people ask themselves. The first being‚ how much pain is involved with having a tattoo done?
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"Tattoos are created by inserting colored materials beneath the skins surface. The skin is penetrated with a sharp tool. Today colored ink and an electric needle are the material and instrument of choice. Today the practice is popular with a vast cross section of the population. Within the United States tattoos can be found on individuals ranging from gang member to fashion models." "The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word "tatu" which means "to mark something". It is arguably claimed that
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The Era of Tattoos and Piercings Tattoos are a permanent mark on the body‚ something that I think anyone thinking about getting a tattoo should put some serious thought into. What I’m saying is that I think tattoos should have a deep meaning to the person getting them. In other words don’t think of a tattoos as an accessory‚ think of a tattoo as something that you can never get rid of after you get it. In my view‚ Appleton raised an interesting point in her thesis‚ one that I had never
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and Present of Tattoos “The word tattoo reportedly is derived from the Tahitian word “tatu.” (Walker 1999 -2010 p. 1). The main idea of this paper is to identify where tattoos have gone wrong through culture over the years of mankind. By justifying the background and history of tattoos with their meaning and their original culture to help identify where society has disassociated the true meaning of cultural acceptance and gave way to fear. The earliest suggestions of tattoos on bodies of Iceman
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Tattoos In Today’s Society Preparation Outline: Informative Speech on Tattoos in today’s society. Specific Purpose: The purpose of my speech is to inform my college speech class about the stigmas‚ obsessions‚ and acceptance of tattoos in today’s society. Thesis: After listening to my speech‚ each person in my audience should be informed about how tattoos have taken on a different meaning from previous generations and are becoming more accepted in today’s society. Introduction
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Tattoos Past and Present Debra Nehring Eng/101 9/15/11 Kimberly Stanley Tattoos Past and Present Some people may have tattoos and others may find them ugly or despise them but one thing is true‚ tattoos are a part of the past and understanding where they came from can give us a greater appreciation for them today. The Egyptians‚ the Japanese‚ the Chinese‚ and more all have elaborate art histories whether it is buried in the pyramids‚ the temples‚ the sculptures
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beautiful piece of artwork that they can carry around with them for a lifetime. The view people have on tattoos today is divided‚ with some people who think they are pieces of art and forms of self expression that take a lot of time and money‚ or as markings that only criminals and ‘lower class citizens’ would get‚ something that lowers your self worth. Tattoos shouldn’t be seen as bad or gross‚
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Tattoos have been associated with identity for thousands of years across many different cultures. By using different types of images‚ symbols‚ words‚ and motifs‚ people are able to create a visual representation of their ideas about what they understand their identity to be and what they see as most important to them and their community. Tattooing can be a highly painful process‚ and can take any where from several hours to several days to complete‚ which proves that no matter who is getting the
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Tattoos and their Relationship to Polynesian Culture Denise Lutz Axia College of University of Phoenix “They print signs on people’s body and call this tattow”- James Cook (Losch‚ 2003). What might his first thoughts have been upon anchoring at one of the Polynesian islands‚ seeing natives covered in markings? What did the markings and designs mean? Could he have wondered what the significance was‚ who did this to them‚ and what was used to place those markings on them. Although tattoos were
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