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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got my eye was the tattoos almost everyone had on the island. It was so different to what I would see in America. Each tattoo was different‚ some were the standard black‚ while others were filled in with colors. Getting a tattoo is something that should carefully be thought about. No matter how beautiful it looks‚ it is something that you will have to look at everyday‚ your body and tattoo will grow together. Polynesian tattoos are not only meaningful‚ but from the first tattoo they were deemed as
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people view the human body as an apartment rental rather than a house: They have the use of it during the brief season of their tenancy‚ but most are loath to initiate any permanent modifications beyond those dictated by nature and necessity. The tattoo and body piercing have long held negative connotations and is even forbidden in the Old Testament. In Leviticus 19:28 it says "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor print any marks upon you. I am the Lord." Though many view
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Tattoos A tattoo is a mark (a person or a part of the body) with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin. There is so many opinion and arguments upon tattoos. Yes tattoo is permanent life can change‚ and so can your tastes. The thing is‚ most of those things can be changed‚ but a tattoo can’t. Yes I do have tattoos but each tattoo has a special meaning I wouldn’t get a pointless thing tag on me for life it has everyone gets a certain tattoo for they own
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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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The History of Tattoos and Body Piercing The largest organ in the human body is the skin. Some people choose to express themselves through decorating their skin with tattoos‚ piercing and other kinds of body art. It’s true origin‚ symbolism‚ variety‚ and modern day versions go way back in time. The first tattoo known to man‚ was found on Otzi‚ the “Iceman“‚ in 1991. Otzi himself is from around 4‚000 B.C. Fifty-eight tattoos were found on him‚ they were all made of lines and dots. No real
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Got Ink? Got Ink? Tattoos in today’s society are a way of self-expression and art. There has been a lot of controversy over tattoos and the many meanings behind them. Tattoos were and still are widespread among the Polynesian people‚ certain tribal groups in the Philippines‚ Africa‚ North America‚ South America‚ Mesoamerica‚ Europe‚ Japan‚ Cambodia‚ New Zealand and China. Despite some taboos and superstitions surrounding tattooing‚ the art continues to be popular all over the world. In this essay
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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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‘They were a weird mob‚ the Australians of 2013’ is written by Hugh Mackay and is an opinion piece that appeared in The Saturday Age on the 26th of January‚ 2013. It discusses the issues that are currently facing Australia and how as a nation these problems are still left unaddressed. Hugh Mackay believes that addressing these issues will improve our Australian identity and bring us closer together as a nation. He attempts to communicate with as many Australians as he can with these various issues
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This is a speech about the language and the sport. We all know that sports offer a physical and emotional way of knowing and understanding of the world. The sports have also developed their own way to use the language which only fits in sports contexts. But in what ways does the language of sports interact with the author’s purpose? This is what I will address in this speech. The example I found to show in the interaction between language of sports and author’s purpose is a feature article which
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