| Teenagers who are afraid to get a flu shot | | | | or their favorite cartoon characters. |
| from the doctor | | | | Lawyers |
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| will sit for hours on a table and allow a | | | | and doctors marked themselves with the |
| stranger to | | | | symbols |
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| pierce their skin repeatedly until a | | | | of their profession.The reason for the need |
| muti-colored | | | | to have tattoos may |
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| picture emerges on their skin. The skin is | | | | be less to do with being rebellious and |
| swollen | | | | stepping outside |
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| red and painful but the teen emerges from | | | | the established status quo as it is an |
| this | | | | |
| | | | ancient custom that is older than the modern |
| operation with a smile and a feeling of | | | | craft of |
| pride?Big strong men who refuse to go to a | | | | |
| doctor for | | | | body art.Human have an intrinsic need to |
| | | | express themselves. |
| a checkup medication will allow an unknown | | | | |
| | | | If you have artistic talent you can express |
| person to use a needle to inject ink on to | | | | your |
| their | | | | |
| | | | thoughts and feeling using traditional |
| skin for hours. Sometimes this ink is | | | | methods. |
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| projected on very personal parts of the | | | | You can write a song, or write poetry. If |
| body. | | | | you have |
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| They leave the little tattoo shop beaming | | | | a lot to say you may even write a book. |
| and | | | | Artist must |
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| proud.What is the allure of enduring hours | | | | Draw or paint to showcase their feelings. |
| of pain in order to | | | | But if you |
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| get a picture of your soon to be | | | | have feelings or needs that you can not |
| ex-girlfriend on you arm. | | | | communicate |
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| The process will have to be repeated to | | | | in the standard formats, you may find the |
| change the name | | | | need to tell |
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| from Carla to Paula and then perhaps back | | | | the world about you, your thoughts or ideas |
| again.The purpose of getting a tattoo is as | | | | |
| diverse as | | | | via a tattoo.The act of getting a tattoo may |
| | | | be even more than the |
| the symbols, signs and pictures that are | | | | |
| available | | | | need of self expression. Some cultures |
| | | | believe |
| to adorn the body. At one time tattoos | | | | |
| provided | | | | Tattoos have magical powers. Other think |
| | | | that |
| a non-status symbol for the radical members | | | | |
| of | | | | Tattoos offer protection against evil, |
| | | | sickness and |
| society, hippies, motorcycle riders and | | | | |
| prostitutes. | | | | Misfortune. In African cultures tattoos |
| | | | are used |
| The tattoo kept them apart from mainstream | | | | |
| | | | In some fertility ritesIt is claimed that |
| society.On August 1, 1981, television | | | | the art of putting symbols and |
| changed forever. | | | | |
| | | | pictures on the body existed 12,000 years |
| MTV devoted an entire cable network to a | | | | |
| combination | | | | BC. It is believed that The Egyptians |
| | | | created |
| of music and video. MTV showcased musicians | | | | |
| who | | | | the art of tattooing. The theory is that |
| | | | Egyptians |
| were sporting tattoos. MTV exploded and so | | | | |
| did | | | | believed that amulets for protection. The |
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| the tattoo industry.Tattoos have now became | | | | Permanent protection that could not be lost |
| mainstream. People from all walks of | | | | |
| | | | Or stolen was a permanent adornment of the |
| life wanted a tattoo. Everyone wanted to be | | | | |
| | | | Body that today we refer to as a tattoo. |
| have a mark. Teenagers were allowed to get | | | | |
| tattoos. | | | | protect them from evil. To insure the |
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| Businessmen took off their shirts and got | | | | protection from the Gods the tattoo became |
| symbols | | | | |
| | | | a permanent adornment of the body. |