The fascinating thing about tattoos, across the time and cultures, is that they always tell us stories – about our identity, social standing, opinions, life experiences. In a way, they are like an open book, not always written in an easy to understand language but out there for us to read and learn about! Two interesting posts in this vein: tattoos in a library and one man’s stories!
The Pope wrote a foreword to a book on christian tattoos on prisoners and added a few interetsing remarks which all Christians should keep in mind. Interesting news for sure!
A new tattoo dictionary (not the first one of this kind on the market) highlightens the many and various meanings of modern tattoos, often going way back in the past.
An article trying to present body suspension as a very new and very shocking phenomenon while – in fact – it’s none of the above.
An excerpt from a new book on Japanese tattoos give sus a before taste of the whole thing! My copy is on the way and I’m def. looking forward to reading and, hopefully, enjoying it!
The more we know, the better for us, the more involved in local communities we are, the better for us, the better educated we are, the better for everyone – a local tattoo artist organizing a fund raiser to support a local school in the making! Sure, the slogan “tattooed and employed” is cool but a variation “tattooed, educated, employed” is even better IMHO! 😉
Interesting findings suggest that obsidian tools were used to tattooing thousands of years aho on the Solomon Islands. It’s fascinating to watch how the modern science discovers by means of findings and experiments the acts of the ancient ppl, proving over and over again that tattooing is too serious and too important to various cultures aorund the world to dismiss it as a simple trend!
Frida Kahlo tattoos – a great woman, a talented artist, soemone who was courageous enough to have made her own look!
(extra)ordinary ppl with passion – “Blood & Dust” comic series and a related tattoo story!
A conversation atw ork today showed me how ppl tend to think that others’ tattoo decisions are shallow or made just for the show. The thing, however, is that – more often than not – we don’t know what reasons pplhad to get their tattoos done.
A tattoo story book for kids showed it very nicely – every body tells a story and some of them more than one 😉
Female pro cyclists and their own tattoos stories are very interesting to read, too.
Another teaser/ interview with a guy behind the book Vintage Tattoo Flash – I love the pictures of the past and reminiscing on how things changed and yet the assion and fire are still the same!
“Undrawing my tattoos” is a moving account of the stories behind one girl’s tattoos and a painful and quite scary process of removing them.
Tattoos for a good cause are always great – here raising money to combat lung cancer.
A new exhibition focused on the Mayan culture reminds us that various forms of body modifications have been around for centuries if not thousands of years.
A new book about vintage tattoo flash shows clearly what a long and fascinating history the tattoos have.
A survey conducted by the German police is supposed to tell the officials how the tattoos on policemen/ women are perceived by the public.
Also from Germany, an aspiring male model whose international success may depend on his body modifications and a young modified woman working as a receptionist (too bad it’s “only” a tattoo shop!).
Finally, a touching story from New Zealand about a man who’s coped with the loss of his loved one by means of tattoos!
A series of photos sheds some light on the tattoo scene in Hanoi, Vietnam. Like it or not, tattoos are everywhere! 😉
Not that many novels on tattoos I said? Yet another one added to my list – a novel about a local tattoo parlor, tattoos and … crimes (what else? 🙂 ) Here you have a review of the novel but I might get to read it and review myself!
A Toronto-based ROM launches a very interesting exhibit on April 2. The exhibit is based on the famous French tattoo exhibition and the museum’s own resources. Yet another reason why it’s time to officially recognize tattoos as an art form? 😉
An upcoming book on hand tattoos is called “Nothing to Hide” (or “Nichts zu Verbergen”). The photographer behind the book has, judging by his name, some Polish roots!
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