[Arlo]
Speaking to the many who do it for fashion or shock, perhaps. But I know
many whose ink is a personal story of passage, transformation and healing.
Don't be so quick to judge.
And for what it is worth, I never recommend to anyone to ink "on a whim". I
do recommend recognizing years of resonating with a symbol, then
transforming that symbol into a personal expression, and then to place that
symbol as one would place a sacred message.
[Krimel]
We are all quick to judge and I think I clearly labeled that entire rant as
personal prejudice. It is not the quick judgment that is the problem in most
cases, it is the inability to see through them. First impressions are not
necessarily lasting impressions. I try to keep a list of my own personal
prejudices and thus to keep an eye on them. Some of my best friends and
relatives are self mutilators. Sorry to have caused offense. I probably
should have toned that down about three notches but I had just returned home
from having a colonoscopy so my mood was a bit skewed. Perhaps it was the
omega point of my rant that generated the bad karma. I had shaky nurses
turning my hand into a pin cushion and blowing out veins. I was definitely
down on needles. So if it helps to make amends I think I paid for my sins of
yesterday.
[Krimel]
I see the arms of WWII vets where all that art and solidarity have blurred
into blue-black smudges that even plastic surgeons can not remove.
[Arlo]
The life of a tattoo represents the inability to lock any symbol fast in
time.
The all fade and blur. It also represents the body's absorbtion of the
symbol.
I've never met a vet who regretted his ink, by the way, although I am sure
there are. What some have regretted is the fading, but that's emblamatic of
the faded glory days behind us all.
{Krimel]
I know quite a few who do regret it, bitterly in some cases. Guess it's a
matter of who you know.
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