Sunday, 5 July 2015

So What Exactly Is a Tattoo?

It seems like everyone has a tattoo these days. Once sported only by sailors, outlaws, and biker gangs, tattoos are now popular body decorations for many people. And it's not just anchors, skulls, and battleships anymore — from school emblems to Celtic designs to personalized symbols, people have...

Ink with meaning: What we can learn from the tattoos of our ancestors

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Eight thousand years ago, a pencil mustache was tattooed onto the upper lip of a young Peruvian man. His mummified body has since become the oldest existing example of tattoo art on the planet. Today's world is, of course, almost unrecognizable by comparison. But according to Professor Nicholas...

Tattoos and piercings: Play it smart with body art

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Teddi Dineley Johnson In the far-off past, tattoos were something only sailors had, and the only body part people pierced was their ears. Nowadays, piercings and tattoos are everywhere. But like anything you do in life — from driving a car to playing a sport — tattoos and piercings come with some...

Heavenly Ink: Angel Tattoos

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Angel tattoos are a popular choice among the religious and the non-religious alike. Regardless of your religious beliefs and faith practices, the angel is a symbol of goodness, hope, redemption, and something higher than ourselves. People choose to get angel tattoos for different reasons. The most...