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    relationship that exists between age and having a tattoo best exemplifies the complexity of tattooing’s existence in today’s society. Tattoos are much more prevalent among individuals of younger generations than they were among individuals of older generations. This illustrates both tattooing’s growing popularity and its failure to gain full social acceptance. Indeed, tattooing has become increasingly prevalent since its advancement during the tattoo renaissance. However this growing popularity appears

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    The World On Body Arts

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    The World on Body Arts Tattoos and the workforce do not get along together. Not within the topics themselves, but on the rules, that follow them. As body arts gets bigger, so does the conflict on where it belongs. There is a fine, but undefined line within body art and the work force. But it is has never been clearly stated anywhere. Both sides; such as the Debate over acceptability vs explicit free speech., always come up in the debate of the topic. There is no set law or regulations for the mass

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    Otzi's caretaker shares that Otzi had 61 tattoos that were located by using a special camera (Brennan 2016). Archaeologist, Aaron Deter- Wolf came to Gary’s studio to look into the meaning behind the placing of the art on his body (Brennan 2016). The iceman had arthritis on his lower back, right knee, and ankles and lower right abdomen gall worms and all of the tattoos were strategically placed where he experienced pain (Brennan 2016). This reveals that his tattoos were therapeutic and he is the earliest

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    “That wasn’t the least bit awkward.” Ryder chuckled. I turned around and faced him, his silver eyes locked with mine he lifted his hand and brushed strands of my wet hair away from my face. “I love you.” I whispered. He grinned, “I love you too.” Slowly without taking my eyes off him I moved in and placed a kiss against his lips. We both inhaled with a shaky breath, my eyes fluttered shut. “Open your eyes Harley, I want you to see it’s me kissing you.” He whispered. The kiss didn’t deepen

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    Igbo Body

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    clansman...”. He was at risk of mortality, but hoped for steadfastness in his decision and reconciliation with the gods. Consequently, combining the physical representations of the demonstrated traits is what creates a tattoo revealing the Igbos attachment to customs. Additionally, a tattoo also representing religion made with the symbols for guardianship, the presence of gods, and trust is poignant when remembering the people of Mbanta’s first reaction to European missionaries. “These men must be mad

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    Henna and Old Lady

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    Henna in Arab countries and India Henna is a type of temporary tattoo that dyes the skin for several weeks. Henna is made out of a plant that is dried, ground to a dust and then made in to a paste by adding essential oils. Henna got its start in the Arab culture and remains popular to this day and growing in popularity in other countries. The paste that is made is placed into a cone or bag that closely resembles that used by cake decorators. The paste is applied to the skin in intricate designs

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    form of the callous behaviors was the demoralization of the prisoners. Each inmate was given a tattoo of a number, and that tattoo became their new identity within the camp. Every prisoner was presented with tattered uniforms that became

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    I rounded corners against the wet wind, squinting my eyes to avoid looking at our unnatural world. My fists pounded against multiple shop doors, the lighting out in all of them. A pharmacy was found after racing down three streets, the lights flickered and doors were shut. I kicked through the doors, my foot jammed between the electronic passages until it finally gave. “Don’t leave it open! You’re insane, shut the door!” The worker was on the floor behind the register and crawled out to scream

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    reasons for my decisions, so I flippantly say, “Whitney, as I recall, five horse thieves, seven drug smugglers, three prostitutes and hordes of corrupt politi-cians hang from the West family tree. Honestly; no one will notice a college dropout or a tattoo artist perched upon one of its branches.” Patiently, I explained that Tommy would be my mentor during a three year apprenticeship program. However, when I mention Tommy believed I had the potential to become the greatest ink icon of my generation

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    The renaissance of tattoo in modern and post-modern society owes its resurrection to Captain James Cook and the crew aboard the HM Bark Endeavour who brought back accounts of tattooed peoples, examples of tattoos upon their skin, and the Samoan word, tatau to Great Britain after their voyage to Tahiti and New Zealand. Other forms of body modifications that have

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