Tattoos

"Tattoos are a visual manifestation of each person's approach to life and the journey they wish to take."

Chris Rainer

I do not agree with that quote because people get tattoos for many different reasons. Some people just like an image or it's something to impress others or look like some one they're not. They might tell about where the person is and not where they're going in life. Later, people might change their minds about what the tattoo represents.

For example, Lil Wayne gets tattoos that he's not supposed to because the tattoos support different gangs. He does this because he doesn't know who he is or what he wants to be. He's just putting on a show. All his tattoos tell us is that he's a lost sad person.

Maybe for some people tattoos tell us about who they are but that's not true for all.


"Body of Work." Smithsonian Oct. 2010: 56-63.

RB