Just some quotes that I like :-)
heavily tattooed women can be said to control and subvert the ever-present 'male gaze' by forcing men (and women) to look at their bodies in a manner that exerts control.
Margo Demello
Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.
Jack London
A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.
V. Vale, Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment and Ritual
Tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul.
Michelle Delio
Tattooing, when understood in its entirety, must be seen as a religious act. The human being brings forth images from the center of the self and communicates them to the world. Fantasy is embodied in reality and the person is made whole.
Spider Webb
"The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different." - Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community, 2000
"Ink to paper is thoughtful
Ink to flesh, hard-core.
If Shakespeare were a tattooist
We'd appreciate body art more."
- Terri Guillemets
"Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.... Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance." - Michelle Delio
heavily tattooed women can be said to control and subvert the ever-present 'male gaze' by forcing men (and women) to look at their bodies in a manner that exerts control.
Margo Demello
Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.
Jack London
A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.
V. Vale, Modern Primitives: An Investigation of Contemporary Adornment and Ritual
Tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul.
Michelle Delio
Tattooing, when understood in its entirety, must be seen as a religious act. The human being brings forth images from the center of the self and communicates them to the world. Fantasy is embodied in reality and the person is made whole.
Spider Webb
"The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different." - Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community, 2000
"Ink to paper is thoughtful
Ink to flesh, hard-core.
If Shakespeare were a tattooist
We'd appreciate body art more."
- Terri Guillemets
"Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.... Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance." - Michelle Delio
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Nice! I like them.