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...And in Conclusion...
Here’s the old cliché: the only times you would see tattoos are on those biker guys on Harley’s with the famous “I love Mom” engraved on their biceps. Though this may have been true at one time before, bikers are no longer the only people with the art.
Tattoos are everywhere today! Have tattoos become a fad? Something trendy that people are just itching to jumping on the bandwagon? People have many reasons for getting tattoos: acceptance, personal, identity, etc. There are so many types of tattoos! We called a few tattoo parlors to see if they would let us come take pictures of the tattoo artists. Many refused because they were worried about their works being copied and stolen. (Not because of the privacy of their clients.) Modern culture has made it very hard for creativity to spring up through the mass of body modifications. The tattoo artists were worried, as said before, that their art would be stolen. The artists themselves may be the only ones involved in the creative process that is tattooing.
Sororities and fraternities have gotten identical tattoos to share an identity with the rest of the club. Hundreds of celebrities, well known or not, sport tattoos, some with more than one. Little kids wear those temporary tattoos. We see them everywhere. It might as well be said that tattoos have become a part of modern popular culture. So if the fad changes, what are these people who jumped on the band wagon going to do when the fad fades out?
There are new medical technologies that, while expensive, can easily remove tattoos. So if a person is later unhappy with their tattoo, all they have to do is cough up the bucks to have it surgically removed.
There are still many instances that people get tattoos because they want to show how they are different as an individual. They use them to remember a loved one, embrace their political beliefs, or even show how they are proud of how their life is turning out.
Tattoos are the permanent commitment to expressing how people are feeling at the time they receive their tattoo. Many people consider it an art form, but when you see a tattoo, you usually don’t just admire the handy work. You ask the person what it is, why they got it and even what is means to them. That’s where you find the creativity in tattoos: in the people underneath the ink.
