My thoughts, rants and rambles.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Emergency Room Adventure
So I didn't get to post my photo of the day yesterday or today. I am sorry, I will post yesterday's and just continue on.
I didn't get to blog yesterday because the lap-top was down and my roommate/ best-friend had to fix it.
And today, I spent the day in the hospital. NO big deal, I am perfectly fine...just need antibiotics for a few days.
I doubt I have any follower (yet) but I am posting this just in case.
I didn't get to blog yesterday because the lap-top was down and my roommate/ best-friend had to fix it.
And today, I spent the day in the hospital. NO big deal, I am perfectly fine...just need antibiotics for a few days.
I doubt I have any follower (yet) but I am posting this just in case.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
32 Day Art Challange: Day 1, Go
Okay so I took on my own 32 day photo challenge. The first photo is not a great picture but it's the best I got today. I babysat today and it is SOO hard photographing a one year old. He NEVER stays still. Anyway, I got a photo of his toy car and it sucks....but I have to stay true to my challenge and post it anyway.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
32 Day Art Challenge.
I am a photographer with art block at the moment, so I made a list of 32 themes for photos. I am going to do one a day.
1. Go
2. Patterns
3. Cats
4. Run
5. Architecture
6. Pride
7. Yellow
8. Macro
9. Vein
10. Justice
11. Karma
12. Quack
13. Hat/'s
14. Black
15. Edge
16. Noise
17. Inspiration
18. Knit
19. Close-up
20. Orange
21. Ugly
22. Danger
23. Texture
24. Lazy
25. Sky
26. Smile
27. End
28. Queer
29. Blue
30. Food
31. Light
32. White
1. Go
2. Patterns
3. Cats
4. Run
5. Architecture
6. Pride
7. Yellow
8. Macro
9. Vein
10. Justice
11. Karma
12. Quack
13. Hat/'s
14. Black
15. Edge
16. Noise
17. Inspiration
18. Knit
19. Close-up
20. Orange
21. Ugly
22. Danger
23. Texture
24. Lazy
25. Sky
26. Smile
27. End
28. Queer
29. Blue
30. Food
31. Light
32. White
Tattoo's
Most people have seen a tribal tattoo, but don't even know the origin. Many African tribes tattooed using mallets and animal bone. It was a very painful tattooing method that was (and still is!) a rite of passage. In prisons, prisoner's tattoo each other with a similar method, and it's also done for similar reasoning. Though they don't use the same material, in prisons a pen/pencil and a paperclip are used.Tat·too: the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments. (Definition from Dictionary.com)
Modern day technology has allowed us to find new and much less painful ways to ink skin. Thomas Edison invented an electric pen, and later on Samuel O'Reilly discovered this machine could be modified and used to tattoo. In the U.S. and most of the world that is the most common way to get inked.
A lot of people see tattoo's as taboo, and destroying your body. Tattoo's mean so much more to the people who do it. I am not saying there aren't people who get inked irresponsibly, but don't base your tattoo opinion off this. Why do people find tattoo's taboo? I am not sure...I am not one of those people. I have heard a few reasons, such as; your body is your temple, your body is perfect the way it is, or tattoo's are for criminals.
I kindly disagree... I have a tattoo on my back and plan to get many many more. My body IS MY temple, so I should be able to decorate it how I want. Also you may tell me my body is perfect the way it is, but I don't agree. No, no I am not saying I think I'm ugly I am saying, I feel like the tattoo's belong there. They are symbols of who the person is, and what they have accomplished. Tattoo's are for criminals ?Criminals smoke, so if you smoke you're also a criminal. Stereotyping a WHOLE GROUP based on your small-minded bias is just silly.
People get tattoo's to show off who they are, and what they have accomplished. Tattoo's are an art-from, and a from of self expression. A lot of people do make mistakes and get stupid tattoo's but this is usually not the case.
Disclaimer: I do not know EVERY method of tattooing. Also if I have information wrong please let me know politely. And one last thing, I AM NOT PROMOTING PRISON TATTOO'S.
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