More Ink....

This is another part of my son's "work in progress" full sleeve tattoo based an eloquent speech by Bill Hicks. This blip is for a fellow Tattoo fan Pappa G . Tattoos are very personal if you have one done seriously and not as many have in recent years i.e. with no real meaning behind them and as a fashion statement. However as Chester (quoted below) sings....

... In the End it Doesn't Really Matter ;-P


Tattoos are like stories -- they're symbolic of the important moments in your life.

PAMELA ANDERSON

Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about.

ANGELINA JOLIE, USA Today interview, July 17, 2003

Tattoos exude pain and pleasure all at the same time.

CHESTER BENNINGTON, linkinpark.com

Tattoos tell stories of crime and passion, punishment and regret. They express an outlaw, antiauthoritarian point of view and communicate a romantic solidarity among society's outcasts.

DOUGLAS KENT HALL, Prison Tattoos

Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marraige.

CHESTER BENNINGTON, Answers.com

Tattoos fulfill a need to inscribe the self as an individual.

MARGO DEMELLO, Bodies of Inscription

Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.

MICHELLE DELIO, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration