miss_nikki
room said:I tend to agree with Dalrymple's assessment though that the promise of individuality or personal growth and empowerment related to tattoos is sad. It's more of an act, a facade of what a person would like to be perceived as, rather than who they are. Like a mask.
People are more interesting as themselves, in their own skin.
I dunno about that. I actually do not like to explain my tattoos to other people. They are private. Some of them can be seen, but not others. I am an artist, and that includes my skin.
Some people get them to be 'cool' or unique but that would also probably be a person who is shallow and defines their identity by the outside.