# Body art **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 4, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065 "2003-05-04T20:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@pinx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pinx)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/1 "2003-05-04T20:55:53Z")
i was just wondering, do any of you have tattoos? what’s your overall feeling on body art? do you think it’s cool, or not? check mine out by clicking the attachment below. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/2 "2003-05-04T20:59:47Z")
I’ve got one. 🙂 I think most people have seen it already, but just for the record… ![](http://images.deviantart.com/large/photography/photomisc/London_Angel_Tattoo.gif) I think you can go overboard with tattoos, but if that’s what you want, then no harm done. I always wanted one, so I got it done a few years ago. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/3 "2003-05-04T21:00:23Z")
my parents busted a nut and they still hate it. haha. i was 18 when i got mine and i want another one SOOO bad. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/4 "2003-05-04T21:01:45Z")
My parents just rolled their eyes. 😛 I’ve had some henna ones done before which were fun - I once had this Chinese dragon going all the way down and round my arm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/5 "2003-05-04T21:02:38Z")
i want to do the henna thing but i don’t think it would go over well at my office. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/6 "2003-05-04T21:12:53Z")
whats hena? my view is that hey can be cool, but when you get old and ‘saggy’ they will look like crap. but i wouldnt mind a barcode on the back of my neck… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/7 "2003-05-04T21:32:45Z")
If having a tatoo would not influence someone not to give me a job or to think some wrong things about me i would get a tattoo right above my left eye something like the xmens character known as bishop ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/8 "2003-05-04T21:42:49Z")
That’s kinda why mine is hidden under normal circumstances - doesn’t show when I’m wearing business dress. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/9 "2003-05-04T22:50:41Z")
mine too. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/10 "2003-05-04T23:24:25Z")
🙂 heres pics fo my tattoos, left ankle… ![](http://pathofaith.digitalrice.com/temp/ankle2.jpg) right shoulderblade… ![](http://pathofaith.digitalrice.com/temp/back.jpg) i also have a small one which i can’t post here, and i have a big one in progress, but no one gets to see till its done. heehee. and i used to have a bunch of piercings. i took all of them out except my fav… this one… ![](http://pathofaith.digitalrice.com/temp/nape2.jpg) i also have some kanji scarification on my arm, but i don’t have a pic right now. i think body art is great if you wanna do it. personally i think ppl who get stuff just because its cool, or everyone else is doing it are being stupid, but who am i to judge? body art is very important to me… heres my philosophy: my body was a gift from god and it is beautiful, and i love it. body art can be beautiful. and by practicing it, you are not mutilating blah blah, but adorning the temple of your soul. cuz if i find it aesthetically pleaseing, or i feel good about it, well then, its not bad at all. i used to have about 24 piercings i think, and everything, all of them and my tattos, all were significant, all marked a turning point or a certain event in my life. it’s a very spiritual process for me. the process is quite altering, and was usually more of a factor in me getting something then the results. so body art for me is more of a ‘performance art’ if you will then anything. a performance where the veiwer is the actor as well. See Fakir Musafar for more in depth details. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/11 "2003-05-05T00:14:14Z")
> \*Originally posted by Kitiara \* does it mean anything kit? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/12 "2003-05-05T00:15:33Z")
ouch! didnt that one on you neck hurt? anyway, i dont think doing it to ‘go with the flow’ or ‘i did it cause i wanna be goth’ kinda thing is cool. but for a deep reason like yours, go for it! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/13 "2003-05-05T00:18:55Z")
> \*Originally posted by [mdipi.com](http://mdipi.com) \* > \*\*ouch! didnt that one on you neck hurt? anyway, i dont think doing it to ‘go with the flow’ or ‘i did it cause i wanna be goth’ kinda thing is cool. but for a deep reason like yours, go for it! \*\* lol… “i did it to be goth” _chuckles_ yeah, it hurt, but actually, not as bad as what you would think. i think other things hurt worse. it was definitely odd, to say the least. hah. people ask me what it felt like, and i’m like, a needle sliding trough your skin. what else could i say? :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/14 "2003-05-05T00:35:27Z")
haha. well if you cant describe it…then thats really it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/15 "2003-05-05T04:34:23Z")
> \*Originally posted by Hawk \* > \*\*does it mean anything kit? \*\* ofcourse it means something cant your read kanji?? it sez sexy bellybutton (drooling like homer simpson) :crazy: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/16 "2003-05-05T12:51:00Z")
kit, one werd: “woof!” :crazy: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/17 "2003-05-05T13:10:29Z")
golgi - I really like the colours of the tattoo on your shoulderblade, very nice design also. What exacly is “kanji scarification” I am curious. Kit - very nice tattoo as well 🙂 Like I said, I hope you dont have any plans for children in the next little while or your lettering is going to look like the ink started to run… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/18 "2003-05-05T13:20:36Z")
> \*Originally posted by SureShot \* > \*\*golgi - I really like the colours of the tattoo on your shoulderblade, very nice design also. What exacly is “kanji scarification” I am curious. > \*\* thanks. the pics are terrible and blurry and stuff, but the guy really did a great job. and i’ve had it for years now and never had to get it retouched due to fading or blurriness. i was a little worried, cuz i designed it, and when he transferred it, i was afraid it would be different, but i really was amazed, he did a great dup. and i forgot to mention, in case anyone doesn’t know what it is, it’s a [ouroboros](http://www.dragon.org/chris/ouroboros.html) in the form of a fish. now, onto the other bit… [Learn what Kanji is](http://www.kanjisite.com/html/wak/wak4.html) [Learn what scarification is](http://www.bmezine.com/scar/scar-faq.html) i’ll try to get a pic up of it. mine was a cutting, btw. :beam: ---
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Yikes - scarification is what I thought it was. I dont think I would be brave enough to get something like that done. I mean the fact that the person doing it to you doesnt have complete control over what the design will look like when all is said and done kind of scares me. At least with Tattoos you know what your getting. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065/20 "2003-05-05T13:39:13Z")
lol… i think with tattoos, your knowledge of the result depends on your sobriety level. i woke up once with a peace sign tattooed on my bum. all i have to say is thank god its gone. see… it was fine, except one side looked like a squeeshed cheerio. [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/body-art/20065.md?page=2)