Body art

For decades, body modification has grown in popularity. Millions of people around the world, have been accustomed to the rise of body modifications. Countless people have come to realize the symbolism of body modifications. “Body modifications give a rite to passage, aesthetic reasons, and religious reasons to help show self-expression” (“The history of body modification” 3). Tattoos are body modifications, which are made by inserting ink into the epidermis layer of the skin. “When…

Coca Cola (2015) did an experiment/ advertisement called, Remove labels this Ramadan, where six people sat in a pitch black room and engaged in conversation. They each went around the table and described something unique about themselves. One man said he is in a heavy metal band, the group then described what they envisioned him to look like, describing him to have long hair and possible piercings. Another man said he enjoyed reading and studying, particularly cognitive psychology and also…

a 2016 Harris Poll, three in ten American adults have a tattoo. Tattoos have become a part of mainstream culture due to various reasons. Some people get tattoos on a whim, while others get them to remember a loved one. Tattoos are a popular form of body modification, but there are people who dislike tattoos. Regardless of how people view tattoos, we can confidently say that they have opened up a whole new world of self expression to many. Today, tattoos have become part of the norm. Although…

During teenage years, teenagers start to think about piercing and tattoos and what they want to do with their body. I remember when I was in high school, many friends of mine got piercings. When I was I believe 15 or 16 years old, I wanted to get my belly pierced. The day I went, the person at the piercing parlor tells me that he needed to see my ID. Of course I'm confused because I didn't know why all of sudden he needed to see identification. I learned that day that all piercing parlors in New…

culture icons in recent decades. The popularity of these piercings has risen dramatically among young adults where marketing is targeted,”(Wark). Emma Watson, Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Drake, all have something in common. They all have some sort of body piercings. These famous artists influence us which makes us want to imitate their looks, through the…

The practice of tattooing the human body has become an increasingly prevalent and significant practice in American society in recent decades. Tattoos are increasingly common and socially accepted. Persons from all walks of life are increasingly likely to get a tattoo, along with people from all age groups, races, and genders. This social phenomenon represents a dramatic change in the social and cultural mores of American society. Until approximately thirty years ago, tattoos were not…

That is the question. Whether tis’ noble to inject the skin with ink and pierce the body with metals, or whether tis’ nobler to conform to society, avoiding the slings and arrows of this world’s subjectivity. There is a dissent between those in favor of tattooing and piercing the body, and those who oppose the idea of tattooing and piercing the body. Proponents of tattoos and piercings confer that modifying the body in these ways are symbolic and the essence of expressionism, while opponents…

their hands in the ashes without knowing, and retouched the open would accidentally. This allowed the ashes to put black color underneath the skin of the individual, and as the wound healed the black colored ashes became permanent on the individuals body and formed the first tattoos. The actual word tattoo itself comes from the Polynesian word “ta” which means to strike something and the Tahitian word “tatau” which means to mark…

Tattoos and piercings are becoming a norm in today’s society, and they can be seen on the skin of teachers and Red Cross workers across the nation. Millennials have deemed these modifications as works of art and self-expression, but one Melanie Phillips poses a different point of view. She claims that these self-alterations are forms of self-mutilation, and they serve only to show how corrupt the values of recent generations have become. Her article utilizes extreme criticism of one man’s tattoo…

Cristabel Montoya Geography 302 05/05/15 Artistic Enhancement Cultures around the world have their own unique forms of body modifications. Most commonly known and practiced today are tattoos and piercings. In this paper, I researched a form of body modification that the tribes of Africa practice. I will delve into the reasoning why they use scarification as a form of self-expression and the significance it has to these tribes in Africa. First, I will give some background on what…