Comments on: Body art and human society http://tattoo.infmom.net/commentary/body-art-and-human-society/ for tattooed people, and those who want to be Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: infmom http://tattoo.infmom.net/commentary/body-art-and-human-society/comment-page-1/#comment-5080 infmom Thu, 07 May 2009 18:12:51 +0000 http://tattoo.infmom.net/?p=254#comment-5080 When I saw that mummified arm, I was in awe of what that person had to go through to have such an elaborately beautiful design. It must have had great meaning, to make enduring the process worth while. We multicolored people definitely understand that the pain of the procedure is canceled out by the beauty of the results. :) When I saw that mummified arm, I was in awe of what that person had to go through to have such an elaborately beautiful design. It must have had great meaning, to make enduring the process worth while.

We multicolored people definitely understand that the pain of the procedure is canceled out by the beauty of the results. :)

]]> By: jmdoula http://tattoo.infmom.net/commentary/body-art-and-human-society/comment-page-1/#comment-5073 jmdoula Thu, 07 May 2009 14:17:57 +0000 http://tattoo.infmom.net/?p=254#comment-5073 This is a great show and I was so surprised that it did go back so far in history. I'm with you - it took 34 years for me to do it and I love it. I truly think it is the ultimate form of self-expression, and despite the pain, self-love. Women (and men for that matter) decorate themselves with all sorts of things temporarily, so why not permanently? I can't help but to think the ancestor of ours whose mummified, tattooed arm was being examined on the program had such intricate work done purely for ceremonial/medicinal purposes. I'm sure that definitely played a part, but I wonder what that person thought about every time he/she looked down at their arm - if it brought a smile to their face, as mine does. We humans are programmed to enjoy beauty. This is a great show and I was so surprised that it did go back so far in history. I’m with you – it took 34 years for me to do it and I love it. I truly think it is the ultimate form of self-expression, and despite the pain, self-love. Women (and men for that matter) decorate themselves with all sorts of things temporarily, so why not permanently? I can’t help but to think the ancestor of ours whose mummified, tattooed arm was being examined on the program had such intricate work done purely for ceremonial/medicinal purposes. I’m sure that definitely played a part, but I wonder what that person thought about every time he/she looked down at their arm – if it brought a smile to their face, as mine does. We humans are programmed to enjoy beauty.

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