Kristen Rowe 10/26/09 - Tattoo Discussion

I really enjoyed the presentation given last class on the art of image represented through tattoos. I myself have 5 tattoos and I never really thought about how they were representative through works like that. The tattoos showed were mainly religious because of the depiction of religion through art. My tattoos aren't religious, however, one is sort of spiritual. The tattoo on my back is of an angel that my sister's best friend painted for her, and I got it tattooed on me because as soon as I saw it it reminded me of my grandma who passed away when I was 10. My angel also represents one who my best friends who died when I was 16, and everytime I look at the painting on my sister's wall I think of those two, so I decided to have it tatooed on me. The thing I love about the angel I have tattooed on me is not only that it represent my grandma and one of my best friends, the angel also has an empty face, it's just an oval. To me, that symbolizes that she can be anyone to anybody. I think that's the beauty in the art of image, that something so general can mean one thing to one person, and another thing to another person. It's all in the way you depict it and I think that's just awesome. The presentation definitely makes you think about tattoos in a totally different way. Some folks get tattoos to represent something, and others just get tattoos to say they got one and don't really think about why they have it.