Poll: Tattoo art - Christian perspectives: Fight it? Ignore it? appreciate/embrace it?
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@David in NJ YW... :)
I know you said you particularly appreciate color in tattoos, although often also simple black can be effective in an understated way, for faith based designs, right? (e.g., below)
In some ways I wish more Christians worked in tattoo parlors, anyway.
@MatthewG So how did your first day in work go?
Anyway, often coworkers get to show each other their tattoos; I guess one can learn a lot from one's coworkers from their ink, sometimes, anyway...
@David in NJ I guess it's hard for someone to say definitely that the most recent (even only) tattoo will be the last. This was the original point of the comment, I guess.
As mentioned, all the young people with Bible verses tattooed that I have spoken with seem to have had them done for evangelistic reasons, anyway.
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(@MatthewG ; @Mayflower : I'm sure you guys would thoroughly agree.)
@GodsGrace Oh, no one - no one! - should get inked up until they are really really sure they are "ready"... :)Yes,,, I like that.
There are many tattoos I like....but don't get your hopes up!
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(@MatthewG ; @Mayflower : I'm sure you guys would thoroughly agree.)
@Ezra I guess a lot of tattooees would say that it can be worthwhile going back to an artist after maybe several years and have some pigmentation injected in again.
(My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; seeing as she must have been really motivated to have it done as an evangelistic tool, it's maybe likely also that she would eventually want to go back to get the inked calligraphy defined again, to preserve it.)
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@1stCenturyLady You do, then, understand why some ppl like the experience.
So is there another series that you now watch, to replace the defunct Ink Master?
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@1stCenturyLady You do, then, understand why some ppl like the experience.
So is there another series that you now watch, to replace the defunct Ink Master?
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PS: @Lambano She would probably agree that it's better to get piercings at a good tattoo parlor rather than at a mall kiosk, right? for a start, the staff are better experienced; and for example if one already has hole(s) that are closed up, they can be enlarged by a taper and made usable again, rather than having to get a completely new hole.
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She and her son got their ears pierced at a mall kiosk. The mall is shut down now; Covid 19 just put it out of the misery of a slow, long-term decline. The place over in the industrial area where she got her nose pierced was recommended by one of her friends.
@Lambano Sounds like the kiosk in the mall while it existed turned out okay for both of them, then. (Probably her friend that recommended the other tattoo parlor that she went to that you said was kind of less inviting, had something done there herself.)
So were you at all a bit surprised when she wanted to have it done together with her son? (These days of course young men usually have both ears done if at all, while moms might or might not have something to do with the fact that they do it.)
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Oh, they didn’t do it together. Same mall, but different times.
The parlor is in a building that used to be a city-subsidized business that provided jobs for people who might otherwise be difficult to employ, like those with learning disabilities and those with criminal records and those on drug rehab. I remember my previous company used them for low-tech piece-meal jobs like stuffing parts into boxes. Because the city partially subsidized them, they were dirt cheap. The lady who ran the place was really tough. She had to be, 'cuz she was working with some really rough-looking personnel. They respected her, though. The business has since shut down, and the city is trying to redefine the building complex as an artsy-fartsy district.
BTW, my stepson only has (had?) one ear stud. I’m not sure he still has it. His current job is public-facing, and some companies are strict about things like that.
Now, I know a young man who tried to get away with nipple-rings under his USAF uniform. The military is definitely not open-minded about things like that. He didn’t last too long. Two years and he was out of there.
The parlor is in a building that used to be a city-subsidized business that provided jobs for people who might otherwise be difficult to employ, like those with learning disabilities and those with criminal records and those on drug rehab. I remember my previous company used them for low-tech piece-meal jobs like stuffing parts into boxes. Because the city partially subsidized them, they were dirt cheap. The lady who ran the place was really tough. She had to be, 'cuz she was working with some really rough-looking personnel. They respected her, though. The business has since shut down, and the city is trying to redefine the building complex as an artsy-fartsy district.
BTW, my stepson only has (had?) one ear stud. I’m not sure he still has it. His current job is public-facing, and some companies are strict about things like that.
Now, I know a young man who tried to get away with nipple-rings under his USAF uniform. The military is definitely not open-minded about things like that. He didn’t last too long. Two years and he was out of there.
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Hi @MatthewG Thanks for posting the v. interesting video; I've looked at a few minutes of it; maybe more later; the man has a cross tattoo on the top of his hand like the one you are planning, right?
@Lambano Well, couldn't the guy just have removed his rings in order to avoid being expelled from the army? :) or maybe he chose to quit.....
Sounds anyway like the tattoo parlor where you went with your wife was in a rather rough area. The area is something that tattoo parlor owners should think about, because with all the women wanting tattoos the parlor itself needs to be someplace where women can go to and still feel safe.
@MatthewG He's right about the women in the military that have it done; as @GodsGrace a couple of posts ago where she shows the sort of ink she in theory would like, it's become something very womanly to do.
So did you ever meet the guy in the video?
@Lambano It's not surprising that tattoo parlors often also offer piercing service, seeing as their is such strong demand for it. PS: As regards the parlor in the rough area that you and your wife went to, I realize that essentially it's the inspected cleanliness of the parlor inside that counts, rather than the outside, of course...
