Yes, a Tattoo is Art
but when you hang a picture do you leave it there for the rest of your life?
If you are a serious art collector…
…making an investment in art, than yes you will hang that picture for a lifetime. But for the majority of people, that’s not usually the case. A tattoo is a serious art investment. One needs to be sure of the quality and content, just like any other art investment.
Thanks
For all the responses. I realize that tattoos are not everyone’s thing…but really, I’m not talking about a full body graphic display. Just a nice paddle design on my ankle. Someone asked why? Because I want to. I appreciate the solid advice on finding a good artist etc. I am in my late 50’s, so don’t really care what it is going to look like years from now 
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not cut yourselves nor put tattoo marks upon yourselved…
Very Old Testament. I know some
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great Christians with tats.Probably the most interesting is a Marine with "Born to Raise Hell" over his unit insignia which happened long before he became a Christian.
no ankle but arm, chest, leg, back,
stomach… yes.
Leviticus 19:19
’Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
So you’re probably gone burn in eternity for wearing a cotton/poly blend, may as well get the tat.
I certainly didn’t mean…
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...for this to turn into a religious discussion, but:
"The context of the passage is explicitly defiling oneself for the dead. In this case the Kohanim are forbidden from various mourning practices. Not only are they forbidden from coming in contact with the dead bodies of their deceased friends (vv.1ff.) but they are also forbidden from defiling themselves by making bald spots on their heads, by shaving their beards, and by cutting their skin. We see here that three of the prohibitions found in Lev 19 and Dt 14 are repeated in Lev 21. In all three passages both the implicit and explicit contexts are that of mourning practices. Every ancient person knew that one cut one's skin or shaved one's head as an act of mourning and it was these acts of mourning that are being prohibited in Lev 19."
Quoted fron The Karaite Korner.
http://www.karaite-korner.org/shaving.shtml
This verse, like any in the Bible, is easily taken out of context. You need to look at what all of Leviticus 19 is about, before you draw conclusions about individual verses.
That said, I certainly respect every persons individual religious beliefs. I expect the same of mine.
For whatever it's worth, I'm a seminary school dropout, and have worked the last several years for a Christian organization. I have decided not to pursue a calling to minister, at this time. Who knows what the future may bring.
And They Shall
And they shall take up snakes,
weird squiggly lines,
even a Leviticus
to some’s inscribed,
with a golden rule,
measures in verse,
be attitudes
those inked get cursed?
Or is it just,
some paths will cross,
good book to cover,
judged hide at loss,
floods in critiques,
some light, some dark,
I ink you best,
tattoo an ark
40 year old pornographic Tattoo…
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..a lot of things are funny when you are 19, Drunk, and On your first Leave in a strange country....
I have a Tattoo on my upper right arm that I had done in just that instance... there are two words (over / Under)and they read "Orally Oriented" (HETERO OKAY?- I know at least one of you would go there).
The rest I leave to your imagination...the point is, the Tatt drew female attention for a few years...but since then I cover it on doctors visits to keep from offending the nurses etc...and I don't go swimming in public venues for the same reasons....Tattoos can affect your life.
beware what you ink.
(I expect the next time I get that sort of attention from the tatt will be when I'm 90 in the old folks home....now THERE'S a reason not to get inked if there ever was one...)
Old Tatt Joke…
heard about the guy who got a tatt on his pecker?..
Read “Eat at Joe’s”…
Except when he was aroused…THEN IT READ…
“Eat at Joe’s Bar and Grill Chattanooga Tennessee”
The girls around here…
Have more tattoos than teeth.
Glad I Never Got a Euro Tattoo
Sold all my Euros and switched to the GP.
Don’t get a GP tattoo
You might yet switch to an Aleutian!
You Got DAT Right!
Oh pleez
Ok
Now I am sorry I ever asked the question
Serves you right
Since you asked I assumed you were a kid in your twenties. Round where I live, a gal over 50 does not give 2 cents for what other people think, and it is only a question of whether they deserve the opportunity to hear her opinion or should wither in ignorance. ;-}
Well said
You are right & wrong. I am over 50 and only wanted others thoughts & opinions. Confident? Maybe not as much as I thought I was. Certain that I wanted to get a tattoo ? Ya. Care what others think? Not so much. Really, just looking for others creative ideas. Nothing too sinister here.
Now a…
…finely drawn tattoo about mid-calf of that Teutonic lightnin’ rod Freya Hoffmeister, doin’ a handstand midships on a sleek Epic kayak, should derive for ya about a thousand pages of editorial responses.
Heck, tattoo, painted insignias to your boat, whatever scribes your hide or hull, I’d just keep in mind those words of my former high school art teacher Tom Schumaker (my mural of the Middle Ages got a little too elaborate and thusly drew a C)…“Keep it simple!”
God knows we critics are.