I don't have any body art. I am pretty much just a plain old vanilla kind of guy when it comes to permanently changing my body. However, I am fascinated by them. The "I'll have a number 37 on my arm" kind of tatoos do nothing for me. It's the one of a kind artwork that makes me look. Until the last fifteen years or so, you had to really want to thumb your nose at society to get a piercing or a tattoo. I think mainstream body art must have started with all the girls getting belly button rings in the mid to late 90s. For them, the piercing was more of a fashion accessory, not a statement.
It's the statements that I admire, not the fashion. If I were to get a tattoo (forget piercing!) I would have to give it a lot of thought. What statement would I permanently like to place on my body? Where would I place it? Is this a shout out for the world to see or something more private that I would keep to myself? I could go old school and get a tattoo that a sailor on an eighteenth centuring sailing ship would be proud of, or I could go all modern and colorful. Though I love her dearly, I don't think I would get an homage to my mother.
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This image was shot on an early morning photo walk/drive over the weekend. When I saw the sign, the advertisements in the windows, the chair in the doorway and the gerneral appearance of the building, I knew that I would want to convert the scene into black and white. I was feeling that grittiness that color can't do justice to. The image had to be B&W, as apposed to yesterday's neon sign that was all about the color.
tim mcmurdo 
I don’t have anything else than my ears pierced, but I’d want to get a tattoo. I agree with you about it having to be more of a statement than just a fashionable accessory. I have my possible future tattoo all planned out already; it’s gonna be a “tribute” to my family.
A dream catcher with four feathers with silhouettes of wolves in each of them. The wolves represent each member of my immediate family and I chose wolves because they are so family centered (and beautiful for sure) animals. The dream catcher I chose because I like them. I have like 4 catchers in my apartment and I think they are beautiful. It also represents my fascination towards native american cultures. 🙂
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I have two tattoos. The one on my right shoulder was a present to myself when I got divorced in 1993. It is a wolf howling at an orange moon with purple clouds running through it. He is sitting above a skull on the desert floor. I love wolves and I thought this tattoo spoke volumes. I have often thought of adding on to it; just never have yet.
The other is on my right shoulder. It is simply a reddish black shield with a gold cross centered between two crossed blades. I drew it up on a whim and decided that it needed to be on my arm.
I will probably eventually get another and likely add to the wolf tattoo.
No piercings, no way, not ever!!
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