SPLICED Issue 04\r\n\r\nPeople with tattoos\r\n\r\nTATTOO SHOWCASE\r\n\r\nISSUE 04\r\n\r\nTattoos are becoming increasingly popular in today’s culture.\r\nAlthough of course we realise that it’s not for everyone, those of us\r\nwho choose to decorate our bodies in this way choose our art for a\r\nvariety of reasons. Perhaps it’s a memorial to a loved one passed on.\r\nPerhaps it commemorates an important decision or point in your life.\r\nPerhaps you just liked the look of it and to all intents and purposes it\r\nmeans nothing that anyone else would relate to other than you.\r\nDon’t judge us. We are not the drug-addicted degenerates, ill suited\r\nto raise children, covering our bodies in sinful images to shock you.\r\n\r\nWe are your doctors, your lawyers,\r\nyour financial advisors, your editors,\r\nyour personal trainers – and yes,\r\nwe are also the tattooers, the\r\nflamboyant artists, the actors.\r\nWe are from all walks of life, and we are\r\nfunctioning members of society.\r\nWe choose our art and we wear it proudly.\r\n\r\nWe are\r\ntattooed people.\r\n42\r\n\r\n