How Come Body Art Is Suddenly All The Rage?
Lately, the passion for body art and tattoos is spreading like a wildfire. Some ten years ago, tattoos were either a symbol of belonging to some group or just a sign of an eccentric person, more or less. Today, it is not uncommon to find artists wielding their tattoo machines in beauty salons (in a separate room, of course, for sanitary reasons) or to stumble upon an ink-master’s own parlor on the corner of your neighborhood. Every other celebrity has a tattoo, some have multiple, like Angelina Jolie, David Beckham, Kelly Osbourne, and Miley Cyrus. How did it come to be so hip? Here are some educated guesses. It Is a Sign of Strength The tattoo tradition has been accepted throughout the ages in many countries, dating as far back as 10,000 B.C. From Pacific islands tribes to India to Japan, body art can be found nearly everywhere. And, likewise, nearly everywhere it was historically a sign of some kind of status. Renowned warriors, tribe chiefs, shamans—persons of power or mystique bore symbols on their bodies and faces. One of the reasons for that was that, without today’s technology and medicine, to make a permanent body art one had to go through tremendous amounts of pain worthy…
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