i had an interesting debate last night about body art & modification
on the one side we had Toms argument that it was just for attention and peer pressure, to get in with the right crowds, that's why there are more people with pierced faces/ears as apposed to somewhere unseen with spare skin to Peirce (in his words "like the elbow")
Where as Ali had the view that: 1 - facial piercings are safer to pierce and heal faster, if any, and 2 - just because it happens to be on the face doesn't mean its for attention, for every nose or cartilage piercing there's probably another stomach or nipple piercing, just because you don't see them how is it any different?
And my spin on this sort of thing is more philosophical, why leave a canvas blank? or worse still why paint an amazing picture then cover it up
The thing is everyone has they're different opinions on this sort of thing, tom repeatedly claimed i was trying to justify my own actions, i myself don't feel the need to justify anything i do, and why should i?
painting and sketching is a form of expression and customization, decorating a house is to customize it, even the picture on your desktop is something you like - a part of you, so why are piercings, tattoo's, carvings and the like frowned upon so regularly when in fact, they are no different?
i think of my body a blank canvas,so why leave it that way? i consider what I'm doing to be a sketch only just starting, its not for me to predict how the picture will turn out, but I'll still keep drawing it
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Piercings are easy to undo just by letting them heal up, aren't they? As your mother, as you know, I only worry about infections and snagging etc.
Tattoos, on the other hand, require expensive surgery to remove and I don't know if you'd ever get your blank canvas back again.
Our old grandad had a tattoo done on his forearm when he was young which he did regret when he was older. He always wore long sleeves because of it, even on hot days.
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