On thinking about it I thought I'd asked my churched up son what his views were on tattoos. He surprised me by saying that at times he thinks about getting one but at other times he thinks he doesn't want one. I walked away from that conversation pretty quickly!
Tattoos should be an artful expression of your feelings for someone or something that you're ALWAYS going to feel that way about. In 20-30 years time when you look at that tattoo, will you still have that feeling? To me this means if it's about someone, the only guaranteed people you'll love forever are parents and kids.
I read an interesting article regarding David Beckham tattoos (Ok the only reason I read it was because it was pics of him launching his underwear line but thats not the point!). Every one of his tattoos has a significant meaning to him. He has a few dedicated to Victoria but as she's already proven that she won't leave him no matter what, I think those are allowed.
Now I'm not trying to be a hypocrite as I have a tattoo, but the problem with getting inked up is you always want another one! And wanting one just for the sake of it isn't reason enough to get one.
Watching the world cup I've come to realise that covering your arms and torso with tattoos is the trend.
Neymar
Balotelli
Howard
Alves
My advise is to design the tattoo you want and lock it away somewhere. After a year, if you still feel the same way about it then as you do now, get it done!
At the end of the day, you're the one who'll be living with it forever so ultimately you're the one who has to make that decision!!
No comments:
Post a Comment