Forget What You think...Tattoos are awesome!

Its interesting how we have prejudices about certain things without actually understanding them. For instance how does anybody get an impression that tattoos or tattoo artists are bad. Lets put this within the context of other crazy human endeavors such as makeup, haircuts, clothing and even perfumes. These things have only a superficial significance in most cases. They are usually not a good measure of other positive human qualities in a person.

For instance, when was the last time we hated somebody for wearing a hat? When last did we hate somebody for wearing odd colour shoes. Its mostly superficial. We normally don’t take these things too seriously.

From a very young age however, most of us got the impression that the only people that wear tattoos are gangsters, bikers (like Charlie Boy), punks and drug addicts. The existing TV and pop culture then usually enforced these perceptions and stereotypes. I actually know that I am a victim of this kind of thinking. Well, maybe that's not 100% true because as adults we share the blame by re-enforcing it and passing it on to our kids.

But today I see all these people wearing some cool tattoos. Normal people mostly. People like you and me. I am by no means saying everyone should just go out and get tattoos all over. All I am suggesting is that maybe its not such a big deal. Learning more about it and researching the industry has made me more open  to the idea.

The tattoo is just a way of expression. In a world where everybody wants to follow a trend, maybe this a way of saying “…hey, I’m different, I’m special…”

If that’s the case, then I have absolutely no problem with that.