For the love of ink

The ink culture has been existing for over 5 000 years and tattoos have been marks to identify and signify many different things in many different cultures. They also have their share of misunderstanding. From being banned in many work environments, to being deemed socially unacceptable in many parts of the world, With that said tattoos have a very large history and their purpose varied from culture to culture. With all the negative and positive factors around Tattoos they are  still an amazing individual piece of art.

Many tattoos serve as rites of passage, marks of status and rank, symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, sexual lures and marks of fertility, pledges of love, punishment, amulets and talismans, protection, and as the marks of outcasts, slaves and convicts. In the Philippines certain tribal groups believe tattoos have magical qualities, and help to protect their bearers. Most traditional tattooing in the Philippines is related to the bearer's accomplishments in life or rank in the tribe.

There are so many reasons why we choose to wear tattoos,  we wear them  for artistic, cosmetic, sentimental/memorial, religious, and magical reasons, and to symbolize our belonging to or identification with particular factions, including criminal gangs or a particular ethnic group or law-abiding subculture. There is a deeper explanation to some tattoos around the world, some Māori still choose to wear intricate moko on their faces. In Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, the yantra tattoo is used for protection against evil and to increase luck.

There are so many reasons why we put ink on our bodies and some reason are not to be shared with others, but tattoes are now worn as any other accessory one would wear. They are not a call for negative remarks nor are they a call for inappropriate behaivior. We wear them because we love them and in a sense they are a form of expression, which is our basic human right. freedom of expression. So to everyone who is inked take pride in your ink and live life as you please. be free to be inked. for the love of ink.
For real though!!!
The Don.