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 Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:14 am
Makkura_Tsuyagoto Peace Love And Skate Makkura; As disgusted as I am, that's cool as hell. I don't think I could ever get a tattoo. It just seems paradoxical to adorn your body with imagery. Could get me too attached to my own decorative body, or the imagery associated with Buddhism. I know, I had the same reaction. I just wish I could see what it's like now that it's healed. sad I think that's cool, it's a good reminder of what the body looks like just beneath the skin. It's not at all pretty. Still, I would also like to see it now that it's healed. Curioser and curioser!
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:45 pm
I would love to get a tattoo of Buddha on my back yakuza-style!
Hmm nah too flamboyant. I'll just settle for a small dharma wheel and yin-yang tattoos. :3
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:52 am
In my family, tattoos are a tradition. It was actually quite hard to come up with a tattoo idea that was pleasant without being flamboyant, and respectful without being too dull. I like the idea of tattoos, though. While they may represent attachment to this body, and a certain vanity that comes with wanting the "look" of a tattoo, they can also represent reverence for something, and a symbol of devotion.
I guess in some twisted way you could look at the pain associated with getting a tattoo as being detached enough from the body to torture it. But, given that our goal is non-attachment, not detachment, that kinda misses the mark.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:19 am
Peace Love And Skate Makkura; As disgusted as I am, that's cool as hell. I don't think I could ever get a tattoo. It just seems paradoxical to adorn your body with imagery. Could get me too attached to my own decorative body, or the imagery associated with Buddhism. Yikes, that is some impressive hardcore devotion! Artistically, I wonder how the cut-out flesh will heal...(while it 'looks good' while bleeding, it'd probably be a lot different later)
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