“If ever I were to Tattoo!...”
By Glenn Peppers
12-21-13
(Before you read my article on Tattoos. I have to first ask that you to first read this updated disclaimer on the article below that I wrote in December, at the end of 2013. It is January 5, 2014, and I am updating this piece because of some research that I've recently done concerning the "Infinity Symbol" pictured on the tattoo in the photo above the heading.
My research uncovered the fact that the Infinity Symbol (Actually called an Ouroboros) has certain occult, and/or let's say, mystic implications that I am not comfortable with, given my Born Again status! Outside of what I thought was its mathematical and obvious representation of what eternal means; I found that the symbol the looks like the number 8 turned onto its side represents a Serpent Eating its own Tail! Although I've found this info on countless websites, and other encyclopedia sites. The definition or explanation information listed that I am using here is found in Wikipedia; and reads as follows:
"The first known appearance of the ouroboros motif is in the Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, an ancient Egyptian funerary text in KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BC. The text concerns the actions of the god Ra and his union with Osiris in the underworld. In an illustration from this text, two serpents, holding their tails in their mouths, coil around the head and feet of an enormous god, who may represent the unified Ra-Osiris."
Well you can imagine my shock at discovering such a thing! It just goes to show that it always pays to investigate! Especially if you're planning to plaster some sort of sign, symbol or any saying or phrase onto your body. I've also added a new picture to this article that also crystalizes my thoughts on what kind of tattoo one should think about getting, and where to put it! I'll leave the article just as I wrote it in December of 2013 as a testament on just how easily one can become enthralled, and excited enough to unknowingly go out and get branded with signs, symbols, and esoteric endocrinal, religious beliefs that are not our own! So before I could let anyone else read this article. I felt that it had to have a disclaimer, reflecting my true ideals on the tattoo pictured above that I thought was so subtle, and so perfect!)
Thank you
Glenn Peppers
Here is my full article below in its entirety!
Now if I were to ever think about getting any sort of tattoo etched onto my body, it would be something like the one in the picture above. This would be a very cool tattoo to have! In fact it would be great! Something small, out of the way, like on the inside of my forearm or on the under side of my wrist; like in the picture above. I think it would look just as cool on my brown skin, as it does on the lighter skinned wrist above! If I had to have one, I'd get a tattoo that is unassuming; not some badly designed children's art scribble, fashioned from some dollar store, stencil/art-vomit template, done at some wayward tattoo shop! One that for whatever reason I can imagine smelling of jasmine incense. Don't ask me why! I know there are no places like that out here... Are they?
My research uncovered the fact that the Infinity Symbol (Actually called an Ouroboros) has certain occult, and/or let's say, mystic implications that I am not comfortable with, given my Born Again status! Outside of what I thought was its mathematical and obvious representation of what eternal means; I found that the symbol the looks like the number 8 turned onto its side represents a Serpent Eating its own Tail! Although I've found this info on countless websites, and other encyclopedia sites. The definition or explanation information listed that I am using here is found in Wikipedia; and reads as follows:
"The first known appearance of the ouroboros motif is in the Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, an ancient Egyptian funerary text in KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BC. The text concerns the actions of the god Ra and his union with Osiris in the underworld. In an illustration from this text, two serpents, holding their tails in their mouths, coil around the head and feet of an enormous god, who may represent the unified Ra-Osiris."
Well you can imagine my shock at discovering such a thing! It just goes to show that it always pays to investigate! Especially if you're planning to plaster some sort of sign, symbol or any saying or phrase onto your body. I've also added a new picture to this article that also crystalizes my thoughts on what kind of tattoo one should think about getting, and where to put it! I'll leave the article just as I wrote it in December of 2013 as a testament on just how easily one can become enthralled, and excited enough to unknowingly go out and get branded with signs, symbols, and esoteric endocrinal, religious beliefs that are not our own! So before I could let anyone else read this article. I felt that it had to have a disclaimer, reflecting my true ideals on the tattoo pictured above that I thought was so subtle, and so perfect!)
Thank you
Glenn Peppers
Here is my full article below in its entirety!
Now if I were to ever think about getting any sort of tattoo etched onto my body, it would be something like the one in the picture above. This would be a very cool tattoo to have! In fact it would be great! Something small, out of the way, like on the inside of my forearm or on the under side of my wrist; like in the picture above. I think it would look just as cool on my brown skin, as it does on the lighter skinned wrist above! If I had to have one, I'd get a tattoo that is unassuming; not some badly designed children's art scribble, fashioned from some dollar store, stencil/art-vomit template, done at some wayward tattoo shop! One that for whatever reason I can imagine smelling of jasmine incense. Don't ask me why! I know there are no places like that out here... Are they?
Nope, no biker dude named Duley, is gonna carve images into my body! No siree! Especially not if they look like some mad escapee from a mental institution, issuing out the likes of some of the tat's that I see folks getting plastered all over their necks, legs and wherever else on their bodies these days, just on a whim. Especially when folks go out and get cowboy drunk, or are going through a really bad (or even good) time in their lives. Still, there is never a good time for a bad tattoo!
If I were to wear a tattoo, it would have to be something well meaning. I love my elder son's tattoo! It is something that will always remind him of his time and service in the Navy, for a lifetime. It is finely crafted and is creatively set on his upper arm and shoulder area, highlighting and showcasing the Navy, and his own creativity! Yes he actually designed his own tattoo!
For me, I need not have anything nearly as prestigious or statement filled as a tattoo resembling the ones our military men and women proudly wear! Their tattoo's are truly well meaning, and tell a story! They're somewhat like battle scars; yet I'd go even further as to say, for a great many military folks, they’re tattoos are somewhat like Metals, given their allegiance to their God, country, and branch of service. I’ve noticed that people who serve, wear tattoos to show allegiance to their units, company and/or outfit served, as it reflects they're loyalty, and bravery; and shows honor at having served!
My tattoo (should I so choose to get one) would be something much more subtle. It would be one that I could look at when I'm 110 and say, "man, that still looks good!" So, for me, "Mother" tattoos are most definitely out! I love my mother dearly, God rest her soul, but even she would come back from the great beyond, and spank my butt for doing something as ridiculous as that!
There’ll be no lighting bolts, no bared wired (tat’s from the late 1980's/early 1990's), a la Pamela (Barbed Wire Arm Band) Anderson and Kiefer Sutherland's copy cat arm band tattoos.
No "What the heck is that!" Mike Tyson Facial horror tattoos, AT ALL! No giant, mid evil gaudy crosses, or Lil’ Wayne/Rod Steiger, all-body “The Illustrated Man” tattoo frenzy’s gone wild thing either!... By no means! Its funny that in today’s days and times, Rod Steiger’s character in the movie (from Ray Bradbury’s novel of the same name) “The Illustrated Man” seems rather tame now, compared to when this was an issue as far as a feature film, back in 1969.
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| oddly pointy, monstrous snaky lookin' symbols |
No tattooed wedding rings! Thank God I had no former lovers, who are now (or would soon have been) long gone lover type tattoos! Tattoos that I desperately would be trying to have laser removed, real quick! No oddly pointy, monstrous snaky lookin' symbols that I know nothing about will ever get placed on my back or body, period! Heck, the dang thing might start moving around back there and freak me out!
No skulls, no bulls, No dragons, no monsters or mythic maiden creatures giving me nightmares by staring me in the eye as I glance over at my arm in order to prop myself up in bed, to change sleep positions! Oh and, definitely no neck, chest or finger tattoos! When I saw a young brother with this huge neck tattoo spread across his throat that read, “Hood Rat!” I knew that his days as a Hewlett Packard exec (if he had such aspirations) would most likely never come to fruition!
I certainly will not ever think about getting an Asian tattoo! No offense to anyone Asian, but heck, I don't know what those symbols really mean, or what they're actually saying! Just because I am into the martial arts, does not mean I read, comprehend and/or speak Cantonese or Mandarin! For all I know, they could be plastering, "Eat at Joe's!" in Chinese on my body, and I would never know it! Except for when I go for Chinese take out, and the guy named Joe behind the counter laughs at my tattoo, every time I come into his chinese restaurant!
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| Jagger Lips |
So there it is! Ok I know, it looks and sounds kinda wimpy, and kinda not there, but that's alright with me. I can live with a tattoo that simply says, Love wrapped into an Infinity Symbol! I don’t know if what I’m looking at in the picture above is a raised or branded image tattoo (if there is such a thing) or not. All I know is, I’d never get that tattoo at all if it only came in lugubriously gaudy living color (Now black!... Maybe black could work!) So, no matter how good of a sales person Duley the biker tattoo man is, he’ll never in a million years talk me into getting one of those big azz Mick Jagger tattoo Lips plastered onto my butt cheeks!
More than that, no one could ever convince me to even look at those awful gigantic red hearts, or any rose (period) tattoo; especially with lightening bolts or arrows running through them! No guns, chains, or movie star picture either! The thought of having a nightmare eyesore tattoo forever emblazoned on my leg, chest, arms or back (or anywhere else for that matter) is terribly distressing!
I won’t even go into the very idea of genital tattooing! The very mentioning of it gave me frightful goose bumps! Face it; why would I pay someone to do something to me that under normal circumstances, I would either sue the hell out of them for it, or kick the crap out of them, had they caused me that much of pain and embarrassment against my will! In a court of law this kind of treatment its called, "Assault!"
Can you imagine having an eyesore tattoo in a very up front, and visible place on your body, as something you just gotta live with for the rest of your life, whether you like it or not? Unthinkable!
I won’t even go into the very idea of genital tattooing! The very mentioning of it gave me frightful goose bumps! Face it; why would I pay someone to do something to me that under normal circumstances, I would either sue the hell out of them for it, or kick the crap out of them, had they caused me that much of pain and embarrassment against my will! In a court of law this kind of treatment its called, "Assault!"
Can you imagine having an eyesore tattoo in a very up front, and visible place on your body, as something you just gotta live with for the rest of your life, whether you like it or not? Unthinkable!
Think about it, that big ole’ heart or eagle tattoo on your butt oughta look really sweet when you’re 92 years old, hoping your nurses assistant isn’t laughing when they change your Depends brief, and see’s your wrinkly, droopy old Heart, and tuckered out Eagle and Lightening Bolt tat sagging a whole lot lower than it was some 30 years ago!
No way! Not this dude! So to those who will, I applaud and commend you! But to those of you who’ll think about it first, and do some careful planning (and much research) on getting a tattoo that fits your lifestyle, and personality. I wish you much Love and Infinity!
Glenn Peppers
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