The reason I became really interested in tattooing and tattoos isn’t necessarily for the tattoos themselves, but rather the stories behind them. Everybody I have met has a story about why their wanted their tattoo and what it means to them and that is the most interesting part.

At the moment I do not have any tattoos, I haven’t done anything that I thought warrented getting a tattoo. I never had the story for the tattoo and to me the story is what makes the tattoo. I never wanted one unless it was special to me and meant something to me and I just havent found that yet. I will post the picture of my tattoo right after I get it, whenever it may be.

The questionaire is going to be used in writing a paper for a basic freshman writing/research class. We have to collect the data and write a paper that can be presented to a local school newspaper. I interviewed several tattoo artists for the qualitative article that we were assigned and now we are using these surveys for our more quantitative articles.

I know “Modern Tattoo Movement” can sound a lot like a catch all phrase that is just being thrown around, but what I mean by it is the up turn that the perspective on tattoos has taken in recent decades. The stigma against tattooed people decreasing, people have become more accepting, more media coverage of tattoos and tattooing, changes in the demographic who are recieving tattoos. It is really a combination of a lot of different factors.

I really should have introduced myself further before, the time constraints on this project kind of forced me into rushing through posting the survey to ensure getting enough answers. Thanks for the advice Matthew.

All the best,
Mark D