Poll: Best age for first tattoo?

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Poll: Best age for first tattoo?


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farouk

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@farouk Hi farouk, I thought about you this afternoon whilst I was out in town. As I waited for my husband to come back from doing an errand I sat on a bench in the sunshine. There was already a man sitting there and we got into conversation and I noticed he had a rather nice tattoo on his right forearm and I commented on how nice it was. It was the nicest one I have ever seen and depicted a dragon fly with a green body and shimmery golden wings amongst frondy grasses. I was so delicate and finely drawn by a really talented artist. It was on the inside of his arm and on the outside he had an oak tree by the same artist but it wasn't as nice. Now don't get your hopes up, I'm not planning to get inked any time soon. But it was a work of art.
Yes, there is a lot of good tattoo artwork about. Whether you or anyone might plan to get ink is none of my business. What I do think is that these days among Christians it's often a case of harnessing really good artwork with increasing witness opportunities in faith based designs. This would probably make a lot of sense to many ppl.
 

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Yes, there is a lot of good tattoo artwork about. Whether you or anyone might plan to get ink is none of my business. What I do think is that these days among Christians it's often a case of harnessing really good artwork with increasing witness opportunities in faith based designs. This would probably make a lot of sense to many ppl.
I have a shopping bag with, "I can do all this through him who gives me strength." written on it. So it's a similar thing but not invasive.
 

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@Pearl PS: My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area in a tasteful lettering style; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also. I'm sure other conversations have arisen as a result of the young lady's willingness to have that particular skin placement pumped with tasteful, witness friendly ink.
 

farouk

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I have a shopping bag with, "I can do all this through him who gives me strength." written on it. So it's a similar thing but not invasive.
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This is the verse.

Some would say that the witness benefits significantly outweigh any disadvantages from the invasiveness.
 
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farouk

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@farouk ...we got into conversation and I noticed he had a rather nice tattoo on his right forearm and I commented on how nice it was. It was the nicest one I have ever seen and depicted a dragon fly with a green body and shimmery golden wings amongst frondy grasses. I was so delicate and finely drawn by a really talented artist.
PS: Yes they are certainly proven conversation-starters. (Thus witness ink works.)
 

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PS: Yes they are certainly proven conversation-starters. (Thus witness ink works.)
I'm a friendly sort and will start up a conversation with anybody whether they have a tattoo or not and mostly it's not.
 
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I'm a friendly sort and will start up a conversation with anybody whether they have a tattoo or not and mostly it's not.
I'm sure you are, and I'm sure you do! :)

But for shy Christians, and before those who might otherwise not even want to talk about anything faith based, a little faith based ink can go a long way towards a faith related testimony conversation.

(I'm sure you would agree.)
 

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I'm sure you are, and I'm sure you do! :)

But for shy Christians, and before those who might otherwise not even want to talk about anything faith based, a little faith based ink can go a long way towards a faith related testimony conversation.

(I'm sure you would agree.)
Sorry farouk, I never heard of that here in the UK. Do you talk to people about your faith when you're out and about?
 

farouk

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@Pearl FYI, this was an interesting quote:

Surprisingly, one of the major resurgences of interest in tattoos in Europe occurred among 19th century high society Victorian women (as well as men), after British explorers encountered tattooed cultures on their voyages to the South Pacific and brought back the practice to Britain. ..
The tattoo craze grew during the 19th century, and even Winston Churchill’s mother had a tattoo of a snake eating its tail (the symbol of eternity) on her wrist. Queen Victoria was also believed to have had a tattoo of a Bengal tiger fighting a python. From Victorian Europe, the craze spread to America. In 1897, (art critic, Margot) Miffin says that an estimated 75% of American society women were tattooed, usually in places that could be easily covered.
Black Fire: Women, Tattoos, and the Transformative Power of Body Art - Reality Sandwich

Seems like it's come full circle now.

While for years it was seen as a man thing, but now so many women are finding the confidence to do it that 19th century society women had. (This also implies a lot of potential for faith based ink, I think.)
 

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Sorry farouk, I never heard of that here in the UK. Do you talk to people about your faith when you're out and about?
I guess in North America in some areas especially it's a lot more common to talk to people about faith based matters.
 

farouk

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@Heart2Soul Good to see you visiting the forums.

FYI, did you see the quote, above, claiming the prevalence of tattoos among society women in the 19th century? (before it became an almost exclusively male, miliray thing for several decades):

"Surprisingly, one of the major resurgences of interest in tattoos in Europe occurred among 19th century high society Victorian women (as well as men), after British explorers encountered tattooed cultures on their voyages to the South Pacific and brought back the practice to Britain. ..
The tattoo craze grew during the 19th century, and even Winston Churchill’s mother had a tattoo of a snake eating its tail (the symbol of eternity) on her wrist. Queen Victoria was also believed to have had a tattoo of a Bengal tiger fighting a python. From Victorian Europe, the craze spread to America. In 1897, (art critic, Margot) Miffin says that an estimated 75% of American society women were tattooed, usually in places that could be easily covered."
Black Fire: Women, Tattoos, and the Transformative Power of Body Art - Reality Sandwich

Seems like it has come full circle, right? with women once again doing it with confidence.