Tattoos

I attended Concordia University in St. Paul for a year about 20 years ago. My project for an Anthropology class was to sit in a tattoo parlor every Saturday night for some length of time. I made a lengthy questionaire and armed with that I went, sat and observed. Although it was illegal, more than 85% of the clients were minors.

Concordia is a Christian school and St. Paul; at that time, was the headquarters of Billy Graham, one of America's most well known evangelists.

These kids had no idea who he was.

I later studied to become a Drug and Alcohol counselor, about seven years ago. The tatoo, and piercing of body parts seemed to be the rage among those in their late teens to late twenties. I suggested to our son that he might consider becoming a skin doctor specialing in tattoo removal.

Today, it still seems to fascinate the general public, now with older people even in their fifties. One tattoo no longer suffices, there must be numerous.

This image, not very good due to reflections, was an attempt on my part to illustrate the obsession America seems to have.

Will pet tatooing become the next rage?