MOMENTARY PAIN FOR A LIFETIME OF ENJOYMENT: ME, TATTOO-SELF AND I

摘要

Tattoos have the unique power to allow the individual to tailor the meanings he/she wants to transfer to himself/herself in a well-organized and integrated way, letting the person to express himself better with a few tattoo(s) rather than purchasing a set of traditional products. Interviewee Linda (female, 27 years-old) states that she knows herself and/or who she wants to be at this age. Therefore, she gets to express herself permanently. Matt (male, 31 years-old) states that a tattoo is valuable in a way that you can have it permanently and that a single tattoo can have all those meanings a traditional product or set of product cannot have.