Tats

This may come as a wee bit of a shock to those of you who know me a wee bit. I am really drawn to tatoos. I don't have any, and to be honest the idea of getting something that you are stuck with for life is a bit of a stupid thing to do. I had a friend who got a big massive one that as far as I can recall was a copy of an obscure 80's metal band Tigertailz album artwork. One part of me thinks what a really dumb thing to do, when he is 60 what will he say to his grandkids. There is another part of me that isn't so full of condemnation.
I saw a girl totally covered in tats at QM Union in Glasgow, and thought, I like that!
Apparantly the name comes from the old way of applying them with an ivory thing - it made a 'tatoo' sound when you hit it, the first hit was tat, the oo was it hitting skin.
There is a bit of a spiritual element to them I think. Possibly less so when it is Tigertailz or the grim reaper. I do like the Maori ones, the part of me that is really drawn to indigenous peoples likes it. I think tats are an extension of drawing as a child.
So that's me got that off my chest!! (which if it was a tatoo wouldn't have been so easy). I've no intention of getting one.