New Lower Back tattoo Design Ideas

New Lower Back tattoo Design Ideas

Cherry Blossom Tattoo and Lotus Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back

Lower Back Butterfly Tattoo Design - Feminine Tattoo

Lower Back Angel Tattoo

Horse Tattoo on Shoulder and Lower Back - Female

Cute Lower Back Tattoo For Girls

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats.
Amy Winehouse


Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. Nicole Appleton


Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious. Jennifer Aniston


Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. Pamela Anderson


My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist.  Johnny Depp

Stars Tattoo Design for Girls Lower Back Tattoo

Stars Tattoo Design for Girls Lower Back Tattoo

Stars Tattoo Design on Girl Feet - Feminine Tattoos

Nautical Stars Tattoo Design Female Lower Back

Stars Birds and Cherry Tattoo on Back

Star Tattoo Design on Girl Feet

Colour Stars Design Tattoo on Side Girl

Stars Tattoo on lower back

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

It's kind of a show-biz lizard [in a top hat]. Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul. Nicolas Cage


I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better. Halle Berry


My skin is my canvas. The artwork on it represents something that is very powerful and meaningful in my life. I look at my skin as something of a living diary because all my tattoos represent a time in my life. And I never wish to shut the door on the past, so I carry it all with me. Dave Navarro


"I felt bad about myself because certain people were relentlessly attacking me and my reputation. My mom kept saying 'Let it go, Lauren, It doesn?t matter' ? I realized I had to stop worrying about what other people think. The next day I got a tattoo on my lower back that says 'sticks and stones', because they may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Lauren Conrad

Nautical Stars Tattoo Design on Shoulder and Back

Nautical Stars Tattoo Design on Shoulder and Back

Girly Tattoo Design - Stars Tattoo on Side Body Female

Sexy Nautical Star Tattoo Design on Female Chest

Colourfull Stars Tattoo Design For Girls

Sexy Stars Tattoo For Ears - Feminine Tattoo

Sexy Star Tattoo For Girls Feet

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Jolie says her tiger tattoo is a favorite of her kids.  They talk to it all the time.  They like to say hi to it and paint it with fingerpaints.  Its like a little friend.  - Angelina Jolie


It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Its a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.? - Christina Ricci


"I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger!" - Angelina Jolie


"Every time I get a tattoo, my parents say they?ll disown me. I have to get them airbrushed for Charmed. Witches don?t have tattoos, I guess."
Alyssa Milano

Lower Back Girly Butterfly tattoo Design

Lower Back Girly Butterfly tattoo Design

Nautical Stars Tattoo Design Female Lower Back

Sexy Butterfly tattoo for Lower Back Female

Butterfly with Tribal Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back

Sun Tattoo Design For Sexy Lower Back of Female

Girly Flower Tattoo Design Lower Back Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

A great tattoo is a statement, not a style. And getting it is a journey, not a destination. - Vince Hemingson


The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos. -- Author Unknown


Death could come at any time, Angelina Jolie says. The tattoo is a strong reminder to live fully in the moment and never have regrets. (About her first tattoo of the Japanese Kanji for Death) I didn't get the tattoo for the dark reason everyone thinks.


Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about. - Angelina Jolie - 2003

Beautiful Lower Back Tattoo For Young Girls

Beautiful Lower Back Tattoo For Young Girls - Butterfly Tattoo Design

Lower Back Girly Butterfly tattoo Design

Beautiful Lower Back Tattoo For Young Girls

Cat Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back Area

Cherry Blossom Lower Back Tattoo Designs For Girls

Girls Butterfly Tattoo with Tribal Design for Lower back Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves." Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871


In Tahiti, not all Europeans responded with the enthusiasm that had been exhibited by the British Admiralty's Captain James Cook, his Science Officer and Botanist, Sir Joseph Banks - who received a traditional Polynesian tattoo - and dozens of the ordinary sailors and seamen aboard Cook's ships. Missionaries who arrived in Tahiti at the end of the 18th century, turned tattooing from a standard practice into an embarrassing and punishable act of Paganism. King Pomare II was converted to Christianity in 1812 and he immediately put force behind a severe, regulated code that had been laid out by the missionaries. The death certificate for traditional tattoos was essentially signed in 1823 with the passage in the code that stated: "No one shall be tattooed and this practice should be completely abolished. This is an old and bad habit. Men or women who get tattooed will be judged and punished... The punishment for men will be work on ten measures of road for the first tattoo and 20 measures for the second tattoo... The punishment for women will be to make two big coats; one for the king and the other for the governor."


Anthropometamorphosis, Man Transformed or, the Artificial Changeling, Historically Presented, a Puritan diatribe published in 1653, railed against disfigurement of the body in pursuit of "ridiculous beauty," "filthy fineness" and "loathsome loveliness." John Bulwer


"In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves." H.G. Wells

Girls Butterfly Tattoo with Tribal Design

Girls Butterfly Tattoo with Tribal Design for Lower back Tattoo

Sexy Lower Back Tattoo Design

Humming Bird Tattoo Design On Female Lower Back

Lower Back Tattoo Design For Girls

New Lower Back tattoo Design Ideas

Stars Tattoo Design for Girls Lower Back Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves.  ~Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man


When the designs are chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own.  They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul.  ~Michelle Delio


Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth.  I also like tattoos - they're rebellious.  ~Jennifer Aniston


A genuine tattoo.... tells a story.  I like stories and tattoos, no matter how well done, and if they don't tell a story that involves you emotionally, then they're just there for decoration, then they're not a valid tattoo.  There has to be some emotional appeal or they're not, to my way of thinking, a real tattoo.  It tells people what you are and what you believe in, so there's no mistakes.  ~Leo, tattooist, 1993, quoted in Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription, 2000

Girl Lower Back Tattoo

Girl Lower Back Tattoo

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. -- Nicole Appleton


Lower Back Girly Butterfly tattoo Design

Beautiful Lower Back Tattoo For Young Girls

Cat Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back Area

Cherry Blossom Lower Back Tattoo Designs For Girls

Girls Butterfly Tattoo with Tribal Design for Lower back Tattoo

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ----– Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871


I think I have enough tattoos for now. If I get any others, I'll probably do my kids initials. ---- Niki Taylor


You think it, I ink it. ~Saying of tattooists


RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past. ~Jack London


Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.

Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. ----Pamela Anderson

INTERESTING TATTOO IDEAS:
Realistic 3D Black Widow Spider Tattoo
Dog Tattoo With Crown - Loyalty Comes Free
Carpe Diem Ambigram Tattoo Design
Biomechanical Alien Tattoo Design on Hand
Anchor Birds and Waves Tattoo Design on Sidebody
Black ink Tattoo of Angel with Cross
Animated Tasmanian Devil Taz Tattoo on Arms
Jungle Animals back Tattoo Designs
Armband tattoo of Musical Notes and Guitar
Asian Style Koi Fish Tattoo Design on back
Aztec Style Sun Symbol Tattoo Design
Barbed Wire Legband Tattoo Design
Evil Teddy Bear Tattoo
Motorcycle racing Biker Tattoo Design on back
Biomechanical Armsleeves Tattoo Design
Black and Grey Flower Tattoo Design for Girls Sidebody tattoo
Bull Rider Tattoo Design on Leg
Ladybug Flowers and Leaf Tattoo on Foot
Car Tattoo Design - Hot Wheels
Cute Black Ink Cat Tattoo
Grim Reaper Death Tattoo on Back - The weak shall inherit nothing
 Monster Demon Head Tattoo with Flames
Full Color Dragonfly and Flower Tattoo Design
Tattoo of Dagger Stabbing a Heart
Heart and Crown Tattoo Design on Wrist
Crazy Clown Tattoo Design with Money Tattoo
Chinese Character for Love - Neck Tattoo Design
Four Leaf Clover Tattoo with Celtic Design
Black and Grey Cherub Angel Tattoo on Arms
Bow and Cherry Tattoo on back of Neck
Beautiful Celtic Deer Tattoo Design

Geisha Girl Picture Tattoo on Hand

Geisha Girl Picture Tattoo on Hand

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different. -- Margo DeMello


Cool Tribal Tattoos on Back and Arms For Men

Tribal Arm Sleeves and Back Tattoo For Men

Heart Tattoo on Female Upper Arm

Hot lady with Full body tattoo on legs and neck

Sexy Chest Tattoo Design, Heart with Wings Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Inking without a plan gives Booth freedom to explore the desires of those seated in his chair, he says, to feed off their energy, allowing his clients' demons to help guide the needle.
~Joshua Lipton, about tattoo artist Paul Booth, "Bad Skin," Rolling Stone, 28 March 2002.


Beauty is skin deep. A tattoo goes all the way to the bone.
~Author Unknown


FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.... Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance.
~Michelle Delio


Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?
~Author Unknown

Beautiful Flower Tattoo Designs for Girls

Beautiful Flower Tattoo Designs for Girls

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. ----Unknown, Author

Dragon Tattoo on Sexy Girl Posing on Bike

Sexy Guns and Roses Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back

Sexy Dragon Tattoo for Girls

Star Tattoo on Chest of Sexy Girl

Artistic Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Side Body

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"An everlasting gem that you will take into your grave."
Line from a traditional Polynesian song about tattooing


Richard Leakey - A quote from "Origins Reconsidered - In Search of What Makes Us Human".
"Each society weaves its own culture, a complex fabric of many elements, each element giving special meaning to the others. It is often difficult for someone from outside a particular culture to understand the fabric as an entity. Differences in language, in values, and in mythology create barriers to understanding. Pluck a single thread from the fabric, and the foreigner is even less likely to comprehend its significance. The painted, engraved, and carved images of prehistory are threads from past cultures, and we are the foreigners trying to interpret their meaning. Perhaps more than anything else, art can be fully understood only in the context of the culture that produced it."

Beautiful Humming Bird Tattoo Designs for Girls

Beautiful Humming Bird Tattoo Designs for Girls

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate? ~Author Unknown

Nautical Stars Tattoo Design Female Lower Back

Stars Birds and Cherry Tattoo on Back

Dragon Tattoo design on Arms and Chest

Asian Sexy Arm Tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"The human body is always treated as an image of society." ANTHROPOLOGIST MARY DOUGLAS


"A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods." - Iban Proverb - Mingatt Anak Casa (Akai Basai), Iban Headman on the Sekerang River, Sarawak, Borneo - from The Vanishing Tattoo Documentary


FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"The woman must bear children and the man must be tattooed."
Polynesian Proverb


You may lose your most valuable property through misfortune in various ways. You may lose your house, your wife and other treasures. But of your moko, you cannot be deprived except by death. It will be your ornament and companion until your last day. -- Netana Whakaari of Te Waimana-Kaku, Tuhoe, 1921

Pin-up Girl Tattoo on Back

Pin-up Girl Tattoo on Back

Believe in your Dreams

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: You think it, I ink it. ~Saying of tattooists

Sexy Women Back Body Tattoo Design

Game Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Chest

Heart Tattoo on Female Upper Arm

Sexy Female Breast Tattoo Picture

Calf Tattoo For Girls - Tribal Tattoo Design on Sexy girl Calf

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats.
Amy Winehouse


Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. Nicole Appleton


Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious. Jennifer Aniston


FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. Pamela Anderson


My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist.  Johnny Depp

Pin-up Girl Tattoo on Leg

Beautiful Pin-up Girl Tattoo on Leg

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: I think I have enough tattoos for now. If I get any others, I'll probably do my kids initials. ---- Niki Taylor

Hot lady with Full body tattoo on legs and neck

Sexy Chest Tattoo Design, Heart with Wings Tattoo

Sexy Star Tattoo For Girls Feet

Stars Tattoo Design on Girl Feet - Feminine Tattoos

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

It's kind of a show-biz lizard [in a top hat]. Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul. Nicolas Cage


I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better. Halle Berry


FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

My skin is my canvas. The artwork on it represents something that is very powerful and meaningful in my life. I look at my skin as something of a living diary because all my tattoos represent a time in my life. And I never wish to shut the door on the past, so I carry it all with me. Dave Navarro


"I felt bad about myself because certain people were relentlessly attacking me and my reputation. My mom kept saying 'Let it go, Lauren, It doesn?t matter' ? I realized I had to stop worrying about what other people think. The next day I got a tattoo on my lower back that says 'sticks and stones', because they may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Lauren Conrad

Close-up Face Tattoo on Hand

Beautiful colour Tattoo of Girl's Face

Close-up Face Tattoo on Hand

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ----– Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871

Gypsy Tattoo Design Female Arm Tattoo

Dragon Tattoo Design on Male Hand

Arm Band Tattoo Design

Colourfull Arm Sleeves Tattoo Design For Young Girls

Lion Tattoo Design on Sexy Girl Arm Sleeves

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Jolie says her tiger tattoo is a favorite of her kids.  They talk to it all the time.  They like to say hi to it and paint it with fingerpaints.  Its like a little friend.  - Angelina Jolie


It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Its a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.? - Christina Ricci


FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger!" - Angelina Jolie


"Every time I get a tattoo, my parents say they?ll disown me. I have to get them airbrushed for Charmed. Witches don?t have tattoos, I guess."
Alyssa Milano

Sexy Japanese Girl Tattoo

Sexy Japanese Girl Tattoo

RANDOM TATTOO QUOTE: My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist. -- Johnny Depp

Lizard Tattoo Design on Hot Girl

Full Body Tattoo Girl

Mermaid Tattoo design on side body

Full Body Tattoo Design Lady

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"But to become a freak one needs a strong character and unusual determination."
George Burchett - Memoirs of a Tattooist, 1956


Traditionally, body art has served to attract the opposite sex, boost self-esteem, ward off or invoke spirits, indicate social position or marital status, identify with a particular age or gender group or mark a rite of passage, such as puberty or marriage. It's this sort of strictly prescribed, highly ritualistic decoration that Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher depict in their book, African Ceremonies. "We've tried to show how body art is relevant to every stage of development, from birth to death," says Angela Fisher.


FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Primitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit, having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement. They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness. (Ronald Scutt, Art, Sex and Symbol, 1974, p. 63)


"I wanted some decoration. See, the one on my wrist is for everybody; the one on my tit is for me and my friends. Just a little treat for the boys, like icing on the cake." - Janis Joplin

Flower Tattoo | Rose Tattoo Designs

Flower Tattoo
The flower tattoo designs are very popular but the "red rose tattoos" beats them all, especially for women. Its almost as popular with men, since the rose has tremendous spiritual significance in the west. The rose design is considered to be a symbol of true love and has been revered in both, secular and religious context.

The rose has many accepted traditional meanings that are applied to the rose body art by association. It has become the ultimate floral symbol on account of its unmatched fragrance and beauty. The red rose can symbolize martyrdom. It's associated with Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary.

Several rose tattoos are worn to honor a deceased loved one too. If you want to get a red rose tattoo, it is important to know the meaning behind the rose colors.

A dark red rose stands for unconscious beauty.

The red rose is for courage, respect, romance and love. A red rose bud tattoo symbolizes loveliness and purity.

Blue roses symbolize impossibility.

Coral roses indicate desire.

Black rose designs mean death.

The white rose tattoo design is a symbol of innocence, reverence, youthfulness and purity. White rose bud tattoos also celebrate the girl-child.

The golden or yellow rose tattoo shows achievement or friendship.

Rose Tattoo
Black rose with thorns body art design is also very popular. Tattoo artist say, a red rose with thorns reminds the person that beauty does not surface in the absence of adversity and sacrifice. The rose can be flaunted singly, as trailing vine or as a bouquet.

Rose body art have been popular in the west for decades. This piece of body art shares the most intriguing history and symbolism. The rose tattoo is a traditional choice and more popular than the hibiscus, daisy, lily or even the orchid tattoos. The lotus body art designs are probably the only ones that can be compared to these designs.

Tattoo artists around the world have made an effort to promote the flower tattoo art. The rose tattoo is available in many different shapes and sizes. You can add to the flower design with a heart or fairy or even a butterfly. It can also be combined with a dagger, a tiger, a cross or even a Celtic armband. You can get a rose and barbed wire tattoo done on the shoulder or chest.

Full back Body Sexy Girl Tattoo

Letter Tattoo Design on Sexy Female Side Body

Sexy Female Full Body Tattoo Design

Dragon Tattoo on Sexy Girl Posing on Bike

Sexy Guns and Roses Tattoo Design on Female Lower Back

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Beauty is skin deep.  A tattoo goes all the way to the bone.  ~Vince Hemingson


Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.... Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance.  ~Michelle Delio


RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?  ~Author Unknown


Tattoo the pristine flesh
What is permanent anyway?
This ink only lasts 'til the grave,
Skin and ideas decompose
That which we did compose.
~Corri Alius

Tattoo Idea for Girls

Butterfly Tattoo on back
The ideas that tattoo are rebellious, shocking or reflect a girls moral character have dissolved. The popularity of Tattoo has increased and so has their acceptance. This is due largely to an increase in celebrities happily sporting them. It is estimated that thirty six percent of those ages 18 to 25 have at least one tattoo and forty percent of people ages 26 to 40 have at least one tattoo. With that being said it is still true that more men than women have Tattoo.

Tattoo for Girls are typically more feminine in nature. They are generally smaller and more delicate with thinner lines and are usually isolated to one or two parts of the body. Almost like accessories or accent pieces. The most popular spot for girls to get Tattoo are the lower back, left shoulder, ankle, upper breast or bikini area. The lower back is a popular spot because it is not always shown but can be flashed.

The shoulder is also a sought after spot. The left shoulder is traditionally known as the feminine shoulder and a tattoo there can be a great accent when wearing tank tops or halter tops. Ankle Tattoo are cute and many girls are now getting Tattoo on the top of the foot or small delicate ones on their toes. They are a great accent when wearing sandals or flip-flops. Like the lower back tattoo, Tattoo on the upper breast or bikini area can be hidden.


Some tattoo ideas for girls that are feminine and have a long history include: sun, flower, angel wings, fairy, star, butterfly, Celtic and Zodiac symbols, dolphin, rose, and heart. Although traditional, these tattoo ideas are always unique by meaning to the person wearing them, and most tattoo artists are happy to create a one-of-a-kind design.

Sun Tattoo Design For Sexy Lower Back of Female

Sexy Girls Tattoo Design on Thighs

Peacock Tattoo - Full back Tattoo Design For Girls

Sexy Tattooed Girl with Lizard Tattoo Design on her Abdomen

Butt Tattoo Ideas for Girls

 RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good.  ~Author Unknown


You think it, I ink it.  ~Saying of tattooists


Tattoo.  What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies. ~Jon Anderson, "Epidermal Dalis," Chicago Tribune, 6 October 1994



RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:

Inking without a plan gives Booth freedom to explore the desires of those seated in his chair, he says, to feed off their energy, allowing his clients' demons to help guide the needle.  ~Joshua Lipton, about tattoo artist Paul Booth, "Bad Skin," Rolling Stone, 28 March 2002


Primitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit, having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement.  They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness.  ~Ronald Scutt