How many of us have done something when we were young that we are not proud of today? Most of us, I’d say. I certainly fall into that category but I will save most of those stories for another, possible more appropriate hour. Today I want to talk about tattoos. I got my first tattoo when I was 18. The second one followed shortly after at 19. It was the second one that slowed me down for good.

If you are planning an event with children, but don’t know what to do, you may want to offer face painting. Children love to have this done, and they often take their time choosing the perfect design. They love to imagine they are someone or something else, and this is a great way for them to do just that. The best part is that you don’t have to be a great artist to come up with face painting ideas. There are many out there if you know where to look.

Tattoos are not as taboo as they once were, but this does not mean that everyone should get one. They are permanent, and with today’s divorce rate, you can see that permanent is not something that we tend to deal with very well. You may love your tattoo, but in the years to come you may change your mind. They can fade, and become a symbol of something we would rather forget, or may just ended up looking silly when our life heads in another direction. This is why there are so many fake tattoos out there, and why they are becoming so popular.

When people visit far-off lands for the artistic traditions those people lay claim to, they rarely ever stray far from the art museums or the markets where local artists might sell their creations. Which might be a bit of a narrow way of looking at the art of a people. As fans of body art see it, tattoos have been around for nearly as long as humanity and certainly deserve recognition as real art. Followers of body art have been known to travel far and wide for custom tattoos from artists who practice their traditional art in places like New Zealand, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand. Sometimes, people here hear of the renown and skills of a tattoo artist somewhere far away and travel all the way there for a specific kind of art. It's quite the way a music enthusiast or an admirer of an artist might travel all the way to another country to attend a concert or an art gallery opening or something. The only difference here would be that tattoo enthusiasts don't just go and admire art on a canvas; they offer themselves as a canvas.