Body Art - express yourself by yourself...

     Body Art is a type of art that employ human body as both subject and object in creativity. As we all know, human body is a masterpiece of mother natural, so it is also the unlimited passion for artist’s creativity.

     Body art appeared very early in the history, tribal paints and tattoos were origin by tribe members to distinguish rank and society status. Body art also been applied in time of war in order to strengthen warrior’s mind and faith.

     And this tradition still exist until today. Many gang use tattoos and scarring as a membership ID and ranking. Talking about gang, we definitely have to mention about Yakuza from Japan, a group of mafia who has developed tattoos as the true art and masterpiece.

     Body painting is also a significant part of body art. Body painting artist working on people’s body, creating illusion and impression without making any sense of sexual. They using the skin as background, the body curves as frame, then paint on some part or the whole body to express their idea.

    

 Nowadays, body piercing is another popular form of body art to express beautification and symbolism. Normally body piercing is about creating a hole in some part of the body to put some kind of jewelry there. Some youngster today consider piercing at ear, nose, tongue or eyebrows, etc…as a way of express their characteristic and status. Some people have religious or spiritual motivations or simply want to express themselves or share their beliefs. Body Art is a great way to achieve this.

     

     In another hand, expressing yourself through your body can be fun and exciting, but that feeling might not last long while the tattoos or piercing is permanent. Therefore we should considerate motivation, opinion and other options before taking a real body art. As an tattoo artist said: Think before you ink!

References 
http://www.blog.temporarytattoosaustralia.com.au/what-is-body-art/
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