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shiny objects

Thursday, October 07, 2004


Few people understand the meaning of my body art. Really, my reasons for self decoration are quite simple: I wish to regain control over my physical form. This control of which I speak has been usurped over the years by illness, steriotypes, and physical abuse. Tattoos and piercings assert my independance; I was not born with them, but put them in my flesh by means of my own will. In other words, this is my body - I mark it thusly, and make it so.

By the thrust of a needle, I am liberated from my skin.


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