alright so this entry is a response to Chelsea's question "
My question to you all is this: Do you believe that tattoos should be considered art, and would you ever get one?"

I do think that tatoos are a work of art. Tattoos are a permenant work of art, and physically express something that the wearer holds to be important, or a reminder of some time in their life. I believe that they would have to be considered a work of art, or at least aesthetically pleasing, because no one that i know would want to permenantly adorn themselves with something which was ugly and meaningless. A tattoo should be something which holds meaning for the individual. And if it something that has meaning, it should be a work of art. Because we are choosing to, in a sense, suffer by subjecting ourselves to pain, just like an artist, in some cases, suffer for their art. And there are some tattoos that are, indeed, gorgeous, which can be thought of attributing the individual to becoming their own work of art.

Would i consider getting one? Yes, I believe i would. There are so many different beautiful designs which someone could choose to imprint on their bodies. And if i were to find one that suited me, i would consider it. I hate bringing matters of religion into discussion because i risk offending people, but in the bible, i believe, types of body art are considered to be a form of violating ones body, like smoking or drinking, which is a temple which has been given to us by God. So by such determining, it is immoral and wrong. But there will always be things that are considered to be wrong which people do anyway. Authority ruling does not always make something right or wrong.