“Certain things in life are easy to get, but not so easy to get rid of.”
Recently, we were at the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts Theater to see a performance by the internationally known Israeli dance company, Batsheva, who was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Their choreography is very modern in spirit and form, where a group of young dancers from different countries show their mastership of the body control and beautiful expressions.
As I watched them move throughout the stage, I noticed that one of the young dancers had a dark spot on her shoulder and some more on the side of her arm and on her chest. Since she was the only one who with these markings, my photographer’s eye and attention became fixated on those dark spots instead of her dancing (I suspect that she was a good dancer to be a member of the Batsheva). This was not skin pigmentation or blemishes, but a form of self-expression through adornment of the human body with tattoos.
When we were leaving the center, there was a young man holding the door for the women to get out. He was obviously well mannered and practiced in the art of chivalry (that I wrote about before), and I couldn’t help but notice that his strong arm was covered with tattoos. As I observed him, I saw that other parts of his body were adorned with tattoos as well.
In modern times, it seems that a lot of people in different age groups are willing to adorn their bodies with some pictures, designs, poems, and decorations for different reasons. Perhaps, one day there is going to be a doctoral dissertation on the subject of the reasons why people are using their bodies for their canvas. Tattoos go back in human history since at least the Neolithic times.
I read an article recently about how some of the young people had to remove their tattoos to enable them to get a job. For me, it does not make sense why to deny a job to a qualified person, but perhaps some companies have their own agendas.
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Because tattoos stand out, sometimes people who have them look eccentric and become good subjects for photographing. Enjoy!
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You have probably noticed that we’ve changed the name of my Friday newsletter. Instead of “Good News From Dr. Manny”, it is now called “MY ENCOUNTERS” since it is a better reflection of what I am sharing with you: my encounters with life.
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