It Hurts But Its Worth It! By: Camille Beaudoin Tremblay

            Needles making plenty of little holes in your skin. Blood coming out of all the little holes. It hurts, but its worth it. You cant go back, it will stay on your skin forever. Today tattoos are still used for self-expression. Everyone is different interests. Some people use tattoos to express their feelings, some use it to remember important dates like death or a tragic event and some people use tattoos as a way of collecting art on their body.

      To start, a persons feelings are important. Unfortunately, some people are ignored by society; they would like if people talked to them, asked them if everything was alright but people don't bother to ask. This is why some people have a lot of tattoos on their body but, each little centimeter of ink has a special significance for them. These people might think that if they show their feelings with ink people might feel bad or pay more attention to them and might ask them questions. Now, just put yourself in their shoes, don't judge them because in the end, they might judge you. Its the judging we don't need in today's society.
                                                           
  Secondly, Imagine if a member of your family dies and you only have some pictures on your cell phone. To make sure you don't delete the pictures, you could immortalize those moments forever on your skin. Or worst imagine if you don't even have a picture, imagine if you only have one simple drawing that your child drew for you. For sure you would think of getting a tattoo of that drawing. Its a good way to keep a special date on your skin and to immortalize your feelings.



Last but not least, people collect art on their body instead of collecting art on walls or doing illegal things like graffiti. Think about it, its better to collect art on your body then on walls and ruining buildings. Its their body; people can do what they want with it. So why judge them if they are happy with their body. For some people having tattoos helps them to love who they are and the body they have. Tattoos hide some places you maybe don't appreciate. Tattoos are a way to permanently stamp your body with a mark of strength and its a good way to collect art.


          To conclude, today tattoos are still used for self expression, we are all different. Some people use tattoos to express their feelings, while others use tattoos to mark a tragic event that happen like death and some people use tattoos as a way of collecting art on their skin. Now, god made everyone different and unique for a reason, so don't judge people who have tattoos. Who knows, maybe in a couple of years from now you will want a tattoo. Never judge people if you're not an example.

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