Olympiada

Wolf Whitewater wrote:
> Olympiada wrote:
>> Wolf Whitewater wrote:
>>
>>> Hey there. Name's Whitewater, been lurking here for a while, figured
>>> I might as well let folks know I'm reading.
>
> (I snipped for you)
>>
>> What is the difference between a tattoo and a tat?
>> What is flash?
>
>
> Flash is the opposite of custom, as far as I am aware. The next time you
> go into a tattoo studio and look at the art they have for sale (it'll
> either be on the walls or in a large poster-type display case) that's
> flash. Lots of studios have the same flash, so if you want a much higher
> chance of wearing the same tattoo as everybody else, go pick something
> off the walls of the place. It's my belief that the name originated
> because you could get done 'in a flash' but that's just my pet theory
> and I could be wrong.
>
> As for explaining 'tat' vs. 'tattoo', you might want to read the posts
> here more carefully, it's explained in a couple of the other threads. I
> didn't know about the distinction myself until I started lurking here. I
> don't know that I fully subscribe to the theory, but it's an interesting
> one.
>
> After a friend of mine got her first tattoo it went straight to her head
> and she became an ink snob, looking down her nose at those of us who
> didn't have tattoos and tossing out the jargon, like 'My tat is. . .'
> and 'I got inked at' . . .. She would also name-drop, though she'd
> never met the people and had only read about them somewhere. Eventually
> it got really lame and irritating -- and her (ugly) flash wasn't good
> enough to justify all the attitude in the first place.
>
> Whitewater
According to Wikipedia, tat is an abbreviation for tattoo. I understand
what you are saying and neither want to go there nor deal with that. For
an Orthodox to get a tattoo is to set oneself apart from the crowd. No
need to make more of a separation. We support each other. I have
suggested one of my tattooed Orthodox friends join this group. I may
invite the whole group to this group. I am finding the group creator of
the tattooed Orthodox group to be judgmental and I am not enjoying that.
I also know that as an artist, I will only wear a tattoo I have designed
and that some tattoo artists won't ink you with your own art. Thankfully
I was given the name of a local tattoo artist tonight who did a custom
tattoo on an acquaintance of mine. I think my first goal is to meet with
him, and then sit through a session with another client. I am thinking
to get my first tattoo on my upper arm, but I want to know what to
expect, how long it will take, etc. This is a long process, its taken
half my life to get to this point, and this is just the beginning. I am
very happy to be finally moving towards getting my first tattoo after at
least 15 years of preparation.
Olympiada