Upcoming Book on Arabic Tattoos

i'll teach you to turn away. wrote:

> jau204@gmail.com <jau204@gmail.com> wrote:
> jgc> In the meantime, I appreciate the support ' i'll teach you...,' and if
>
> yeah. i'm supporting the way you asked, not the idea. yet another
> $35 coffeetable book of awful tattoos is, as far as i'm concerned, a
> stupid idea.

But is that at all related to the OP's project? You're not offering
that there aren't enough stunning tattoos out there to fill a
coffeetable book? And, yes, I don't recall the OP mentioning a
suggested retail price either, so that criticism - if that's what your
comment is - is off your coffeetable, too.

In other news:

http://www.amazon.com/Body-Type-Inti.../dp/0810970503

Just $20 cover price and about fifteen bucks through Amazon, btw.

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Curt

Curt James wrote:
> You're not offering
> that there aren't enough stunning tattoos out there

Once again, you, Curt James, are not allowed to use a word like
'stunning' to describe a tattoo until you accept the phrase 'bad
tattoo'. You have no basis for comparison, otherwise.

That's like saying "on a scale to ten, you're a nine." From what to
ten?

Get it?

Kavin

Kavin Taylor wrote:
> Curt James wrote:

> > You're not offering that there aren't enough stunning
> > tattoos out there
>
> Once again, you, Curt James, are not allowed to use
> a word like 'stunning' to describe a tattoo

I am.

> until you accept the phrase 'bad tattoo'.

You are incorrect, imo. Furthermore, I don't believe you've been paying
attention.

At all.

> You have no basis for comparison, otherwise.

That statement is also incorrect. Again, imo. As, Kavin, it's all
relative.

To review:

Art is subjective and ever will be. What you like I may detest and the
other way around, of course. I say holding a belief that there are no
bad tattoos would not... *does not* disallow the ability to compare and
contrast existing tattoos. Stating there are no bad tattoos opens up
the possibility of a discussion of technique (or lack thereof) and
intent. To wit:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...dfe0adeb50f455
aka http://tinyurl.com/qrsnt

If you discount certain tattoos then you're limiting that discussion.

Good for me would be a tattoo that I enjoy looking at. I have two color
tattoos and the one blackwork which is not much more than an inkblot.
Each has its own personality or memory that I associate with it. And as
I run into people and show off or share my tattoos - typically the
Calvin <http://www.geocities.com/curt_james/calvin.html> - another
memory is associated with the tattoo.

Bad and good, so far as tattoos are concerned, are dependent on the
individual, imo. I suggest that individuals should not lose sight of
what they enjoy and the art that appeals to them rather than the art
they're told is somehow better.

Yes, imo, there are no bad tattoos. There are, however, tattoos that
you like or that you don't like for personal reasons.

> That's like saying "on a scale to ten, you're a nine."

You're wrong. That should be a familiar feeling for you, of course.

> From what to ten?
> Get it?

Do you?

> Kavin

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Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James wrote:
> I say holding a belief that there are no
> bad tattoos would not... *does not* disallow the ability to compare and
> contrast existing tattoos.

Duck.

Keep paddling.

Kavin