Now tattoos are no longer considered an underground trend, and tattoos can be seen in a person of any age, sex, profession and worldview. The tattoo adorns, emphasizes the character of a person, his convictions and affection. But is this really all that the tattoo can do, because this drawing remains with the person forever? In this post I will try to figure out whether a tattoo can change people, influence their character and change lives.
You can not go to a girl with empty hands, so hammer both your hands with tatuaches.
A tattoo can hardly be called an adornment, and not everyone can decide on it, because one phrase always looms in the head: “this is for life”. And the point is not in the erased and, in my opinion, senseless argument “How will you look when you become a grandmother?”, But that this drawing will be with you throughout life, you will see it every day and, in after all, it will begin to be perceived as an integral part of you, like moles or blue eyes (green, brown, any).
So, before you get yourself a tattoo, you need to seriously think about what will appear on your skin, and how it will affect your life. I’m not talking about mystical cases, but about a completely scientific explanation – about psychological factors and influence on the person’s subconscious. But let’s talk about everything in order.
Flour choice or how we decide to make it
Which pattern do you choose when you decide to make a tattoo? The simplest answer: Of course the one that like it. There is an opinion that a person likes others in what he has himself. Everyone loves himself very much (despite the complexes of inferiority and imaginary imperfection), and therefore their qualities, seen in someone else, attract him.
That is, the chosen tattoo is a reflection of your character, those qualities that you value in yourself or those that you would like to see. It’s like a small reflection of you, a symbolic expression of your essence. Here are a few reviews on this subject from the tattoo artist and people who have made themselves a tattoo.
There are two main opinions, either a tattoo affects a person, or a person chooses a certain tattoo due to some personal characteristics that affect the drawing and size. If you look at this point of view, people with certain characteristics do themselves some or other tattoos. I believe that you need to consider not only how the tattoo affects a person, but also why he originally made himself such a picture.
I am of the opinion that a person makes himself a tattoo, as a reflection of his personality and personality. And this is often reinforced by experience. Even in some popular inscription there is a sense, but not what is written there, but why a person made himself such a tattoo. Sometimes, looking at tattoos, you can determine what their carrier is. Alexander Sinitsyn, tattoo master, Novosibirsk
I think that we can not do anything that would not be peculiar to us, to some extent predetermined. This is such a fatalism. A tattoo, yes, an ornament, it is, but, like any decoration, there is an embodiment of me. Galea Aponeurotica
It’s difficult to answer in general, since I only have two small tattoos. In a text tattoo, of course, there is a pivot that is tied to a certain moment in life. I think that short phrases on the body – or a reminder to myself that one does not want to forget (from introverts), or a message to others (from extroverts). Anastasia Goloborodko
On the other hand, as some famous writers and philosophers, for example, Hermann Hesse and Erich Fromm, believed, all the qualities of a person and all the characters are initially contained in a person, and he can show them at any moment.
If you are doing yourself a tattoo, expressing some one qualities of personality, you emphasize them, and, making an accent on them, as if to say just such a character, reducing the opportunity to show another. After all, what we think about ourselves is what we are.
A little bit about the subconscious
In addition to emphasizing certain qualities of a person, a tattoo is what you observe every day. Any images that fall into the area of your attention (or even not marked in consciousness), settle in the subconscious and from there influence the behavioral reactions.
Now imagine: on your skin slowly appears a picture, endowed with a special meaning, appears with painful sensations that last for several days. It is likely that before taking a tattoo, you have long considered this drawing, thinking whether it should be done and where.
This alone is enough to leave a serious imprint of the image and what is connected with it in the subconscious. And if you consider that after all this you continue to see the tattoo every day, even without paying attention to it … well, you understand.
The BBC has a great movie about the influence of the subconscious on our life (BBC.) Horizon: Can I control the subconscious?). It shows how little we really control, and how much information is left out of our attention, but, nevertheless, this information is used and affects us.
Perhaps the question of faith
Speaking of the influence on the psyche, of course, one can not exclude the factor of faith. If you believe that a tattoo will change something in your life, most likely, it will happen. It is common for a person to believe in mystical forces that can help, protect and even radically change life.
Probably there are people who believe that if you make a tattoo, then something will change in his life for the better, but for such people that the witchcraft works, you need a ritual, candles, skulls and that by all means a shaman with a tattoo of diamonds would do them. Personally it seems to me that this is all psychosomatic, it will work, if you strongly believe in it. I’ve heard that something similar in Thailand to Buddhist monks has been put on stream. Roman Lemech, a tattoo artist from the Black Bird salon, Moscow
In Thailand, there is such a tradition. In March, the Bang Phra monastery hosts a festival of magical tattoos, sacred drawings that only men can get. Thais believe that Sak Yant tattoos with prayer and blessing provide protection against all misfortunes.
Probably, it really helps them, if they believe.
We understand very well that not a tattoo changes a person, but only himself. And the belief that a tattoo will help in this, like a certain amulet or talisman, just helps. As you remember, in Ryazanov’s famous film “Beware of the car” was the phrase that all people believe: some believe that God exists, others believe that he is not. So here. Andrew Lord, tattoo master, art workshop UFO, St. Petersburg
So, if you believe in mystical powers, a tattoo is an excellent choice. Unlike the talisman, you will not lose it, but if something helps you, why not?
Some tips
In connection with all of the above, I want to give some tips about tattoos:
1. We look who we are
When you have chosen a pattern that should appear on your skin, consider it in more detail: all the details that are in the drawing, especially if it is a complex, general feeling from it. Since you chose it, it reflects some features of your character, personality characteristics. Think, do you want these character traits to remain with you for life? And yet: the process itself can be fascinating, because it is a kind of “mold of your nature.”
2. It is better not to have names
Every person goes through his life, and it’s almost impossible to share it with someone. People often part, and affection is replaced by indifference or hatred. Tattoos with the name ex loved (oh), of course, can be scored with new ones, but even if photos can cause a lot of negative emotions, what can we say about the figure on the skin. And that did not want to act, as the British Torz Reynolds, carved a piece of leather with the name of a former friend, it’s probably better to choose something else.
3. Careful with symbols
If you are not a logical, impenetrable nihilist whose reason is so unfavorable to mysticism that she is running away from him in horror, it is better to be careful to use the ancient symbols, gods and spirits, which, in due time (or until now), do not deprive believers of their attention.
I had somehow a mystical story. One acquaintance decided to make a tattoo of a cape-Japanese water. It’s such a harmful spirit that lures people into the lake and chokes them there. The morning of the day when I had to do a tattoo, he had a seawater aquarium with a volume of a thousand liters. In general, he decided not to do this tattoo. Roman Lemech, a tattoo artist from the Black Bird salon, Moscow
4. Positive
Probably, very few people will agree to make a tattoo, which initially will symbolize something negative, but there are also such. As you know, anger and fear lead to the dark side of power, and a constant reminder of the negative is unlikely to make you happy, even if it looks like it will be megakruto.
And what do you think about tattoos? Are they able to change a person and somehow influence him?
