To Remove or Not To Remove: A Tattoo's Fate

     For thousands of years people from around the world have been marking their skin with sometimes intricate and at times simple personalized symbols.  These tailored works of art initially portrays the wearer’s inner desires, loving tributes, social memberships and various other reasons.  The word tattoo partially originates from the Tahitian word “tatau”, meaning “to mark something”.  In marking their skin, some tattoo garbed individual’s, express themselves in extremely unique ways. 

     Unfortunately, in the modern world, these unique tattoos bring with them, and the wearer, a stigma.    Society’s views on tattoo clad individuals, at times, brings the art wearers unsolicited negative views and undue suffering that results in a desire to remove their once loved skin art.  These disillusioned individuals often turn to laser tattoo removal as a resolution to their tattoo woes.  The method of laser tattoo removal proves to eliminate most if not all traces of disillusionment, remorse and social pressures.

     My opinion of the societal impact of laser tattoo removal is that if an individual feels that they no longer wish to bear the signs of the ink markings in their skin then this is an acceptable resolution.  I do however feel that a person should wholeheartedly contemplate the permanent removal of their skin art, for it will be erased ever after.  Although the ink will be removed there is not guarantee that the removal of the ink will negate the stigma felt before the erasure. 

     Although most of society feels that tattoos are taboo, the proponents stand by their artwork.  Upon expurgation of the ink, the laser removal patron may also have to face the negative social pressures from their former tattooed brethren. http://www.newlookhouston.com/TattooRemoval.html

Movie or the Book?

Reading a book to me is so relaxing and helps take your mind away to another time where your problems have no business edging its way in.  I have always preferred reading to movies because I think my imagination takes the subject to a far better extreme than any movie could. Besides I don't think any screenwriter could come up with some of the things that go through my head.  Reading as a child helped me to escape the issues of my family life and helped me to deal with stress that I had no control over.

So anyway, I finally finished reading "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. I kept seeing the darn commercials for the movie and it kind of irritated me.  I didn't want to see the commercials because they might give something away that I had not read in the book yet.  I thought the book had some pretty funny parts in it.  I found myself laughing out loud and nodding my head in agreement with some of the characters in the book.  It was thought provoking to me as I thought about how some of the black characters felt during some of the difficult parts in the book.  Difficult to me because I couldn't understand that someone could treat another human being without kindness, courtesy and humanity.

I really enjoyed reading this book.  I was kind of sad when it was over because I wanted to know what happened to certain characters at the end.  The ending wasn't exactly a happy ending but it was realistic.  I hope you consider reading this book.  It is worth it to read what happens in this book based in Mississippi when integration in the South was a hot topic.

So you know if I liked the book I just HAD to see what the movie was all about.  I did enjoy the movie! For being out for two weeks the place was packed. I had to sit in the rows close to the front which is not optimum but tolerable.  Anyway, the movie did alright in capturing the main topics of the book but I felt that it left out several small points that really contributed to my appeal of the book.  The movie is worth seeing for sure but I definitely would not say it is better than the book!

If you have the time and enjoy reading I recommend the book but if not I say go for the movie!  After all movies  help you to get away from the trouble of everyday life and relieve some stress too.  Remember relieving some stress helps you to feel better.  Feeling better gives you a positive outlook, which gets you thinking Positive! Have a Positively Blessed Day!