As we move towards colder weather, the tattoos won't be on full display. I consider myself one of the few who doesn't want this display. More than a third of people in Canada have at least one. Millennials are at the top with over 50% having tattoos. So they would enjoy the warm weather with the tattoo shows all around them. I guess conversations are struck and friendships begin because of tattoo displays in the summer.
I am intrigued with the great interest in them and saw an article on the trend in tiny tattoos. What will that one-third do? Will they erase the current ones for a teeny, tiny one? A small tattoo is considered a minimalist design that "carries a deep personal or symbolic meaning for the wearer."
There's a lady in the aquafit class who has a semi colon tattoo. These are symbol tattoos - survival and mental health awareness. It represents a person who considered ending their life but chose to keep living. A semicolon is used when an author could have ended a sentence but chose not to. "In this case, you are the author, and the sentence is your life."
Project Semicolon was started in 2013. It is a nonprofit in the U.S. There are various forms of the semicolon tattoo - on the wrist is one. This person in aquafit had it behind her ear. It says this is often for discreet visibility. It is to be a personal reminder of strength and resilience while keeping it subtle for privacy. So aquafit turns into a revealing experience. Who would ever have guessed this? All those variations of semicolon tattoos! Lots of them have butterfly wings with the semicolon as the butterfly body.
There is a language of symbolic tattoos. There's the anchor - it stands for stability, strength, and staying grounded during hard times. And the sun and moon - symbolizes the balance of opposites, such as light and darkness or masculine and feminine energy. Lotus flower means purity, rebirth, and the journey to finding inner peace out of adversity. Arrows or malins - signifies that you must sometimes face setbacks or pull back to move forward in life.
I guess now tattoos can be appreciated a little more - checking to see if a person has a symbolic tattoo that communicates a life journey.
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