Tattoo: history, philosophy and psychology

What does a drawing on the skin mean for a modern person today?? A symbol of masculinity, freedom of expression for men, and an element of sexuality and independence for women? Many masters today have the opportunity to buy a set of good quality tattoos to start tattooing, but not everyone has the ability to imbue with the philosophy of this skill, and very few are given the opportunity to turn this process into art.

It is not known for certain about the time of the origin of the art of tattooing. Many historians are sure that the tattoo, under which the ritual meaning was hidden, was used even among primitive people. Evidence of this was found on Egyptian mummies about four thousand years old. In a later time, tattoos were widely used by Indians, tribes of Indonesia and New Guinea..

Man with modern tattoos on both arms

For many peoples, tattoos served as amulets: they protected from various misfortunes and diseases, helped to win the war and brought good luck in the hunt..

Originating within each nation, the drawings on the body absorbed its beliefs and traditions, carried the customs, culture and spirit of the tribe.

Each nation used its own original technique and drawings. They were so individual that it was easy to determine by the look of the tattoo when and where it was done..

Modern tattoos are a kind of international art. They have reunited all the best for a thousand years of existence..

A tattoo for many today is not an easy attractive drawing that carries an exclusively aesthetic message, it is the most accessible form of expressing one’s own ideas, aspirations and thoughts, made in such a form and in such a form that, in the opinion of a person, is most acceptable to him. In fact, this can be called a reflection of the inner “I”.

According to statistics, a tattoo is most often done by ambitious personalities. Each such decision motivates in its own way, and each should determine the reason for this serious step. A tattoo deliberately applied to the body is considered to be some attribute of the image, a conditional visiting card of a person..

Psychologists are convinced that a tattoo is a symbol, it allows you to characterize a person, depending on the parts of the body on which he has an image.

For example, a tattoo on the neck indicates the internal tension that a person is experiencing. That is, there is a problem with which it is during this period of his life that he is not yet able to cope. And a tattoo on the chest from the side looks like an unwillingness to obey, a challenge to others and their established orders.