Replies to '05/29 Parenting Dilemmas'

I agree -- besides -- consider the tattoo artist:  

I am awed by those who can draw well -- and then consider the fact that the tattoo artist does their work on a canvas that is less than flat, and moves and flinches and breathes.......... amazing!!  

We have a friend who is a tattoo artist -- and he has even manged to do a very well executed tat on his own leg.   

Funny how being judgemental is considered OK if the person you are judging scares you by being different or more assertive........  

We will get there -- when we can look inside instead of on the outside -- but it will be a battle...........but one with incredible pay off.  

Want to talk irony...........  did you see todays show??  About the evils of judging people by their looks..... funny how it should follow the show that started this whole discussion 

I am guessing by the smiley face that you understood that I wasn't judging........ I hope that is the case anyway.........  I try not to judge the inside by the outside -- had too many apples that looked shiny and nice on the outside, but turned out mushy,  rotten, and full of worms on the inside to do the same with people.  :-) 

I see identity as something we all wear or perform -- and tats, body modification, clothes, hair and the like are all aspects of that.  I trust a person who is open and honest and brave enough to show their inside on the outside -- you know they hide nothing that way.   

I have hope that we will see a day that appearances will be the last thing that matters when it comes to our interactions with other people.  

(having just taken my teenaged son to have his tat touched up -- sooner would be better than later.......)