| If there is anything more celestial than a depiction | | | | to be just as many men interested in tattoos of |
| of Christ, then take the next step and go for | | | | angels. |
| angels. Many tattoo shops seem to have a large | | | | Usually the angelic women are separated into one |
| section of their books specifically for angel | | | | of two categories. First, an angel tattoo can |
| tattoos. I would have to wonder if many of the | | | | depict the faithfulness of the bearer, and can |
| more religious sects of the United States might | | | | include many prophet-like angels (like the |
| have a huge problem with this! I actually had a | | | | Archangel Michael), as well as Mary Magdalene. |
| very religious woman tell me that my body was | | | | The second category tends to run closer to the |
| "the temple of the Lord, and I should not | | | | voluptuous, desirable-yet-angelic-looking women. |
| desecrate and draw graffiti upon the church of | | | | Most often, that type of tattoos mirror the type |
| the Lord." What do you say to that other than, | | | | of women the tattoo bearer is interested in, or it |
| "Uhh . . . " | | | | represents a woman in his life that he wants to |
| Well, if there is ever one statement that I realize | | | | (hopefully) remember forever. |
| is true, then it would be, "The biggest different | | | | For whatever the reason may be, it seems like a |
| between people with tattoos, and people without | | | | lot of tattoos of this nature tend to come from |
| - people with tattoos do not care if you have one | | | | the more disruptive members of society, or so |
| or not." First, I am a woman, with tattoos of | | | | the movies tell us. In fact, why do the bad people |
| fairies, so angels are not too much different in | | | | of late always have to be covered in tattoos, |
| my book. For my next tattoo, I have a plan to | | | | with different sayings, like, "Only God can judge |
| create a cherub sitting cross-legged upon a | | | | me." (Ode to Robert DeNiro in Cape Fear. Go rent |
| blossomed sunflower. However, the big | | | | it if you want to see some freaky-looking fake |
| personalization of this tattoo happens when the | | | | tattoos on the very-ripped upper body of DeNiro!) |
| face of the cherub is the face of my son! | | | | I have often thought of getting my cherub |
| To me, that depicts my son to a tee. He is | | | | tattoo, and I truly do not care about putting the |
| usually caught sitting cross-legged (Indian style), | | | | face of my child upon my skin for all times. Every |
| leaning back on the palms of his hands; his arms | | | | stage I have seen him hit and overcome makes |
| straight and taking the weight of his leaned back | | | | me want to get this picture done more and more. |
| body. The sunflower idea "blossomed" (bad pun) | | | | Besides, I have to do it before he can throw a fit |
| because my son has an affinity towards anything | | | | about it! |
| yellow - ducks; lemons; you name it! There seems | | | | |