In The Beginning
July 2, 2008 at 5:18 am (art, culture) (culture, scar, stories, tatoo, tattoo, writing)
I suppose everyone has to make their very very first blog post. And this is mine. I was inspired to create a blog because I wanted a place to capture and share stories about the tattoos and scars that have had made us, defined us, led us, hid us, premiered us, and screwed us. The stories posted on this blog will be considered for a book I am editing called “Scratching the Surface”. The hope for this blog is that it will be a place where people go beneath the surface of these markings and symbols and tell the stories of how our scars and tattoos that just scratch the surface, have an entire world of meaning, symbolism, lessons, regrets, beliefs, celebration, rites of passage rituals…and more. So please….join me!
I ask that you include three things in your posting:
1) A short story about why you got your tattoo, how you got your scar
2) A picture of your scar or tattoo from your own perspective
3) A picture of your scar or tattoo from someone else’s perspective
ok! I am off to get my underwater camera so I can take a picture of my tattoo!
You can submit your stories and photos to leahlamb@gmail.com
