You Are What You Wear
Location of writing on the body, weather on a piece of clothing or a tattoo, can help enlighten the casual observer at least to a small degree. As we've discussed in class over and over again there are many different ways to interpret the same question or statement. What I am referring to by saying "location" is weather the item is visible, hidden, or some combination therein.
With the overabundance of graphic and printed shirts visible in and around the campus area, this subject has many different examples that are easy to see. When it comes to clothing, often the images are loud, boisterous and attempt to grab the attention of the casual observer. When many the human billboard is asked why they purchased that shirt (or why they where it for that matter) many simply reply, “Because it looked cool.” The same can be said for other sorts of clothing that contain similar phrases and images.
Similar to such “broad spectrum” sort of images, there are also those pieces of clothing that do hold some form of meaning to the bearer. Similar to tattoos, where some can have a deep inner meaning while others have no personal meaning what so ever, such clothing can have very important and personal messages.
While writing on clothing cannot be overly “hidden”, tattoos can be stowed away from prying eyes much easier. Tattoos can range from meaningless texts and images to very private messages and as such there is a much larger draw to placing them in out of the way locations that aren’t seen by large numbers of people. On the same note, placement also depends greatly on what the message is meant to portray. Many things such as memorials for loved ones that have passed on, and quotes from favorite poets/musicians, are displayed proudly for everyone to see, in order to celebrate the moment/person.
Comments