writing on the body
Students on campus engage in all sorts of writing, from advertisements for sporting and fraternity events to the student elections this past week. Fraternities advertise in other ways than just on the sidewalk or on bulletin boards. On campus, the fraternity members walk around wearing t-shirts and hoodies representing their organization. They’re showing their pride in what they belong in as well as trying to recruit new members. At sporting events, Case students show up with individual letters written on their torsos. Spelled out, these letters say “C-A-S-E” or “S-P-A-R-T-A-N-S-!” but individually they hold no meaning.
Writing on the body holds numerous meanings for each person. A friend from high school got “No Regrets” tattooed on his side. For him this phrase was a reminder about a close friend of his who died abruptly one night, but that’s a common phrase and for someone else that tattoo could mean something completely different. Does that phrase have one sole meaning or can it mean anything for any different person who sees it?
If something is tattooed on the body it seems more personalized to the person who has the tattoo rather than writing on a page. Writing on a page is meant more for other people where tattoos seem more individual where there is one sole meaning for any tattoo. Writing on the body has a sole meaning for the person who is tattooed because they have inscribed a personal experience into their skin, which means one thing and does not have any number of meanings.
Writing on the body can be meant for any number of reasons; for other people to see what means something to that individual or for that individual to use as a reminder of past events. Either way, writing on the body is more personal than just writing on a page because it will be carried with you wherever you go, no matter how long it lasts.
Comments
Posted by: Medical Equipment
Posted on: November 29, 2007 10:43 PM
Some people even auction advertising on their bodies on eBay. I guess this kind of writing on the body would be just to earn money.