Tattoo Monologues

Tattoo Monologues

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  • Author: Donna L. Torrisi
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1647423120
  • Category : Photography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 147

Body art can tell personal stories. When linked to a difficult or traumatic life, it can even restore one’s sense of well-being. As director of a community health center for twenty-seven years and as a nurse practitioner for over forty years, Donna Torrisi became fascinated with the stories behind her patients’ tattoos. When she began to ask her female patients about their markings, themes of trauma, pain, and loss emerged, and it became clear that the art indelibly marked on their bodies had played a part in their healing and redemption. The women featured in Tattoo Monologues demonstrate vulnerability and courage as they share both their personal tattoo narratives and photos of the images on their bodies. These women represent diverse cultures, ethnicities, and professional contexts, but they are united by their use of tattoos as a tool for processing traumatic life experiences. The images, stories, emotions, and journeys in this book collectively tell a compelling story. A story of skin and ink. A story of trauma and adversity. A story of courage and resilience.


Pen & Ink

Pen & Ink

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  • Author: Isaac Fitzgerald
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 1620404907
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 142

"Why did you get that tattoo? Every tattoo tells a story, whether the ink is meaningful or the result of a misguided decision made at the age of fourteen, representative of the wearer's true self or the accidental consequence of a bender. These most permanent of body adornments are hidden by pants legs and shirt tails, emblazoned on knuckles, or tucked inside mouths. They are battle scars and beauty marks, totems and mementos. Pen & Ink grants us access to the tattoos of writers Cheryl Strayed, Tao Lin, and Roxane Gay; rockers in the bands Korn, Otep, and Five Finger Death Punch; and even a porn star. But it also illuminates the tattoos of the ordinary people living in our midst--from professors to thrift store salespeople, cafe owners to librarians, union organizers to administrators--and their extraordinary lives. Curated and edited by Isaac Fitzgerald, who sports ten tattoos himself, each story features Wendy MacNaughton's stylish full color illustrations of the tattoos on black-and-white drawings of the bearer's body. At its heart, beneath its colorful skin, Pen & Ink is an exploration of the decision to scar one's self with a symbol and a story"--


The Blue Tattoo

The Blue Tattoo

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  • Author: Margot Mifflin
  • Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
  • ISBN: 0803211481
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 277

"Based on historical records, including the letters and diaries of Oatman's friends and relatives, The Blue Tattoo is the first book to examine her life from her childhood in Illinois including the massacre, her captivity, and her return to white society - to her later years as a wealthy banker's wife in Texas."--BOOK JACKET.


This Is Our Baby, Born Today

This Is Our Baby, Born Today

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  • Author: Varsha Bajaj
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 1984814133
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 30

A baby is born and the world rejoices! With a loving mama, a trumpeting herd, curious cousins, and even some dancing peacocks heralding this little one’s arrival, it is apparent that the joy and wonder a new baby brings is shared by all! Varsha Bajaj’s lilting prose and Eliza Wheeler’s enchanting scenes of a wide-eyed baby elephant and its smitten family celebrate the importance of family and community in every child’s life. Set in the lush wilds of India, this is an endearing, beautifully illustrated tribute to little ones getting their first warm welcome to the world.


My Aunt Has Tattoos

My Aunt Has Tattoos

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  • Author: Abby Sisson
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780578959191
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

When Jem's Aunt Amy comes home from the Army, she has love to give and stories to tell... about her tattoos! Join Jem as she learns about why some grown-ups get tattooed, and how some stories are told on a living canvas of memories.


The Lotus Tattoo: One Woman's Grit from Bully to Redemption

The Lotus Tattoo: One Woman's Grit from Bully to Redemption

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  • Author: Marisa Jones
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780578566948
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 224

Dear God, please let my dad die in his sleep tonight-pleeeease, don't let him kill me before he dies. As a child, Marisa's prayers were left unanswered as she begged God to save her from her abusive alcoholic father. Now she is convinced her nightmares are a punishment. God left her, and the nightmares are a curse the Devil placed on her for being a bad child.Finding herself alone in a world she doesn't understand, Marisa's fight for survival leads her to bullying others, taking drugs, and entering an abusive relationship as her life plummets into an endless chasm of bad decisions. Now in her forties and newly divorced, the nightmares return. Questioning her mental state and her ability to raise her kids, she begins a quest to find out the truth about the demons in her head. Marisa is astoundingly open about her doubts and concerns along her unlikely journey. Can she break the curse to find her inner peace and redemption? The Lotus Tattoo is a remarkably candid memoir of one woman's story of resilience after abuse and the fear, anger, and mind games she battles along the way.


Tattoos: Telling the Secrets of the Soul

Tattoos: Telling the Secrets of the Soul

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  • Author: Allan Dayhoff, Jr., D.Min.
  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • ISBN: 138793483X
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 202

The souls of men and women have chosen this season in history to speak in a unique and special way. The soul is writing its secrets on the live canvas of the skin with permanent ink... with tattoos. Many see a person covered in tattoos walk by and harbor a snarky and judgmental response, when in fact the tattoos just told a very personal story. The stories of pain, loss, hope, and other sentiments of great importance are revealed on the skin of the wearer. And those without tattoos may very well have missed a loud, yet intimately revealing, message. The first book, God and Tattoos: Why Are People Writing on Themselves? and this new edition, both take a look at the WHY. After 1000 tattoo interviews and several tattoo parlors and conventions across the nation, Dr. Allan Dayhoff shares his research, and his love for his many new tattooed friends.


This Is What I Want to Tell You

This Is What I Want to Tell You

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  • Author: Heather Duffy Stone
  • Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
  • ISBN: 073872274X
  • Category : Young Adult Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 242

Fraternal twins Nadio and Noelle share a close connection—and as Noelle’s best friend, Keeley Shipley fit perfectly into their world. But everything changes when Nadio falls in love with Keeley. This is the deeply moving story of how secrets can consume a friendship—and how love can heal it.


Tattoos - Philosophy for Everyone

Tattoos - Philosophy for Everyone

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  • Author: Robert Arp
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1118252748
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 288

Covering philosophical issues ranging from tattooed religious symbols to a feminist aesthetics of tattoo, Tattoos and Philosophy offers an enthusiastic analysis of inking that will lead readers to consider the nature of the tattooing arts in a new and profound way. Contains chapters written by philosophers (most all with tattoos themselves), tattoo artists, and tattoo enthusiasts that touch upon many areas in Western and Eastern philosophy Enlightens people to the nature of tattoos and the tattooing arts, leading readers to think deeply about tattoos in new ways Offers thoughtful and humorous insights that make philosophical ideas accessible to the non-philosopher


Spirit Fire

Spirit Fire

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  • Author: Glen R. Stott
  • Publisher: iUniverse
  • ISBN: 1491724390
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 249

It is 3289 when rumors of unusual people living in caves far from his land attract the attention of warrior leader Warlog. His shaman, Rayloc, fears the strangers are servants of evil determined to destroy his way of life. Meanwhile, Sotif, History Man of the Alliance between Earth People and Sun People, tries to guard his culture against changes that could induce Mother Earth to withdraw her blessings-while Warlog focuses on severing that alliance, which has lasted for hundreds of generations, by subjugating the Sun People and destroying the Earth People. Faced with this threat, Sotif races to find the Spirit Fire to help his people defeat Warlog. But the key to success lies in the hands of Tincolad, one of Warlog's warriors who has been captured by the Alliance. Now only time will tell if Sotif can persuade Tincolad to help find the Spirit Fire in time-as the fate of the Earth People hangs in the balance. The second book in a trilogy about the interaction between Neandertals and Cro-Magnons, Spirit Fire presents an epic adventure that sweeps across prehistoric Europe, Asia, and Alaska, as the man who invented war embarks on a quest to conquer the world.