Blog Prompt #3: Tattoos and Rhetoric

For this week's blog post, find an image of a tattoo (it can be your own if you have one) and analyze its visual rhetoric in 300-400 words. You will need to post the image in your blog post. What does it communicate to those who see it? What does it signify and communicate about the person who bears it? Think on a larger scale of significance about how the tattoo reflects an identity, belief system or culture rather than simple observation. 

Tattoo Images: 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/search/?keyword=tattoos&keyword=tattoos#

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/tattoos-piercings-scarification-photos/#/traditional-tattoo-artist_12066_600x450.jpg