Blog 5

In the article “Body Painting” published Photographic Society of America, author Ayman Lofty it talks about what started body painting on how it symbols who someone is or what a picture means to anyone. Instead of having a photo they would just draw on them self’s or a wall. Then didn’t have a pencil or an eraser back in the day when they were building pyramids it was a sign of creativity. They would also use paint for creativity, living styles, and behaviors. No matter whom someone is and if they don’t speak the same language everyone will and should understand what the painting and drawing is because you don’t need to read a picture just look at it and most people will understand. A painting or symbol represents of body art has meaning to that individual.

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I thought this article was alright. It didn’t say much about piercings like what that meant to someone. But I think whether body paint is on your leg, arm, chest, and stomach. You have it on there for a reason it can be any reason. I kind of figured that they would draw on the walls and on them self. When you think about it, it wouldn’t make much sense to have it on the ground when people are walking all over and I would be a mess. If its paint on you self you can wash it off no big deal. But if its ink then that is there for life, unless you have it surgery to remove it but that can be spendy and a lot of pain.