Thursday, November 14, 2019

National Recognition Day For Tattoos

Of course there is a special day !
There is a DAY for everything, isn't there ?  In this current day and age Tattooing appears to be a lot more popular . Tattooing is one form of Body Modification which is deliberately altering one's physical appearance . Throughout time , different cultures have engaged in the practice through a vast number of procedures and for a vast number of reasons and for a vast number of visual results !  Of course we know there is a very long history of this type of self expression .  Even though this subject is only of little interest to me,  in my opinion it is Very Crazeeeeeeeeeeeey !    For me , one (maybe two) tattoos are enough self modification for this ol' gal !

The world is filled with different perspectives on what makes life meaningful . There is something for everyone .  And, "that something" is certainly visible on the Internet .  You can easily find "that something" when you aren't even looking for it !

Can you imagine having the moniker of  "Most Tattooed Female Senior Citizen".
Sounds Very Crazeeeeeeeeeeeey to me .

How do you go from this - - - - 1960 matrimonial ceremony - - -
To this - - - - marriage for 55 years to an engineer.  And , holder of a Guinness World Record. .
Most of the following script and photos have come from the Internet . Tattoo.com.

It wasn’t until Isobel Varley was 49 that she had gotten her first tattoos, one of a bird on her shoulder - - -  (Oh oh, I better be careful . But, think of how much it would cost - and hurt!) and the other was a tattoo of a small flower on her left thigh. After that day, Isobel knew she wanted to get many many more tattoos. Because of her new addiction, she had unintentionally created an image for herself to be known as “The Most Tattooed Female Senior Citizen”, which had been officially titled to her by the Guinness Book of World Records back in 1999 when she had only had 72% of her body covered.

Pursuing her addiction as she called it was initially limited to areas of her body that were not visible to the world because she worked as a silver service waitress and secretary.



When she retired  she dedicated her body to being covered in tattoos from head to toe , known as a bodysuit. Isobel’s tattoos were mostly animal and nature inspired, but in the later years she added some extreme tattoos and piercings that included eroticism . Isobel always said that her most favorite tattoo she had was of the family of tigers on her stomach.

As of 2009, it was recorded that Isobel had 93% of her body covered leaving only her face, ears, the soles of her feet and some area of her hands left untouched.

According to Tattoo.com , it is people like Isobel that give inspiration to others to be as crazy and unique as their hearts desire as long as it makes you happy. Much like many other people out there with tattoos, Isobel also stressed the importance of planning out the tattoos you want to get before putting them on your body. If you’re going to have one done, you’ve got to think about it carefully because it’s going to last a very long time so you’ve got to be sure it’s what you want.”
On May 14, 2015 at the age of 77 Isobel Yarley passed away after battling Alzheimer,s disease .   

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