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Tattoo For Life And Afterlife, Kimberly Chin
Tattoo For Life And Afterlife, Kimberly Chin
Capstones
Man has searched for ways to live forever from time immemorial. But a curious group of tattoo enthusiasts developed a way to preserve one’s tattoo skin (at the least) post-mortem. Here’s a cultural exploration of a small albeit growing trend in which people’s perception of tattoos, burial rites and how to commemorate loved ones is examined and re-examined.
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