bodyartist
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Nov 18, 2002, 7:55 AM
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Was altering your body a "fashion" thing, or whim? Or did it mean something deeper?
Did you, or would you, have done it differently?
Is the concept of a sterile shop, and clinical atmosphere as much of a stopping block as a dirty needle?
Many people feel their bodies are something more than flesh and bone. They want to make changes to it, but want -- or need -- to do it in a different atmosphere than a piercers chair in a down-town shop.
Candles, incense, friends, music, all are things that come to mind when you think about ritual and ceremony.
I'm purposely being a bit vague here, to see what is on your mind.
I never worked out of a "shop" but in my earlier days worked in a private club setting, and from people's homes. There were really no shops at that time, and those that were there, were in general unappealing -- ritual and ceremony aside. Each "event" was different, even those that were set up to be the same. I miss that in this sterile, litigenous society we have become.
Anyone care to share a story or experience that separates the clinical process of the "body shop" from the ritual of body alteration?
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