ARAMAIC WATCH - only not:

Tattoos popular art form for students
January 29, 2009

BY OLIVIA MARTIN / Staff Writer [the Auburn Plainsman
Sketches of different tattoos hang on a wall inside Shenanigans Tattoo Parlor located on Gay Street.Sketches of different tattoos hang on a wall inside Shenanigans Tattoo Parlor located on Gay Street.

Tattoo art has gained significant attention during the past 10 years, and while it isn’t hanging in The Met, it is an art form.

Nils Larson, a tattoo artist at Shenanigans Tattoo Parlor, describes the intricacies of tattooing.

“People who say that it isn’t an art form usually don’t know about art,” Larson said. “Drawing a good picture is hard. Then, you must transfer it onto a surface with bony protrusions.”

With tattoo art gaining popularity and prestige across America, many Auburn students are braving the needle for a variety of reasons.

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Brett Livesay, a senior in psychology, chose a piece with meaning.

“I have tetelestai written across my wrist,” Livesay said. “It is Aramaic for ‘it is finished’ or ‘paid in full,’ and it is the last thing Jesus said before he died. It is in block lettering to look like a stamp, as if Jesus stamped me to redeem my sins.”

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Fine, but tetelestai is Greek (John 19:30), not Aramaic.