Reporting: Interviewee: Ben Larkin, a 22-year-old construction worker/ goes to school part time at Howard Community College.
When did you get your first tattoo? : I was 18 years old when I got my first tattoo. By that time I was an adult and didn’t need permission from my parents.
What is your tattoo of and why did you get it? It is a Chinese symbol meaning perseverance. Perseverance is a word that keeps me going and describes the type of person I am. I always want to succeed, in soccer, in school, and most importantly my future, so the word is symbol of what I strive for.
Do you think tattoo is similar to art in the way of expressing oneself, how come? Yes because tattoo design takes a lot of skillful artwork and hopefully people are putting something on their body that they want to have or show off for the rest of their lives.
Do you believe tattoos are a form of storytelling and why? Yes, I think all tattoos tell a story about a person. Either about whom they are or an experience they’ve had. It is a form of expression that can be easily seen as artwork.
