Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Tattoos At Suan Lum: Addendum

This older tattoo photo that was to have been in Monday's original post turned up this morning while I was going through Thailand images. It's a good example of of sak yan, the traditional style of tattoo almost always used as a protective defense against harm of one form or another. Again, we'll cover this art form more fully another time, but it didn't seem too late to include this image today.

2 comments:

Was Once said...

I think the harm comes from taking life too seriously, unlike the Thais. That work is beautiful, whether it works or not.

khunbaobao said...

Sak Yan is indeed a spiritual art, no question. By the way, I had to chuckle when I saw you "appropriated" my legal notice (I wrote that) for your blog, but if it helps you on your journey of healing you're welcome to it - as long as that's all you take to use ;-)

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