Source: Photographer: Ron Porter from Essex, UK License: Public Domain CC0. A magazine writer shot me a note asking if I think tattoos can be addictive. Are tattoos like potato chips—you can’t stop ...

Tattoos blossom at the crossroads of bodies and art, the physical and the imaginary. Their colors, shapes, and symbols pulsate with memories, meanings, and emotions. Above all, body art captures and ...

It’s been a month since I took one of the biggest risks of my life: getting a tattoo. I had been planning it for a while. I’d scroll through Pinterest and romanticize the idea of ink permanently ...