Visceral | Katherine Nielson
There is something unnatural about piercing. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good pair of earrings just like the next girl. But the fact that one tortures ones body in the name of beauty is odd, and slightly ghastly, especially when there is more metal visible than there is skin.
I was privileged to see a wonderful specimen of piercing on my last trip to Provo, last weekend. I was sitting on a bench at the Provo Town Center mall, when a guy walked by. His ears were invisible under an excess of spikes and rings. His nose was pierced as were his eyebrows, lip and tongue. His body was covered with black tattoos, and he wore a spiked collar around his neck. I couldn’t help but study the mass of metal sticking through his body. I kept wondering what he was thinking by doing that to his body?
It reminded me of pictures I used to study as a child of tribal piercing, the kind where the warriors pierced their lower lip, and then slowly enlarge it over the years, until a tusk, or a log can fit in it. These pictures always repulsed and interested me.
I was privileged to see a wonderful specimen of piercing on my last trip to Provo, last weekend. I was sitting on a bench at the Provo Town Center mall, when a guy walked by. His ears were invisible under an excess of spikes and rings. His nose was pierced as were his eyebrows, lip and tongue. His body was covered with black tattoos, and he wore a spiked collar around his neck. I couldn’t help but study the mass of metal sticking through his body. I kept wondering what he was thinking by doing that to his body?
It reminded me of pictures I used to study as a child of tribal piercing, the kind where the warriors pierced their lower lip, and then slowly enlarge it over the years, until a tusk, or a log can fit in it. These pictures always repulsed and interested me.
posted by Katy Froyd | 12:54 PM
1 Comments:
I know what you mean about piercings being interesting. They really are. I can't help but stare at people who have them everywhere. There's a girl in my history class who has one that looks like a metal beauty mark. It's so strange. I have to admit, I once thought it would be cool to get my eyebrow pierced. But not anymore. I could hardly bare getting my ears pierced. I don't know how I would handle getting something more sensitive pierced. Ughhh.
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