Touch Exercise

The section titled 'The Feeling Bubble" stood out to me when the author wrote "our skin is what stands between us and the world". Touch has always been an interesting concept to me, in that we all feel things differently due to our own unique receptors. I began to think about how touch is important not only in the development of a baby but also in the overall brain function of grown adults or animals. I created a haunting photo series that explored the idea of touch.

The section titled "Tattoos" stood out probably because I have tattoos. The author wrote "those with tattooed faces, hands, and heads have chosen, in a way, to seal themselves off from normal society forever, and so it is not surprising that the largest number of the tattooed in Japan belong to the underworld". Tattoos are such a controversial topic depending on who you ask. For me, tattoos have always been a self-expression tool as well as a different way to look at art. I created a series of photos depicting people I know how have tattoos and are just as successful as people I know who don't. Here is some photographs of their them and their tattoos.