….Love Hurts.
It hurts even more when it is proclaimed with cigarette burns.
On Modblog we feature some of the most amazing artistic scarification in the world. Yet, we often overlook the rarely updated ritual cutting and ritual branding galleries when looking for pictures to feature. In these galleries the scarification is rarely about the finished result and usually about the process.
For a picture of the process of this scar, keep on keeping on.
Comments
270 responses to “Just like Nazareth sang….”
I just really have a hard time believing this person even calls this a ritual. I am not trying to pass judgment on anyone really. There is a difference between saying your true feelings and judging someone. I just really honestly think the scars look like some sort of STD.
http://www.herpes-date.com/herpes/herpes-pictures/images/herpes_37.jpg
Even look at the picture, stunning resemblance.
I just really have a hard time believing this person even calls this a ritual. I am not trying to pass judgment on anyone really. There is a difference between saying your true feelings and judging someone. I just really honestly think the scars look like some sort of STD.
http://www.herpes-date.com/herpes/herpes-pictures/images/herpes_37.jpg
Even look at the picture, stunning resemblance.
jesus, people can remove parts of their bodies and tattoo retarded stuff all over them and all sorts of craziness and you’re gonna jump on this guy because he’s not going to a shop and letting someone else put something that’s obviously very personal and strongly felt into his skin all nice and pretty. i want to know how the hell he’s less respectable and legit just because he did what he felt needed to be done, and he did it himself.
sad fucking day when a community that’s supposed to being about self-expression and open-mindedness can be so shallow and judgemental about something like this.
jesus, people can remove parts of their bodies and tattoo retarded stuff all over them and all sorts of craziness and you’re gonna jump on this guy because he’s not going to a shop and letting someone else put something that’s obviously very personal and strongly felt into his skin all nice and pretty. i want to know how the hell he’s less respectable and legit just because he did what he felt needed to be done, and he did it himself.
sad fucking day when a community that’s supposed to being about self-expression and open-mindedness can be so shallow and judgemental about something like this.
i don’t care how or why he did it it just looks horrible.
of course this is just my opinion and if he likes it then more power to him.
i don’t care how or why he did it it just looks horrible.
of course this is just my opinion and if he likes it then more power to him.
As some others have said, the only reason some people are calling this “self-mutilation” instead of “modification” is because he did it himself with cigarettes. If he’d gotten it professionally branded, cut, or tattooed, no one would even think to call it “self-mutilation.”
So is that how we define “modification” now? That it only counts if people pay a professional? I guess if I cut a design into my leg, I’m an angsty emo with a self-injury problem, but if I pay someone else to do it, I’m a body mod practitioner with a piece of art on my leg. Interesting.
As some others have said, the only reason some people are calling this “self-mutilation” instead of “modification” is because he did it himself with cigarettes. If he’d gotten it professionally branded, cut, or tattooed, no one would even think to call it “self-mutilation.”
So is that how we define “modification” now? That it only counts if people pay a professional? I guess if I cut a design into my leg, I’m an angsty emo with a self-injury problem, but if I pay someone else to do it, I’m a body mod practitioner with a piece of art on my leg. Interesting.
This is one of those things that is featured on MB that I feel is just straight mutilation and not a modification. This kind of thing screams (to me, an untrained observer) of a mental imbalance. I feel this way because:
1. it’s UNSANITARY in every way.
2. it’s poorly executed.
3. It is the kind of thing that will bring all kinds of attention to the person, and not in a good way.
The first two reasons are what make me feel the most strongly about this being a mutilation piece, I usually could care less about the third…but boy is it ugly.
This is one of those things that is featured on MB that I feel is just straight mutilation and not a modification. This kind of thing screams (to me, an untrained observer) of a mental imbalance. I feel this way because:
1. it’s UNSANITARY in every way.
2. it’s poorly executed.
3. It is the kind of thing that will bring all kinds of attention to the person, and not in a good way.
The first two reasons are what make me feel the most strongly about this being a mutilation piece, I usually could care less about the third…but boy is it ugly.
You shouldn’t uphold self-harm to the status of body art.
Obviously we don’t know the intentions behind this person’s actions, but it is very likely it is self harm because of the content (“Love Hurts”) and the method which is typical self harm. I don’t care if someone gets branded professionally or unprofessionally, I think the real problem here is that this is very likely self harm. I’d rather see an infected diy nipple than self-harm.
Just my 2 cents.
You shouldn’t uphold self-harm to the status of body art.
Obviously we don’t know the intentions behind this person’s actions, but it is very likely it is self harm because of the content (“Love Hurts”) and the method which is typical self harm. I don’t care if someone gets branded professionally or unprofessionally, I think the real problem here is that this is very likely self harm. I’d rather see an infected diy nipple than self-harm.
Just my 2 cents.
We don’t know what’s going on inside this person’s head, but there’s a 90% chance this is really glorified self-mutilation, not body art. Don’t promote this crap, BME. It’s a disease and if you promote it some people will never get help. IMO ritual cutting and branding should be closed off. It provides a forum for people who have mental issues to compete with each other and 1-up each other’s cuts/brands. Rewarding it by posting it on mod blog is even worse. Just my 2 cents.
We don’t know what’s going on inside this person’s head, but there’s a 90% chance this is really glorified self-mutilation, not body art. Don’t promote this crap, BME. It’s a disease and if you promote it some people will never get help. IMO ritual cutting and branding should be closed off. It provides a forum for people who have mental issues to compete with each other and 1-up each other’s cuts/brands. Rewarding it by posting it on mod blog is even worse. Just my 2 cents.
I just don’t see it as aesthetically pleasing.. maybe courtney love will use it as an album cover
I just don’t see it as aesthetically pleasing.. maybe courtney love will use it as an album cover
i think it’s true there is a difference between the intentions of somebody who is doing “mods” and somebody doing self harm, but this also doesn’t invalidate diy cigarette branding as a body modification medium, it just depends on what your motivation is. anything can b eself harm
i think it’s true there is a difference between the intentions of somebody who is doing “mods” and somebody doing self harm, but this also doesn’t invalidate diy cigarette branding as a body modification medium, it just depends on what your motivation is. anything can b eself harm
Not to take any credit away from the “Mighty Throat Goat”, but there we have someone who consciously tattooed a large piece of (albeit arguable) satanic art in plain view, on his neck for the world to see ALL to the praise of the ModBlog community. Although I personally might not agree with this certain scarification, I think it is in bad taste to give this person shit and praise others outright for their ‘questionable’ modifications.
Not to take any credit away from the “Mighty Throat Goat”, but there we have someone who consciously tattooed a large piece of (albeit arguable) satanic art in plain view, on his neck for the world to see ALL to the praise of the ModBlog community. Although I personally might not agree with this certain scarification, I think it is in bad taste to give this person shit and praise others outright for their ‘questionable’ modifications.
I’m sorry this is really stupid, and what’s even stupider is the amount of attention it’s generating. We shouldn’t be glorifying this type of stupidity.
I’m sorry this is really stupid, and what’s even stupider is the amount of attention it’s generating. We shouldn’t be glorifying this type of stupidity.
In the end it’s their body and they’re free to do what they want with it. What’s with all the pre-concieved notions about the person.? I doubt any of you know this person personally so why do you feel the need to be so negative? Stating your opinion is one thing but being abbrasive towards them is another. Is this community? You’re emulating the same ugly behavior people were hoping to escape when joining this site.
Hope it heals well.
In the end it’s their body and they’re free to do what they want with it. What’s with all the pre-concieved notions about the person.? I doubt any of you know this person personally so why do you feel the need to be so negative? Stating your opinion is one thing but being abbrasive towards them is another. Is this community? You’re emulating the same ugly behavior people were hoping to escape when joining this site.
Hope it heals well.
To me this also looks very much like self harm.
Having a few friends who used to self harm, I feel very strongly that this should ABSOLUTELY NOT be featured and glorified on modblog!!!
It’s not art, it’s not ritual, it’s a symptom of mental issues that need to be dealt with in COMPLETELY different ways.
Glorifying it, saying it is badass, saying “to each their own” is not going to help this person, but only make them feel that what they are doing is OK and doesn’t need treatment.
I do not want to disrespect the featured person, on the contrary, I feel for him and hope he gets the treatment he needs soon.
And if it’s not self harm – please find a way for your ritual that doesn’t look like self harm, next time.
To me this also looks very much like self harm.
Having a few friends who used to self harm, I feel very strongly that this should ABSOLUTELY NOT be featured and glorified on modblog!!!
It’s not art, it’s not ritual, it’s a symptom of mental issues that need to be dealt with in COMPLETELY different ways.
Glorifying it, saying it is badass, saying “to each their own” is not going to help this person, but only make them feel that what they are doing is OK and doesn’t need treatment.
I do not want to disrespect the featured person, on the contrary, I feel for him and hope he gets the treatment he needs soon.
And if it’s not self harm – please find a way for your ritual that doesn’t look like self harm, next time.
First off, modblog/bme isn’t glorifying this type of body modification, just documenting and showing it.
Defining body modification is a tough thing. People disagree. Some people think silicone boobs don’t belong in the same category as piercings and tattoos, and some of you don’t accept ritual modifications.
The problem is that body modification is not a science. It is something humane, and largely operates on the mental level; the reasons behind people’s choices and actions are infinite, and no one has the right to try to restrict another person’s life in the sense of their individual freedom and right over their own body. Isn’t that what we are fighting for, the whole community as a whole, against the eeeevil mainstream society?
This is where we come to the cross roads. Where is the line between self-harm and (ritual) body modification? And also I’d like to draw attention to the difference between self-mutilation and self-harm; I myself atleast regard mutilation as something more connected to the physical damage, as in some people think mere piercings (not to even mention something like amputations and subincisions) constitute as physical mutilation, and self-harm as something driven by negative feelings, affecting the body and the mind.
I can’t comment on every comment posted so far, but I’m on the same lines with Skitles5000, Håvve, MissMeg, De and analise.
Using just one of many similar comments as an example, Linda says that “it’s not art, it’s not ritual, it’s a symptom of mental issues that need to be dealt with in completely different ways”. How can we say that this isn’t a ritual? We don’t know the reasons behind this, we only know that this person decided to burn “LOVE HURTS” in his arms with cigarettes, and he sent the pictures to the bme ritual cutting/ritual branding galleries (or he just sent them, and the people working for bme filed them there, where I think they belong). And also, if this is self-harm in it’s nature, who are we to say that he should deal with his pain in a different way? Individual freedom’s other side is individual responsibility. We can only offer people other choices, try to perhaps convince them that the other way (f.e. professional help, therapy, drugs) is safer and more accepted by the rest of the society, but we should never ever try to take the choice away from an individual.
Noemi says “IMO ritual cutting and branding should be closed off. It provides a forum for people who have mental issues to compete with each other and 1-up each other’s cuts/brands.”
It may be true, that there are some people there who are competing, whi suffer from “mental issues”. I don’t really want my whole post to be a whine about our limited ability of defining many things, but here I am again. I’ve always felt that in many western countries mental issues are a taboo, and everyone who differs even slightly from the commonly accepted and revered model of “happy, hardworking, kind blablabla good citizen” should not talk about their “problems” in public but seek help from therapy or pills (the latter very common in the usa). Negative and positive emotions (not to mention the other stuff that just can’t be divided into those two categories) are equal parts of the human mind. In my personal opinion, everyone should strife to find a balance in life with what ways they find appropriate (and on a side note, no that does not allow peopel to hurt others, as that violates their personal freedom to live).
I myself used a small kitchen knife, cleaned with boiling water, to cut a small line around my lower thigh a few years ago. The actual scar isn’t that even, and is a bit wonky depending on the position of my leg. During my teenage years I used to cut to replace the mental agony with physical pain, but this wasn’t like it. I cut to test myself. I’ve never had high pain tolerance, but the pain seemed more manageable with my controlling it, with me in control of my body. I tested my resolve, as I knew the scar would not go away for a long time. And I just did it because I needed to. The scar has healed, but never really faded, and though I don’t voluntarily talk about it to other people, as it is something quite personal, I’ve tried to explain even a little bit of my reasons to people who have seen it and asked about it. Though I think I failed here again, since it isn’t something that can be easily put into words. I have thought about writing about it in the experience category, so there’s a chance that even one person might have gained some more knowledge about me, himself or us in general, after reading it.
I don’t know, do I suffer from some mental issues? I don’t know, but I do know that it is my right to do what I want to my own body, whatever my reasons are.
I also hope that this community progresses, and becomes the cradle of open-mindedness and self-expression that it has so many times claimed to be.
First off, modblog/bme isn’t glorifying this type of body modification, just documenting and showing it.
Defining body modification is a tough thing. People disagree. Some people think silicone boobs don’t belong in the same category as piercings and tattoos, and some of you don’t accept ritual modifications.
The problem is that body modification is not a science. It is something humane, and largely operates on the mental level; the reasons behind people’s choices and actions are infinite, and no one has the right to try to restrict another person’s life in the sense of their individual freedom and right over their own body. Isn’t that what we are fighting for, the whole community as a whole, against the eeeevil mainstream society?
This is where we come to the cross roads. Where is the line between self-harm and (ritual) body modification? And also I’d like to draw attention to the difference between self-mutilation and self-harm; I myself atleast regard mutilation as something more connected to the physical damage, as in some people think mere piercings (not to even mention something like amputations and subincisions) constitute as physical mutilation, and self-harm as something driven by negative feelings, affecting the body and the mind.
I can’t comment on every comment posted so far, but I’m on the same lines with Skitles5000, Håvve, MissMeg, De and analise.
Using just one of many similar comments as an example, Linda says that “it’s not art, it’s not ritual, it’s a symptom of mental issues that need to be dealt with in completely different ways”. How can we say that this isn’t a ritual? We don’t know the reasons behind this, we only know that this person decided to burn “LOVE HURTS” in his arms with cigarettes, and he sent the pictures to the bme ritual cutting/ritual branding galleries (or he just sent them, and the people working for bme filed them there, where I think they belong). And also, if this is self-harm in it’s nature, who are we to say that he should deal with his pain in a different way? Individual freedom’s other side is individual responsibility. We can only offer people other choices, try to perhaps convince them that the other way (f.e. professional help, therapy, drugs) is safer and more accepted by the rest of the society, but we should never ever try to take the choice away from an individual.
Noemi says “IMO ritual cutting and branding should be closed off. It provides a forum for people who have mental issues to compete with each other and 1-up each other’s cuts/brands.”
It may be true, that there are some people there who are competing, whi suffer from “mental issues”. I don’t really want my whole post to be a whine about our limited ability of defining many things, but here I am again. I’ve always felt that in many western countries mental issues are a taboo, and everyone who differs even slightly from the commonly accepted and revered model of “happy, hardworking, kind blablabla good citizen” should not talk about their “problems” in public but seek help from therapy or pills (the latter very common in the usa). Negative and positive emotions (not to mention the other stuff that just can’t be divided into those two categories) are equal parts of the human mind. In my personal opinion, everyone should strife to find a balance in life with what ways they find appropriate (and on a side note, no that does not allow peopel to hurt others, as that violates their personal freedom to live).
I myself used a small kitchen knife, cleaned with boiling water, to cut a small line around my lower thigh a few years ago. The actual scar isn’t that even, and is a bit wonky depending on the position of my leg. During my teenage years I used to cut to replace the mental agony with physical pain, but this wasn’t like it. I cut to test myself. I’ve never had high pain tolerance, but the pain seemed more manageable with my controlling it, with me in control of my body. I tested my resolve, as I knew the scar would not go away for a long time. And I just did it because I needed to. The scar has healed, but never really faded, and though I don’t voluntarily talk about it to other people, as it is something quite personal, I’ve tried to explain even a little bit of my reasons to people who have seen it and asked about it. Though I think I failed here again, since it isn’t something that can be easily put into words. I have thought about writing about it in the experience category, so there’s a chance that even one person might have gained some more knowledge about me, himself or us in general, after reading it.
I don’t know, do I suffer from some mental issues? I don’t know, but I do know that it is my right to do what I want to my own body, whatever my reasons are.
I also hope that this community progresses, and becomes the cradle of open-mindedness and self-expression that it has so many times claimed to be.
I find it interesting that many of the comments declaring this as self-harm and not ritual anything are from people who have a history with that issue. It makes perfect sense, when you’ve dealt with depression expressing in self-harm, you understand what to spot. To others, who have never done that, never felt the same feelings as those in the midst of cutting, bruising, burning, it’s easier to call this out as something artistic and proclaim that we’re being narrow minded.
It’s not a matter of being narrow minded, it’s a matter of setting a good example. To claim self-harm as anything more than a problem is itself closed-minded, your ignoring all the people who could come onto this website, see this as something that’s celebrated, and not get the help they may desperately need. There is definitely a difference between this and actual rituals done to achieve a higher sense of learning or nirvana. There is a difference between this and professional tattooing or scarification.
Of course, I have struggled with depression most of my life, and I have been cutting for something like16 years, I don’t wish this sort of expression on anybody. Part of the reason people are calling this shallow is because it is on such a visible part of his body, and he appears to be doing it with at least one friend around. When you’re depressed, when you’re sick, you don’t document it. You try to hide it, not brag.
Modblog should be about promoting creative, beautiful and fascinating body modification. If you want to highlight rituals, do so when you can explain the background behind it. Otherwise, you’re not educating, you’re pandering and triggering.
I find it interesting that many of the comments declaring this as self-harm and not ritual anything are from people who have a history with that issue. It makes perfect sense, when you’ve dealt with depression expressing in self-harm, you understand what to spot. To others, who have never done that, never felt the same feelings as those in the midst of cutting, bruising, burning, it’s easier to call this out as something artistic and proclaim that we’re being narrow minded.
It’s not a matter of being narrow minded, it’s a matter of setting a good example. To claim self-harm as anything more than a problem is itself closed-minded, your ignoring all the people who could come onto this website, see this as something that’s celebrated, and not get the help they may desperately need. There is definitely a difference between this and actual rituals done to achieve a higher sense of learning or nirvana. There is a difference between this and professional tattooing or scarification.
Of course, I have struggled with depression most of my life, and I have been cutting for something like16 years, I don’t wish this sort of expression on anybody. Part of the reason people are calling this shallow is because it is on such a visible part of his body, and he appears to be doing it with at least one friend around. When you’re depressed, when you’re sick, you don’t document it. You try to hide it, not brag.
Modblog should be about promoting creative, beautiful and fascinating body modification. If you want to highlight rituals, do so when you can explain the background behind it. Otherwise, you’re not educating, you’re pandering and triggering.
Hey, hey, hey.
Let’s all calm down, and think about stuff.
1) It’s not your body. If it’s not what you’d choose for yourself, let it go. Different strokes and all.
2) It doesn’t look sanitary, that’s true! But saying that…How about all the DIY cock ‘n ball torture that gets on here? Do you think they sterilize the nails and the wood ALL the time? How about DIY piercings? DIY tattoos? It gets lauded for either being poorly executed, and should be shown as an example as why not to get your first tattoo in some slumkid’s bathroom.
3) Someone here thinks that the Ritual Branding/Cutting section should be taken off BME because it could be self-harm. This is bad for several reasons.
First – People who do these things as self-harm, some do need severe mental help. Some can cope fine. But all, and yes, I do mean ALL, like to know that they aren’t the only person in the world who does it. Yeah, you hear that someone’s friend did it once, but knowing that people actually did it and they’re showing the world makes it so much easier to understand. And easier not to hate yourself for doing it.
Second – By the same logic, Modblog could post nothing! How to the posters know that that beautiful memorial tattoo isn’t just that, but that it might have been done as a ‘pain transfer’ to help with grieving? How about that gorgeous suspension in Brazil? Maybe that’s how he deals with his 9 til 5 stress, and maybe it’s not the ‘zen’ feeling of flying he likes. Maybe that perfectly placed piercing was done to remind the wearer of a specific moment in life, and they ritualise it – but don’t get off on the pain. I’ve known it happen!
Now, to take a recent post.
The performer a couple of articles back, who had two fingers inside a deep wound in her belly.
Alot of people were shocked at how extreme it was. For her, I’m guessing it’s normal. For a psychiatrist, she probably needs to be committed. For a self-harmer, it was maybe a trigger, maybe a horrific wake up.
It’s all a matter of perspective.
My parent’s think I need mental help because I have microdermals in my temples.
Many on here would claim I’m a poser, that I’m not committed enough to body modification.
I think they’re pretty.
(And yes – I used to self-harm.)
Hey, hey, hey.
Let’s all calm down, and think about stuff.
1) It’s not your body. If it’s not what you’d choose for yourself, let it go. Different strokes and all.
2) It doesn’t look sanitary, that’s true! But saying that…How about all the DIY cock ‘n ball torture that gets on here? Do you think they sterilize the nails and the wood ALL the time? How about DIY piercings? DIY tattoos? It gets lauded for either being poorly executed, and should be shown as an example as why not to get your first tattoo in some slumkid’s bathroom.
3) Someone here thinks that the Ritual Branding/Cutting section should be taken off BME because it could be self-harm. This is bad for several reasons.
First – People who do these things as self-harm, some do need severe mental help. Some can cope fine. But all, and yes, I do mean ALL, like to know that they aren’t the only person in the world who does it. Yeah, you hear that someone’s friend did it once, but knowing that people actually did it and they’re showing the world makes it so much easier to understand. And easier not to hate yourself for doing it.
Second – By the same logic, Modblog could post nothing! How to the posters know that that beautiful memorial tattoo isn’t just that, but that it might have been done as a ‘pain transfer’ to help with grieving? How about that gorgeous suspension in Brazil? Maybe that’s how he deals with his 9 til 5 stress, and maybe it’s not the ‘zen’ feeling of flying he likes. Maybe that perfectly placed piercing was done to remind the wearer of a specific moment in life, and they ritualise it – but don’t get off on the pain. I’ve known it happen!
Now, to take a recent post.
The performer a couple of articles back, who had two fingers inside a deep wound in her belly.
Alot of people were shocked at how extreme it was. For her, I’m guessing it’s normal. For a psychiatrist, she probably needs to be committed. For a self-harmer, it was maybe a trigger, maybe a horrific wake up.
It’s all a matter of perspective.
My parent’s think I need mental help because I have microdermals in my temples.
Many on here would claim I’m a poser, that I’m not committed enough to body modification.
I think they’re pretty.
(And yes – I used to self-harm.)
i had a gigggle at all the peoiple calling him stupid
oh the irony……
its the small minded fucks that call just about any self modification “self harm” that really piss me off, stick to the BAF forums if thats your mind set.
everybody deals with any issue differently to the next person, theres NO right or wrong, maybe this guy has had his heart broken, fuck knows, but for what ever reason, going to a modification artist to have a branding probly wouldnt have had the same affect on his feelings
i had a gigggle at all the peoiple calling him stupid
oh the irony……
its the small minded fucks that call just about any self modification “self harm” that really piss me off, stick to the BAF forums if thats your mind set.
everybody deals with any issue differently to the next person, theres NO right or wrong, maybe this guy has had his heart broken, fuck knows, but for what ever reason, going to a modification artist to have a branding probly wouldnt have had the same affect on his feelings
“You shouldn’t uphold self-harm to the status of body art.”
Yes..try to hide it….loooool.
Welcome to reality…
“You shouldn’t uphold self-harm to the status of body art.”
Yes..try to hide it….loooool.
Welcome to reality…
umm i cant believe your happy to promote cigarette burning on here 0_0
this i do not feel comfortable with along with that stupid section where poeple have pierced and tattooed their fucking animals!!!
umm i cant believe your happy to promote cigarette burning on here 0_0
this i do not feel comfortable with along with that stupid section where poeple have pierced and tattooed their fucking animals!!!
it has the right to be posted, but why not make it a learning example of what could possibly happen if youre an idiot|
MATH BRAND = GOOD
LOVE HURTS = WTF THATS PERMANENT?!
it has the right to be posted, but why not make it a learning example of what could possibly happen if youre an idiot|
MATH BRAND = GOOD
LOVE HURTS = WTF THATS PERMANENT?!
we are all idiots!!! =))
hahaha
but the guy should get a job
we are all idiots!!! =))
hahaha
but the guy should get a job
Human stupidity never ends. Hope he gets septicemia and dies. Slowly.
Human stupidity never ends. Hope he gets septicemia and dies. Slowly.
Ouch!! >_<
Ouch!! >_<
My boyfriend still has scars on his arms from when he used to burn himself. He’s so embarrassed of them and quite frankly I can empathize because of my irreparably scarred legs from self-mutilation in my teen years. Nothing to be proud of, that’s for sure.
I agree with Jonno:
“Seems like thinly veiled, angsty self-mutilation to me.”
If Jonno had managed to squeeze the word “emo” in there, those would have been my sentiments exactly.
There was no forethought here (except maybe two seconds of his grabbing the camera). Typically when someone decides to mod, us mature adults put some thought into it. If every passing fancy were to be branded on us, what the hell makes them special at all?
This is nothing but a moment of weakness with a bit of attention-whoring thrown in there. There’s no art in that.
My boyfriend still has scars on his arms from when he used to burn himself. He’s so embarrassed of them and quite frankly I can empathize because of my irreparably scarred legs from self-mutilation in my teen years. Nothing to be proud of, that’s for sure.
I agree with Jonno:
“Seems like thinly veiled, angsty self-mutilation to me.”
If Jonno had managed to squeeze the word “emo” in there, those would have been my sentiments exactly.
There was no forethought here (except maybe two seconds of his grabbing the camera). Typically when someone decides to mod, us mature adults put some thought into it. If every passing fancy were to be branded on us, what the hell makes them special at all?
This is nothing but a moment of weakness with a bit of attention-whoring thrown in there. There’s no art in that.
i just farted on Gizmo’s face
i just farted on Gizmo’s face